networking two wireless computers

14 Oct 2006 10:20 PM

orman6211

I have a cable modem (Charter cable), and a wireless Netgear router, and two
wireless computers (desktop and laptop) connected to the router. I surf the
net from both computers. I wanted to network the two computers, so I could
share files and printer between the two.
I followed the instructions at
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/setup/homenet.mspx
and was able to network my desktop and laptop using my wireless router, for
File & Printer Sharing.
I had some trouble with the Norton Internet Secuirty firewall, so I added
the router-assinged range of IP addresses (192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.254) of
the two computers to the "trusted" section of the firewall. I am able now to
share the c: drives of the two computers with each other, mapping a drive
letter on each computer, to the other computer.
One oustanding problem:
How can I have full access to certain folders (such as Documents and
Settings, or Program Files, or Windows) on the c: drive of the other
computer? I have made the entire c: drive shared on both computers?

14 Oct 2006 11:08 PM

Lem

orman6211 wrote:

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> I have a cable modem (Charter cable), and a wireless Netgear router, and two
> wireless computers (desktop and laptop) connected to the router. I surf the
> net from both computers. I wanted to network the two computers, so I could
> share files and printer between the two.
> I followed the instructions at
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/setup/homenet.mspx
> and was able to network my desktop and laptop using my wireless router, for
> File & Printer Sharing.
> I had some trouble with the Norton Internet Secuirty firewall, so I added
> the router-assinged range of IP addresses (192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.254) of
> the two computers to the "trusted" section of the firewall. I am able now to
> share the c: drives of the two computers with each other, mapping a drive
> letter on each computer, to the other computer.
> One oustanding problem:
> How can I have full access to certain folders (such as Documents and
> Settings, or Program Files, or Windows) on the c: drive of the other
> computer? I have made the entire c: drive shared on both computers?
>

From MS MVP Malke:

If one or more of the computers is XP Pro:

a. If you need Pro's ability to set fine-grained permissions, turn off
Simple File Sharing (Folder Options>View tab) and create identical user
accounts/passwords on all computers.

b. If you don't care about using Pro's advanced features, leave the
Simple File Sharing enabled.

Simple File Sharing means that Guest (network) is enabled. This means
that anyone without a user account on the target system can use its
resources. This is a security hole but only you can decide if it
matters in your situation.

Then create shares as desired. XP Home does not permit sharing of users'
home directories (My Documents) or Program Files, but you can share
folders inside those directories. A better choice is to simply use the
Shared Documents folder.

--
Lem -- MS-MVP - Networking

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