setting up a home network

[stilosporting]

anyone know how to do this as i just am not getting it

i have the bt home hub and have two laptops connected to it. i want to transfer the files from one to the other, and as the dvd drive is buggered on the one i need the files off, i thought this was the best way to do it.

so can anyone help? :bang:

 

[Stu DemonD]

So the BT Home hub is the router, yes [although it isn't much good for anything else, hated in the P2P world...]

So you will have 2 laptops - you need to confirm their IP addresses on the LAN, both on the same subnet, i.e. 192.168.1.xxx for example.

Then Right Click on My Computer --> Properties --> Computer Name - and look at the Workgroup that they are in; this needs to be the same for BOTH laptops.

Once that is sorted, you can right click on folders, share to the network, and pick them up in My Network Places.

 

[stilosporting]

one laptop is xp an the other is vista. does that matter?

 

[Stu DemonD]

No, won't make any difference at all.

 

[stilosporting]

So you will have 2 laptops - you need to confirm their IP addresses on the LAN, both on the same subnet, i.e. 192.168.1.xxx for example.

ok so how do i do this part?

cheers for responding stu

 

[Stu DemonD]

I am sure they will be, if using the home hub and it is controlling DHCP.

Start -->RUN ---> cmd

Then in the box, type ipconfig

For VISTA, just type cmd in the search box

 

[levemircento]

could try running network set up wizard from control panel, allow file and printer sharing when asked, do this on both computers, and as in the message above, make sure the 'workgroup' is named the same.

thats what I always do when setting up for our Orange livebox [probably similar to bt hh]

 

[stilosporting]

i tried that already but to no avail?

 

[levemircento]

phone BT tech support and get them to talk you through it, thats what they are there for!!

good luck

 

[stilosporting]

but then you pay like a pound an hour dont you?

 

[Stu DemonD]

Tell us exactly what you are getting - have you checked the subnets? Same workgroup, etc?

 

[stilosporting]

the subnet masks are the same. the ip is the same except the last digit. bothe computers have the same workgroup. what more do i need to do?

 

[levemircento]

perhaps you need to set your drives and folders to 'shared'

 

[Stu DemonD]

Turned on File Sharing within Vista - in the Network and Sharing Center!

 

[stilosporting]

yep. had chris (seraph) have a look at it but he couldnt do it either. thinks there may be a problem with the xp laptop. kirsty has now transfered over a gig of files using a 128mb data pen lol. thanks for all your help people.

roll on k's new laptop.