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Hi,
I am currently using the D-Link router to share our web broadband connection
(PC & laptop).
Is it possible for me to see the contents on the Lap top and vice versa
using the router?
If so I would like to know how can I acheive this - it would be an excellent
experience for me. Thank you in much advance.
The Host should be the desktop and Guest the laptop. Printer and document
sharing using wireless router.
Install the printer on the Host PC. Then using Control Panel | Network
enable File & Printer Sharing and make sure you check the box to allow
others to print to your printers. Next under Start | Settings | Printers,
select the printer, check the box to share the printer and assign a name.
Keep the name short and do not include any blanks, like Printer2.
You should now be able to add the printer to your Guest PCs using Start |
Settings | Printers & Faxes | Add Printer. Check the radio button "A
network printer ..." and then either browse for the printer or enter its
name (using \\PCName\PrinterName) and continue until finished. Ensure
that the firewall on your XP PC is set to allow access to remote printers.
If using XP's native firewall ensure that File and Printer Sharing is
enabled and that the box with he same name is checked in the Firewall
exceptions list. The PCName can be found at:
Start>ControlPanel>System>Computer Name tab. It may look something
like: "Home-66djksjcpv". Don't type the quotes.
Click "Next" and it should install the printer on the Guest PC when
it finds it.
Note: You can follow the same procedure to get access to
"Files" from one PC to the other. Happy putering :~)
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[color=blue]
> Hi,
> I am currently using the D-Link router to share our web broadband connection
> (PC & laptop).
> Is it possible for me to see the contents on the Lap top and vice versa
> using the router?
>
> If so I would like to know how can I acheive this - it would be an excellent
> experience for me. Thank you in much advance.[/color]
Hi
A Cable/DSL Router is actually a Combo Routing circuits and a Switch (with
an access Point if it Wireless). Any computer that connected to the switch
or the Wireless Access Point can become part of a Local network and share
Files and Printers regardless of whether it is Wired, or Wireless.
Successful Sharing involves some general consideration in Network settings,
[url]http://www.ezlan.net/sharing.html[/url]
As well as specific adjustment of each computer according to what it is
allowed to be shared.
Basic XP -
[url]http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/filesharing.mspx[/url]
Advanced XP - [url]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;304040[/url]
Vista - [url]http://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/evaluate/vista_fp.mspx[/url]
Printer Sharing XP -
[url]http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/honeycutt_july2.mspx[/url]
Windows Native Firewall setting for Sharing XP -
[url]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875357[/url]
Jack (MVP-Networking).
"myself" <myself@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:12D4B9FA-6A1F-40D2-98C0-43E52E592661@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Hi,
> I am currently using the D-Link router to share our web broadband
> connection
> (PC & laptop).
> Is it possible for me to see the contents on the Lap top and vice versa
> using the router?
>
> If so I would like to know how can I acheive this - it would be an
> excellent
> experience for me. Thank you in much advance.[/color]