jls944@hotmail.com
Newbie   Posts: 1 Registered: 13/1/06 Status: Offline |
posted on 13/1/06 at 08:42
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I just bought a Thinkpad and am able to connect to the internet, although I
cant see any of the other computers that are on the network. I am trying
to set up file and printer sharing. I've already tried checking share
this printer but when I go on to another computer on the network and add a
printer, it doesnt show that one is connected to the network. Do you have
any ideas of what I need to do to enable file & printer sharing? Thank
you.
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festprint
SuperAdmin   Posts: 97 Registered: 2/1/03 Status: Online |
posted on 13/1/06 at 13:44 |
quote:
I just bought a Thinkpad
and am able to connect to the internet, although I cant see any of the
other computers that are on the network. I am trying to set up file and
printer sharing. I've already tried checking share this printer but when
I go on to another computer on the network and add a printer, it doesnt
show that one is connected to the network. Do you have any ideas of what I
need to do to enable file & printer sharing? Thank you.
Have you setup a wireless connection and is it all configured properly, are
other computers added to the connection / joined the network?
On Windows machines, you have to setup wireless networking and when
configuring, you'll chose file and printer sharing. When there is printer
or other computer added to the network, they will be seen as long as they
are shared (make drivee c:\ shared to share files with other computers
etc). On the wireless connection, choose ad-hoc / peer-to-peer
(computer-to-computer for people who don't know).
Setup a wireless network for home or small office if using Windows XP or
wireless network in win98 or similar OS. From there it's all explained in
windows, for Mac and other OSs, is a similar procedure.
You have to make sure the network is shared, for your laptop to see other
computers, it must be allowed to see them. You are able to connect to the
internet, I take it the laptop itself is physically connected to the
internet (phone / ISDN or other lines plugged into it...), hence it is the
one acting as the server.
Make sure the wireless network is not blocked by Firewalls and also allow
connection sharing from the server, set the machine that has the physical
internet connection as the connection sharer (setup Internet Connection
Sharing on it).
One important note, you'll be asked to have a floppy disk or a USB Flash
drive to save the wireless connection settings. start from the server (the
one with internet line) and create the connection there, save its settings
on the storage device, move on to other machine that you'd like to add the
network. Insert the USB / Floppy in each machine and configure using the
wizard.
For easy set up, just setup the connection as Open and not requiring any
login details for ease of setup, when all is OK, you can always enable
passwords WEP / WPA etc..to secure the network.
Best of Luck! |
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