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: 122 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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