Network Sharing

2008-08-15 22:02:52

#1

CommieChipmunk: Member; +488|6838|Portland, OR, USA

I'm trying to set up a network connection between my PC and a laptop that's connected to it wirelessly. The computer has vista and the laptop has XP. On the computer, I can see the laptop's "Shared Folder" and everything, but I can't find anything about the computer from my laptop's 'network places' file.

How do I go about sharing files so that I can watch movies that are stored on my PC through my laptop?

2008-08-15 22:11:02

#2

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|7034|Cambridge (UK)

First up, try connecting the laptop up to your router using an ethernet cable (assuming it has an ethernet port) - do you see the desktop PC from the laptop now?

If so, your router probably has 'wireless isolation' enabled - now, here's the rub - wireless isolation is a good thing - it's stops anyone with a wireless device from accessing your LAN, but you may be able to disable it on a device-by-device basis.

What router do you have?

2008-08-15 22:14:20

#3

CommieChipmunk: Member; +488|6838|Portland, OR, USA

I'll grab a cable in a second here, but I have a Linksys WRT54G

2008-08-15 22:21:30

#4

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|7034|Cambridge (UK)

Do you have the manual for your router handy?

I can't see a 'wireless isolation' setting (yet), but I have spotted a number of things which may need looking at - if I could point you to the right page in the manual, that would be good...

Last edited by Scorpion0x17 (2008-08-15 22:23:12)

2008-08-15 22:25:26

#5

CommieChipmunk: Member; +488|6838|Portland, OR, USA

I don't have that manual handy at the moment... but the PDF opens just fine, and even with the cable connected, I can't see anything

2008-08-15 22:32:18

#6

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|7034|Cambridge (UK)

CommieChipmunk wrote:
even with the cable connected, I can't see anything

Ah... then it's probably not an issue with the router...

Do you have printer and file sharing enabled on both the desktop and laptop?

2008-08-15 22:37:17

#7

CommieChipmunk: Member; +488|6838|Portland, OR, USA

yeah

But on the computer (with Vista) in the network and sharing center, it says the public sharing folder is on, but a password is required... I don't know if that matters at all, and printer sharing isn't enabled because I don't have a printer connected right now

Last edited by CommieChipmunk (2008-08-15 22:41:30)

2008-08-15 22:42:58

#8

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|7034|Cambridge (UK)

OK, leave the laptop connected to the router via the etnernet cable for now...

Then, make sure your workgroup (right click My Computer->Properties->Computer Name tab) is the same on both machines.

Now, try again. Does that work?

2008-08-15 22:47:16

#9

CommieChipmunk: Member; +488|6838|Portland, OR, USA

My laptop was different, I'm restarting now... still no luck

Last edited by CommieChipmunk (2008-08-15 22:49:38)

2008-08-15 22:54:30

#10

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|7034|Cambridge (UK)

hmm... :scratches head:

I've heard getting vista and xp to talk can be tricky - not something I've done though, so I'm not sure what else to suggest...

Actually, didn't someone else having same/similar issues post a thread here a while back?

2008-08-15 22:57:05

#11

CommieChipmunk: Member; +488|6838|Portland, OR, USA

shit son, why can I see the laptop in vista but I can't see the computer on the laptop.. god damn

2008-08-15 23:22:59

#12

CommieChipmunk: Member; +488|6838|Portland, OR, USA

https://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd303/commiechipmunk/Untitled-13.jpg

Here's what I'm seeing on the PC.. I don't know why the laptop is on the "discovered but not placed on the map" list

2008-08-15 23:29:08

#13

SpIk3y: Minister of Silly Walks; +67|6407|New Jersey

I was trying to set up a file-sharing network between an XP machine and a Vista machine for about a month. It never happened... I had a similar problem, one machine saw the other but not vice versa. Good luck

2008-08-15 23:33:51

#14

CommieChipmunk: Member; +488|6838|Portland, OR, USA

Okay, so now I can go through the 'work group' thing on the laptop but I have to turn off password protection of vista because I forgot the password.. Is there anyway you can reset network passwords?

2008-08-16 02:09:23

#15

Titch2349: iz me!; +358|6620|uk

CommieChipmunk wrote:
Okay, so now I can go through the 'work group' thing on the laptop but I have to turn off password protection of vista because I forgot the password.. Is there anyway you can reset network passwords?

The password to connect to a shared drive is the username and password of a user on machine you are connecting to.

Last edited by Titch2349 (2008-08-16 02:17:54)

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