Yeah, that's like.Sup wrote:
Doesn't sound very practical, unhooking cable and connecting it again...Varegg wrote:
From PC to external HDD to PC
Problem solved ...
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2 steps!
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Yeah, that's like.Sup wrote:
Doesn't sound very practical, unhooking cable and connecting it again...Varegg wrote:
From PC to external HDD to PC
Problem solved ...
One computer is being directly connected to the other. There is no router involved here.Winston_Churchill wrote:
Routers are usually .1Defiance wrote:
If he has an ethernet cable, it should work. You have to set it up like regular windows file sharing, so yes, same workgroup. Secondly, they both have to have IP addresses in the same network. Scroll down to assigning the IP addresses if that sounds unfamiliar.
Assign the computers like this:
Desktop IP: 192.168.0.1
Laptop IP: 192.168.0.2
Subnet Mask (Both): 255.255.255.0
Ignore the default gateway or DNS servers.
Files would have to be transfered twice, essentially. First to the HDD, then from the HDD to the other computer.Cheez wrote:
Yeah, that's like.Sup wrote:
Doesn't sound very practical, unhooking cable and connecting it again...Varegg wrote:
From PC to external HDD to PC
Problem solved ...
*counts*
2 steps!
Beats a poor network connection every time ...Im_Dooomed wrote:
Files would have to be transfered twice, essentially. First to the HDD, then from the HDD to the other computer.Cheez wrote:
Yeah, that's like.Sup wrote:
Doesn't sound very practical, unhooking cable and connecting it again...
*counts*
2 steps!
A short patch cord isn't quite what you could consider a poor network connection.Varegg wrote:
Beats a poor network connection every time ...Im_Dooomed wrote:
Files would have to be transfered twice, essentially. First to the HDD, then from the HDD to the other computer.Cheez wrote:
Yeah, that's like
*counts*
2 steps!
That's correct, I consider a short patch cord to be a short patch cord ...Defiance wrote:
A short patch cord isn't quite what you could consider a poor network connection.Varegg wrote:
Beats a poor network connection every time ...Im_Dooomed wrote:
Files would have to be transfered twice, essentially. First to the HDD, then from the HDD to the other computer.