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by cul8rm8e 1 view

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i am trying to set up both a laptop and desktop for remote access,both are running win2k,my connection i want to make is a dial up connection which i am doing from home, as i have 2 lines,i set both to accept incomming calls,and to make it a bit easier i also set for use of all users to dial into,either to or from d/top l/top i can obtain the connection no problem and also the use of (call back)which would allow me to access home from a remote location,(reason being i have a set monthly payment for my 2 home lines which i am able to use as much as i require)meaning i have no line charge from a remote location, the only problem i have is to share files on my desktop to laptopor vice versa, i have set up file sharin for the whole c:\ on both but im stuck as to why i cant get access to shared files either way,any help would be much appreciated as i am a beginner at this and only got this far through some net info
thanx for even taking time to read this,i hope i can get some info back.

thanx again

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by chrisms

I've not got much experience with Win2K, but see if this helps.
You say you can dial into the network and get callback, that's good, it shows the network is configured properly. File sharing is done thru windows explorer, in NT4 anyhow. Click on the C drive folder and find the sharing option, ensure this is set correctly so you can share, then try again.
Let me know how you get on.
Chris

by cul8rm8e

as i said i couldnt see any files shared on my desktop,but when i realised that i had to add the file share to my network places all seems to work well,well they say you can never educate an idiot so maybe im just begining to come out of that category! anyway thanx for the info.

john.

by ben

I see what you are doing. I think that you need to set up a vpn over tcp/ip before you can 'share' files via your link. It is a 'security' feature of NT

Cheers,

Ben

by cul8rm8e

i have the vpn setup already configured which works quite well but i was hoping that a direct dial maybe give me a better connection but as i found out and was quite surprised it seems to be a bit slower, the only reason i can think of for this is something to do with the protocol setup,if you have any input on that i would like to hear it, cheers!

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