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Home Networking Problems – File – Print Sharing
LockedMy setup:
1 desktop that is hooked up through an ethernet cable to the wireless router. 3 laptops that wirelessly connect to the router. All computers are able to access the internet and all are running Windows XP (one is running XP Tablet edition). None of the computers require a password to login to XP.
Here is what I want to do…
I want to be able to network all of the pc’s together. Specifically I want all of the laptops to be able to access files and folders on my desktop. Basically I’d like to use the desktop as an extended hard drive for all of the mobile PC’s in the house. I want to be able to file share across all of the computers so that we don’t have to use memory cards or email to transfer files around. I also have a wireless print server, but I won’t bother with that until I get the network set up correctly.
My issue is that I’ve been able to hook the laptops up so that they file share, but as of yet I haven’t been able to get any of them to access the desktop which is wired to the router.
What is the easiest way to do this? How can I start from scratch and remove the earlier networks that I tried to set up?
Any help would be appreciated.