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file sharing on a local network
I have a DSL and router for 4 machines (two win98se, one win2k, and
one XP) and all have concurrent access to the internet. I couldn't get my first win98se machine to share files with my win2k machine (I posted over there), so, I gave up and decided to just try connecting the two win98se machines, but, this is so darn confusing that I have to just give up. Is there any other way? I have USB2 on all machines. I have firewire 1324 on all machines, I have lan on all machines. Is there some software out there that will let me just connect the wires (usb2 to usb2, firewire to firewwire), and the drives for both machines will appear on each others machines (using the next available drive letter for each PC), and let me avoid all the dreaded "access rights", passwords, and all that gobbly-de- gook. I am only one person here, after all, and I just want to be able to plug a wire in and see the doggone h/d on the other machine like I can if I hook up a h/d via the ide-usb2 adapter to the usb2 jack on ANY of all the machines. That is the way it should work - just plug in the wire and it shows up (using the next available drive letter). How come it is SO EASY via USB2 and nearly so impossible as to run off ordinary folks like me in frustrated disgust - this is not high security airforce or like that - just an ordinary blok tying to see h/d's between PCs. So, how about it? Has any programmer out there managed to give us the same connectivity between PC's that we can get via USB2, either with a USB2 connection between PC's or firewire? Thanks, littleberry |
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On Sun, 04 Nov 2007 20:42:09 -0800, surface9 wrote: I have a DSL and router for 4 machines (two win98se, one win2k, and one XP) and all have concurrent access to the internet. If all have Internet access you're already 90% there. Set the xp box to use simple file sharing so it will behave in a similar manner to win98 Create a user account on win2k with the same name you are using to log onto the other machines on the network. Disable any firewalls to ensure they aren't (part of) the problem. Jim. |
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On Sun, 04 Nov 2007 20:42:09 -0800, surface9 wrote: I have a DSL and router for 4 machines (two win98se, one win2k, and one XP) and all have concurrent access to the internet. If all have Internet access you're already 90% there. Set the xp box to use simple file sharing so it will behave in a similar manner to win98 Create a user account on win2k with the same name you are using to log onto the other machines on the network. Disable any firewalls to ensure they aren't (part of) the problem. Jim. |
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On Nov 5, 7:33 am, James Egan wrote:
On Sun, 04 Nov 2007 20:42:09 -0800, surface9 wrote: I have a DSL and router for 4 machines (two win98se, one win2k, and one XP) and all have concurrent access to the internet. If all have Internet access you're already 90% there. Set the xp box to use simple file sharing so it will behave in a similar manner to win98 Create a user account on win2k with the same name you are using to log onto the other machines on the network. Disable any firewalls to ensure they aren't (part of) the problem. Jim. Thanks, Jim, I can't believe I'm so befuddled to let that remaining 10% trip me up so badly. What I need to do is to go back to basics - I'll start with TWO win98se systems, and see if I can those two setup so that they can see each other's harddrives. Is that a good plan? The way I have them (all 4 pc's) set up now is that just boot right up and I am on the internet without having to do anything other than press the "on" button of the PC. So I don't really grasp the concept of "logging on to the network". I'm sure my PC's must be doing that behind the scenes, but, I am not aware of anything I did in that regard. So, I don't know what name I am using. I do know the name of my "group" (HOME), and I also know the name of my PC "j" in one instance, and "e' in another, because those things got set up during win98se installation. Is it possible that I am gaining access to the internet (via a wired router and a DSL modem to AT&T) without logging on to the network? If you can help me figure out where my name is, I'd appreciate it, and, what do I need to do to just make these two win98se PC's see each other's hard drives? Thanks a bunch, maybe I'll understand this local networking thing in time. Littleberry |
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On Nov 5, 7:33 am, James Egan wrote:
On Sun, 04 Nov 2007 20:42:09 -0800, surface9 wrote: I have a DSL and router for 4 machines (two win98se, one win2k, and one XP) and all have concurrent access to the internet. If all have Internet access you're already 90% there. Set the xp box to use simple file sharing so it will behave in a similar manner to win98 Create a user account on win2k with the same name you are using to log onto the other machines on the network. Disable any firewalls to ensure they aren't (part of) the problem. Jim. Thanks, Jim, I can't believe I'm so befuddled to let that remaining 10% trip me up so badly. What I need to do is to go back to basics - I'll start with TWO win98se systems, and see if I can those two setup so that they can see each other's harddrives. Is that a good plan? The way I have them (all 4 pc's) set up now is that just boot right up and I am on the internet without having to do anything other than press the "on" button of the PC. So I don't really grasp the concept of "logging on to the network". I'm sure my PC's must be doing that behind the scenes, but, I am not aware of anything I did in that regard. So, I don't know what name I am using. I do know the name of my "group" (HOME), and I also know the name of my PC "j" in one instance, and "e' in another, because those things got set up during win98se installation. Is it possible that I am gaining access to the internet (via a wired router and a DSL modem to AT&T) without logging on to the network? If you can help me figure out where my name is, I'd appreciate it, and, what do I need to do to just make these two win98se PC's see each other's hard drives? Thanks a bunch, maybe I'll understand this local networking thing in time. Littleberry |
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On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 13:51:39 -0800, surface9 wrote: On Nov 5, 7:33 am, James Egan wrote: On Sun, 04 Nov 2007 20:42:09 -0800, surface9 wrote: I have a DSL and router for 4 machines (two win98se, one win2k, and one XP) and all have concurrent access to the internet. If all have Internet access you're already 90% there. Set the xp box to use simple file sharing so it will behave in a similar manner to win98 Create a user account on win2k with the same name you are using to log onto the other machines on the network. Disable any firewalls to ensure they aren't (part of) the problem. Jim. Thanks, Jim, I can't believe I'm so befuddled to let that remaining 10% trip me up so badly. What I need to do is to go back to basics - I'll start with TWO win98se systems, and see if I can those two setup so that they can see each other's harddrives. Is that a good plan? Yes. Go to control panel - network and ensure file and printer sharing is correctly installed on both machines. When you create shares, keep the share names you use to 12 characters or less and without spaces. The way I have them (all 4 pc's) set up now is that just boot right up and I am on the internet without having to do anything other than press the "on" button of the PC. So I don't really grasp the concept of "logging on to the network". I'm sure my PC's must be doing that behind the scenes, but, I am not aware of anything I did in that regard. So, I don't know what name I am using. I do know the name of my "group" (HOME), and I also know the name of my PC "j" in one instance, and "e' in another, because those things got set up during win98se installation. Go to shutdown but instead of selecting shutdown there's another option to log off and log on on as a different user. Log on again as (say) "user" and leave a blank password. A blank password here means it should just log on automatically next time as "user" Note also that if you have any passwords automatically saved under the old username you will have to enter them again. Anyway, one step at a time. Don't worry about that for now. Try re-starting and ensure that the machine automatically logs on as "user" If it doesn't without selecting log off again, then there is a registry value you will have to zap. Delete the autologon value in the registry under HKLM/software/microsoft/windows/currentversion/network/realmodenet If it re-logs on okay automatically as "user" you can skip this last bit. Is it possible that I am gaining access to the internet (via a wired router and a DSL modem to AT&T) without logging on to the network? The username is only for access to your local network. The Internet doesn't need it. If you can help me figure out where my name is, I'd appreciate it, and, what do I need to do to just make these two win98se PC's see each other's hard drives? Thanks a bunch, maybe I'll understand this local networking thing in time. Littleberry There are several basic tutorials avaiable on the net. You can find one at http://www.windowsnetworking.com/art...ndows_9598ME/# Jim. |
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On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 13:51:39 -0800, surface9 wrote: On Nov 5, 7:33 am, James Egan wrote: On Sun, 04 Nov 2007 20:42:09 -0800, surface9 wrote: I have a DSL and router for 4 machines (two win98se, one win2k, and one XP) and all have concurrent access to the internet. If all have Internet access you're already 90% there. Set the xp box to use simple file sharing so it will behave in a similar manner to win98 Create a user account on win2k with the same name you are using to log onto the other machines on the network. Disable any firewalls to ensure they aren't (part of) the problem. Jim. Thanks, Jim, I can't believe I'm so befuddled to let that remaining 10% trip me up so badly. What I need to do is to go back to basics - I'll start with TWO win98se systems, and see if I can those two setup so that they can see each other's harddrives. Is that a good plan? Yes. Go to control panel - network and ensure file and printer sharing is correctly installed on both machines. When you create shares, keep the share names you use to 12 characters or less and without spaces. The way I have them (all 4 pc's) set up now is that just boot right up and I am on the internet without having to do anything other than press the "on" button of the PC. So I don't really grasp the concept of "logging on to the network". I'm sure my PC's must be doing that behind the scenes, but, I am not aware of anything I did in that regard. So, I don't know what name I am using. I do know the name of my "group" (HOME), and I also know the name of my PC "j" in one instance, and "e' in another, because those things got set up during win98se installation. Go to shutdown but instead of selecting shutdown there's another option to log off and log on on as a different user. Log on again as (say) "user" and leave a blank password. A blank password here means it should just log on automatically next time as "user" Note also that if you have any passwords automatically saved under the old username you will have to enter them again. Anyway, one step at a time. Don't worry about that for now. Try re-starting and ensure that the machine automatically logs on as "user" If it doesn't without selecting log off again, then there is a registry value you will have to zap. Delete the autologon value in the registry under HKLM/software/microsoft/windows/currentversion/network/realmodenet If it re-logs on okay automatically as "user" you can skip this last bit. Is it possible that I am gaining access to the internet (via a wired router and a DSL modem to AT&T) without logging on to the network? The username is only for access to your local network. The Internet doesn't need it. If you can help me figure out where my name is, I'd appreciate it, and, what do I need to do to just make these two win98se PC's see each other's hard drives? Thanks a bunch, maybe I'll understand this local networking thing in time. Littleberry There are several basic tutorials avaiable on the net. You can find one at http://www.windowsnetworking.com/art...ndows_9598ME/# Jim. |
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