Ad Hoc

riddik

I set up an ad hoc network handy enough between mine and my mates laptop, but how do i transfer stuff between them, eh? any help apprectiated. thanks

ntlbell

create shares?

ethernet

To make things easier, make sure both clients are in the same workgroup, often 'MSHOME'. You can check this by right clicking on My Computer [there somewhere]. If you change it, you'll have to reboot.

You'll need to create shares, as stated by ntlbell. To share a folder [My Music under My Documents, for example], right click the folder, select Sharing and tick the box to share. If you're sharing a folder where there are files which will be edited, tick the box for allowing users to change files in the folder to be shared.

This shared folder [and any others, even shared printers] will appear under My Network Places/Network Neighbourhood [if in the same workgroup, that is]. Just double click on what you want to access.

riddik

yeah i had done all that but no dice, im just totally confused why it wont work. thanx neway lads

Webmonkey

First of all can ye ping eachother? Maybe firewalls could be causing the problem?