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Setting up a home network

  • 01-01-2011 4:01pm
    #1
    Dr.Winston O'Boogie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,820 ✭✭✭


    Probably a bit of a stupid question but how would one go about setting up a home network so that myself and my housemates can all share files etc via our wireless internet connection?


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  • #2
    MunsterCycling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,864 ✭✭✭MunsterCycling


    Is the wireless internet connection a router or is it that you are using a WISP?

    If the former then you already have a LAN and just need to enable some shares on the PCs to allow sharing of files between ye.


  • #3
    Dr.Winston O'Boogie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,820 ✭✭✭Dr.Winston O'Boogie


    MunsterCycling wrote: »
    Is the wireless internet connection a router or is it that you are using a WISP?

    If the former then you already have a LAN and just need to enable some shares on the PCs to allow sharing of files between ye.

    Its just a router yeah. How would you enable a share? Like say I want to enable a sharing of my c drive? Or a folder on my desktop?


  • #4
    snappieT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,357 ✭✭✭snappieT


    niallo24 wrote: »
    Its just a router yeah. How would you enable a share? Like say I want to enable a sharing of my c drive? Or a folder on my desktop?

    Right click the folder you want to share, then click the "Sharing" tab, followed by "Advanced Sharing". Tick "Share this folder" and click OK twice. This folder is now shared.

    To have the folder appear on the other computer, go into My Computer (on it), and click "Map network drive". In the "folder" box, type \\<compname>\<sharename> - so if the name if the computer you're sharing from was mycomp and the share name (that you specified when creating the share) was movies, you would type \\mycomp\movies - then click Finish and you're done. There will now be a new drive letter (just like C: for the local hard drive) to represent the folder being shared from the other computer.

    (PS: to find out the "name" of the computer you're sharing from, go into My Computer, then click "System Properties", it appears there)

    (PPS: This assumes Windows 7 - you really should specify what version you're running when asking these types of questions)


  • #5
    nxbyveromdwjpg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,402 ✭✭✭nxbyveromdwjpg


    Trying to do the same thing, with a standard NTL netgear wireless modem, I'm greyed out though and cant share folders (see attached)

    Do I not need to set something up in the control panel under wireless network?

    This would be handy in the house, rather than transferring on USB sticks and stuff...

    thanks in advance for any help


  • #6
    snappieT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,357 ✭✭✭snappieT


    nm wrote: »
    Trying to do the same thing, with a standard NTL netgear wireless modem, I'm greyed out though and cant share folders (see attached)

    Do I not need to set something up in the control panel under wireless network?

    This would be handy in the house, rather than transferring on USB sticks and stuff...

    thanks in advance for any help

    At the bottom of that dialog, click the "another folder" link, and uncheck the "private" checkbox. Repeat the steps above, and it should work.

    (Again, PLEASE always specify what version you're running - you're on XP but you should be telling us that!)


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  • #7
    Dr.Winston O'Boogie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,820 ✭✭✭Dr.Winston O'Boogie


    I'm on Windows 7 by the way. Not sure if its much different for that?


  • #8
    snappieT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,357 ✭✭✭snappieT


    niallo24 wrote: »
    I'm on Windows 7 by the way. Not sure if its much different for that?
    Original instructions I gave were for Win7, did they not work?


  • #9
    Dr.Winston O'Boogie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,820 ✭✭✭Dr.Winston O'Boogie


    Yeah managed to get it all sorted after that post, thanks for the helpful advice!


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