The best tutorials for implementing File and printer Sharing are here. Be sure you have disabled any software firewalls running on either the desktop or the lap, especially the WinXP built in firewall.
Thank you Paladin for your reply. Maybe it's just my own stupidity but I have already gone to that site and thought that i followed the tutoral with no results. Should the equipment I use be able to share a printer?
No, you do not need any additional equipment. Once fully operational, your wired and wireless PCs will be participants in a single homogeneous network, regardless of how they attach to it.
Start your tutorial here at the point headlined "Configure Computers with NetBIOS over TCP/IP" and work your way down through "Share a Folder on each Computer." To share a printer, first make sure the printer is fully operational on the PC it is directly connected to and designated "shared" through its properties. Then, on the other PC, perform an Add Printer operation through Control Panel. Select "Network printer" instead of "Local printer" and then browse the network to find and add the printer. Have the driver CD available, in case the operating does not have a native driver built in.
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November 25th, 2003 22:00
biggistal,
The best tutorials for implementing File and printer Sharing are here. Be sure you have disabled any software firewalls running on either the desktop or the lap, especially the WinXP built in firewall.
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November 26th, 2003 19:00
_Paladin
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November 26th, 2003 20:00
biggistal,
No, you do not need any additional equipment. Once fully operational, your wired and wireless PCs will be participants in a single homogeneous network, regardless of how they attach to it.
Start your tutorial here at the point headlined "Configure Computers with NetBIOS over TCP/IP" and work your way down through "Share a Folder on each Computer." To share a printer, first make sure the printer is fully operational on the PC it is directly connected to and designated "shared" through its properties. Then, on the other PC, perform an Add Printer operation through Control Panel. Select "Network printer" instead of "Local printer" and then browse the network to find and add the printer. Have the driver CD available, in case the operating does not have a native driver built in.
Message Edited by _Paladin on 11-26-2003 04:24 PM