Sharing files between two computers on a network?

JohnJSal · 03-17-2008, 01:52 AM

Hi guys. I'm having some trouble here. My situation is this: I have a desktop connected via ethernet cable and a laptop connected wirelessly. I read that in order for them to be on the "same" network, they have to either both be connected by cable or both be wireless. So I plugged in the laptop and now they are both connected via ethernet cable.

I went through the Network Setup Wizard on both computers and that seemed to work fine. When I go to "My Network Places" on my desktop it shows a folder called "Shared Docs on Johnjsal" (which is my desktop name). When I go to "My Network Places" on my laptop it shows this same folder, as well as the folders I've tried to share from my laptop.

But the folders I've tried to share from my laptop do not show up on my desktop. It seems like they are each simply reading from themselves and they aren't actually connected or sharing anything.

Is there a step I'm missing to get this to work properly?

Thanks!

markallen · 03-17-2008, 02:11 AM

Did you set them to be shared folders?

JohnJSal · 03-17-2008, 04:02 AM

Yeah, as it turns out the problem was that somehow Windows Firewall was turned on for my laptop.

markallen · 03-17-2008, 05:10 AM

Cool.Glad you figured it out.

osamaaraby74 · 04-10-2008, 04:32 PM

try to turn off firewall

03-17-2008, 01:52 AM	#1 (permalink)
JohnJSal Platinum Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Hoboken, NJ Age: 28 Posts: 523	Sharing files between two computers on a network? Hi guys. I'm having some trouble here. My situation is this: I have a desktop connected via ethernet cable and a laptop connected wirelessly. I read that in order for them to be on the "same" network, they have to either both be connected by cable or both be wireless. So I plugged in the laptop and now they are both connected via ethernet cable. I went through the Network Setup Wizard on both computers and that seemed to work fine. When I go to "My Network Places" on my desktop it shows a folder called "Shared Docs on Johnjsal" (which is my desktop name). When I go to "My Network Places" on my laptop it shows this same folder, as well as the folders I've tried to share from my laptop. But the folders I've tried to share from my laptop do not show up on my desktop. It seems like they are each simply reading from themselves and they aren't actually connected or sharing anything. Is there a step I'm missing to get this to work properly? Thanks!

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03-17-2008, 02:11 AM	#2 (permalink)
markallen Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 152	Did you set them to be shared folders?

03-17-2008, 04:02 AM	#3 (permalink)
JohnJSal Platinum Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Hoboken, NJ Age: 28 Posts: 523	Yeah, as it turns out the problem was that somehow Windows Firewall was turned on for my laptop.

03-17-2008, 05:10 AM	#4 (permalink)
markallen Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 152	Cool.Glad you figured it out.

04-10-2008, 04:32 PM	#5 (permalink)
osamaaraby74 New Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 2	try to turn off firewall