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SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!

by Bruce460460 Aug 21, 2005 1:52PM PDT

Thank you for taking the time to read this whoever you are wherever you are. I know ABSOLUTELY nothing about creating a network so please when you reply to this... treat me like a kid. Basically I have some folders that are about 4 gigs big and they need to go from my laptop which is equipped with a wireless network card, to my computer which has no wireless card or anything. I had planned on just doing a direct connection with a networking cable (cat5) but after hours of toying with the network wizards after plugging in the cable i've come to the conclusion that i can't figure it out. Please someone, anyone... Teach me like a baby and tell me what I need and what to do with it. Your help would be appriciated to no end. Thank you in advance

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In a direct cable connection....

by Michael Geist Aug 21, 2005 9:08PM PDT

from one network card to another, the cable being used should be a crossover cable not a standard CAT5 cable.

Once this is gotten the next obstacles are software settings such as:

1) workgroup names the same
2) file and print sharing turned on
3) some folders set to be shared
4) firewalls turned off or local traffic being allowed.

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