How to - Connecting 2 Computers Together
Connecting 2 computers together is usually required for
several reasons
There are several ways to connect computers together
Using a router is perhaps the easiest way – if you have 2
computers that access the same Internet connection then they are
both in effect on the same network already, on one of the
computer simply enable network sharing or simple network
sharing more
here ..
An Ethernet network crossover cable can be plugged into the
network port of each computer, now you in effect have an
connection between the two, but before any data can be
transferred each needs to be given a static IP address – to do
this go to the network section in Windows Control Panel – manage
network connection – double click the network connection you are
using to connect the 2 computers – then click on TCPIP or TCPIP/IPv4
– select Use the following IP address – and use something
similar to 192.168.0.6 – Note you need to set this on each
computer and the last digit must be different to the other
computer for example 192.168.0.5
Adhoc network – to use this both computers must have wireless
network cards, this type of connection is usually used to share
an Internet connection, for more on this check here..
Once you have the network connection in place
there are 2 ways to access the information on the other computer
– the first is to select Network from the Start Menu – from this
you should see the computer that has sharing enabled as above.
The second way is to enter the computer name or
IP address in the following way.
\\computer name or \\IP ADDRESS
If you have chosen to
use the simple file sharing method you will need to copy any
files into the shared folder before you can access them.
The Administrator share
If you have or setup a login account on the other computer it
can be accessed using what is commonly called the administrator
share for example..
f we have a computer called
computer-adviser and we have setup a login account with
administrator rights called mike we can access it from the other
computer using the following
\\computer-adviser \c$ this will then give a username
and password prompt
We then need to enter the login information using the
following format
Computer name\user account
Computer-adviser\mike and then the password
If you have any problems connecting 2 computers then the
problem will most likely be with your Windows firewall on the
computer you are connecting to blocking the port you are
connecting to – a simple way to confirm this is to disable the
firewall for a few minutes – if sharing now works then you can
either leave the firewall off, which is not recommended or allow
file sharing within the firewalls settings.
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For more on file sharing when connecting 2 computers read here …
If
you need a hand setting up your network ..
Create a do it yourself
network ? , checkout our network tutorials
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Adhoc network problems and
Adhoc internet problems
Adhoc network problems and Adhoc internet problems are sadly are
a common issue and many people simply just give up due to the
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Wireless network security -
protect your wireless network
Wireless network security - leeching or hacking unsecured
wireless networks is common - make sure your wifi network is
secure its easy to setup, more ..
www.computer-adviser.com/wireless-network-security.html
Limited or no connectivity
connecting to your network? hits and tips
If you have limited or no connectivity when connecting to your
network read more on how to fix limited network connection
problems at computer-adviser.
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