I live in an apartment with two other people, and we want to network our computers together for the purpose of file sharing. We want the option of adding computers (notebooks) on the network wirelessly, so at any given time there will be between three and five computers on the network.
Because our DSL modem is already wireless, we have wireless access, but we want a file-sharing network. Can we do this without a router, or do I need to buy one? If I buy a wireless router, will it conflict with my wireless DSL modem?
You may be able to share files by simply turning on File and Printer sharing on your notebooks, and then using the wireless LAN connectivity the DSL modem provides to connect to each other.
Sharing files in workgroup mode requires that each computer have a local account for each user who will connect. If you take this approach, you can toggle the Windows firewall settings to block file sharing when you are not using it.
A router could provide an additional security boundary between your apartment and the Internet but might not be required. If you add a wireless router to the network, you will need to configure the router and the DSL modem wireless access point to communicate with each other.
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File sharing on a wireless home networkBy Anonymous on February 7, 2007, 6:37 pmI need to know how to set up a wireless network for file sharing i have 2 computer both using wireless and i have a wireless router connecting them. my internet...
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File sharing in wireless netwrokBy Sivaji on February 8, 2007, 12:03 amDisable the windows firewall in both the PC's and try sharing the file. 1.Rt click on the file you want to share and enable sharing. 2.Goto the 2nd PC and try...
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File SharingBy NocMaster on February 8, 2007, 10:00 amWell the easiest thing to do is just use the premade My Shared Folder and place your documents in there. If the other PC can see u one the network they should be...
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hi sivaji! I have a dslBy VaderKid on March 22, 2007, 3:57 amhi sivaji! I have a dsl modem connected to a wireless router connected to my 1st PC.Then I'm using a wireless card on my 2nd PC.What should I do to file share both...
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the easiest way toBy lewis-b on December 18, 2007, 4:33 pmthe easiest way to file-share is to download networking software, i would recomend network magic or it mayybe called pure networks, this solved my problem, as i...
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File SharingBy Anonymous on August 20, 2008, 7:16 pmi have the siemens speedstream 6520 wireless modem on my desktop. i can get a wireless internet signal to my laptop but i have no clue how to set up file sharing....
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