^I agree for those not computer or network savvy - it is a bit much to ask for. However if you have VISTA - really simple.
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^I agree for those not computer or network savvy - it is a bit much to ask for. However if you have VISTA - really simple.
How very profound and so very very funny.Quote:
Originally Posted by Butterfly
Really I am quite capable at resolving most of life little irks, but Microsoft have a special knack of confusing the heck out of me.
If only I was perfect. :mid:
^must be butterfy's lady boy experience that makes him so special. ;)
that's a given, only a newbie or a naive user would read anything from MS !!!Quote:
Originally Posted by ItsRobsLife
If your computers aren't ancient then the chance is that at least one of them has automatic polarity detection on its ethernet port in which case a straight cable works equally well.
if both laptops have bluetooth it is quite easy to set them up as a PAN ( personal area network ) and share files , modems , printers etc.
adhoc wifi connections are not hard to get working either
if you have and adsl modem , wifi AP it is probably a network switch also.
can you ask more difficult questions next time - this one is barely worth the effort to type a reply to :D
another easy way is to take the HD out of one machine and pop it in an extenal USB caddy - all of 5 minutes work.
What is the difference between passive and active FTP?Quote:
Originally Posted by baldrick
Do try and keep it simple :)
Are you on xp or vista ?
are they both connected to a wireless network ?
very easy question, maybe I can answer that oneQuote:
Originally Posted by ItsRobsLife
it has to do with incoming ports being opened on the server side rather than client side,
NEXT !!!
why do you ask this question ?Quote:
Originally Posted by ItsRobsLife
does 16 bits , or 2^16 mean 0-65535 to you ?
transferring files between 2 computers via FTP is faster than the windows share method.
and active and passive FTP - active the client opens/listens on a dynamic port ( between 1025-65535 ) passive , the server opens/listens on a dynamic port.
No offense here, but is that actually in English?Quote:
Originally Posted by baldrick
Because you said..Quote:
Originally Posted by baldrick
What's up? Not bloody difficult enough for you? I tried my best. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by baldrick https://teakdoor.com/images/td_defaul...s/viewpost.gif
can you ask more difficult questions next time - this one is barely worth the effort to type a reply to :D
Anyway I'm not sure if your right... surely the answer should be far longer. :mid:
Oooh Ooh! I know this one.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigRed
I'm on XP and they are both connected to a wireless network. Yes.
Why?
Easy then.Quote:
Originally Posted by ItsRobsLife
sharing files xp network - Google Search
XPhome or XPpro ?
:D
the reason I ask is because default workgroup for XPhome is Home and default workgroup for XPpro is workgroup - and if you want to use that windows filesharing smegma you need to have the same workgroup..
what firewalls are running on both machines also ?
It is with Mac.Quote:
Originally Posted by ItsRobsLife
You can with a Mac.Quote:
Originally Posted by ItsRobsLife
I just string my Macs together with a network cable, or even just use the wireless for them to see each other - though setting up your own mini network at your house is generally a good idea, from a simple management common sense point of view.Quote:
Originally Posted by ItsRobsLife
WRONG!Quote:
Originally Posted by lom
While Macs have auto-negotiating network ports that can detect a cross-over connection(i.e. you CAN do what you suggested on Macs), most PCs have simple network ports that require either a network hub (slightly expensive) or the use of a cross-over cable (usually orange colored ethernet network cables marked 'crossover').
These are needed as a computer to computer connection requires the wires to be inversed on one end of the cable in order to permit a connection -- like I said, the vast majority of PCs will not have intelligent ethernet ports that auto-detect this. Some recent PCs do. All recent Macs do.
should be really easy then. Try one of the links from the Google search MtD posted. If you want to keep them synchronised use windows briefcase Windows XP The Official MagazineQuote:
Originally Posted by ItsRobsLife
Getting file sharing and printer sharing on XP has been a nemesis of mine for many years.
Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, sometimes one works and the other doesn't, sometimes everything works for months and months and then one day it stops working and never works again.