Transferring Files

[voth12]

Hello everyone. I'm new to the forum. This is a networking problem in a sense. I need to transfer files from a computer running win98 to a computer running xp. I have the proper networking cable and I have done this before but I'm having trouble getting it to work again. Any help would be great.

Thanks, Terry.

 

[mikesgroovin]

Well, first off, you need two Networking cards, one for each PC. If you already have this, then you either need 1 "crossover" cable to connect from one PC to the other, or you can use two "straight-through" cables and then connect both of the PCs to a hub or switch. Do you know what kind of cable you already have? And do you have any other hardware networking device like a hub or a switch?

-Mike

 

[voth12]

I have the crossover cable and each computer has a networking card. No hub is involved, just direct connection.

 

[ekÆsine]

please describe your problem, all you have told us is that it doesn't work which could be anything.

 

[voth12]

I have enabled file sharing on the folder I need transfered from the PC running win98. I am trying to transfer the folder to the PC running xp but when I go into "my network places" in xp and try to find the host computer I just get errors telling me it cant be found.

 

[mikesgroovin]

Just try to type in the UNC path of the share. In an explorer or internet explorer browser type the path:
\\ComputerName\ShareName
Obviously each of these need to be the computer name of the PC that you are trying to connect to and the share name of the folder you shared.

-Mike

 

[dr.dos]

are both computers on the same workgroup (name)?
can you ping each comp from the other?

 

[ekÆsine]

this problem is usually caused by winXP firewall. try turning it off from the network connection's advanced properties.