msdos access to other pc's?

[akasup3rman]

i was wondering if there was a command or way for me to access another computer's files through msdos.

and if so, what commands do i use? they are on the same network and have file sharing enabled, so i was wondering if this was possible.

thank you

 

[office politics]

you must map a drive letter to the share

net use x \\server\share

replace x with a drive letter of choice. then you can access the files by browsing that drive.

 

[akasup3rman]

how do i find out my network name? it says the network name cannot be found?

 

[office politics]

lol, im sorry. you must also change server to the computer name hosting the files and share to the name of the share on the machine

 

[akasup3rman]

can i use an ip address instead?

and im doing this cause im trying to backup files on the other computer to this computer's external hard drive. so i can xfer files too right?

 

[office politics]

yes you can use the ip instead of the name. yes you will be able to xfer files.

 

[akasup3rman]

im sorry.. i guess im kinda slow..
this is what i typed in

net use c:\ \\dell xps t500\chris

dellxpst500 is my computer name and
chris is my user name...

did i type something wrong?
and they are different OS's so.. does that matter?


thanks so much for ur help so far

 

[office politics]

on the remote machine, you will have to right click the folder, click sharing, set the name to myshare, and click ok

On the client machine, execute this

net use m \\dellxpst500\myshare

then execute

m:

 

[akasup3rman]

sorry =/ but it says the network name cannot be found. i can ping both computers though...

hmm..if it helps any, the client pc is windows 2k and the remote one is win 98..

 

[akasup3rman]

actually.. when i name a folder within the drive, it says the local device name is already in use

what does this mean?