Magnum4c
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I'm sure this has been answered here before, but maybe the search phrase I'm using isn't zeroing in on the relevant threads. So:
We have a PC running Vista 64 that is hard wired, and a laptop using Windows 7 that is using a wireless connection with the same router. I want to share some files from the PC to the laptop, and set up the printer (which is currently hooked up to the PC) so it is shared as well. I'm not sure how to set up a home network with a wired/wireless combination, or maybe it already is and I just don't know it. When I open the Network and Sharing Center on the PC, I see the PC, Network 3, and the Internet. When I open it on the laptop, I see that computer, NETGEaR-mike1, and the Internet. I'm assuming that Network 3 and NETGEaR-mike1 are the same?
I tried using the Easy Transfer Wizard (had to upgrade and install it for Windows 7 on the PC), but the computers don't see each other on the network, so obviously I'm not fully set up correctly.
What I don't understand is, if both computers are connected to the same router, aren't they already part of a home network? On the PC's Network and Sharing Center I see that Network discovery, File sharing, and Password protected sharing are "on", and Public folder, Printer, and Media sharing are off. It looks like it's set up the same on the laptop, except there's an additional setting for 128-bit encryption on it that the PC doesn't show. BTW, does the PC (running Vista) use 128-bit encryption as well, or is it 40 or 56-bit?
Can someone, using plain English, give me a step-by-step for achieving my goal? You would be forever in my debt!
Thanks! Mike
We have a PC running Vista 64 that is hard wired, and a laptop using Windows 7 that is using a wireless connection with the same router. I want to share some files from the PC to the laptop, and set up the printer (which is currently hooked up to the PC) so it is shared as well. I'm not sure how to set up a home network with a wired/wireless combination, or maybe it already is and I just don't know it. When I open the Network and Sharing Center on the PC, I see the PC, Network 3, and the Internet. When I open it on the laptop, I see that computer, NETGEaR-mike1, and the Internet. I'm assuming that Network 3 and NETGEaR-mike1 are the same?
I tried using the Easy Transfer Wizard (had to upgrade and install it for Windows 7 on the PC), but the computers don't see each other on the network, so obviously I'm not fully set up correctly.
What I don't understand is, if both computers are connected to the same router, aren't they already part of a home network? On the PC's Network and Sharing Center I see that Network discovery, File sharing, and Password protected sharing are "on", and Public folder, Printer, and Media sharing are off. It looks like it's set up the same on the laptop, except there's an additional setting for 128-bit encryption on it that the PC doesn't show. BTW, does the PC (running Vista) use 128-bit encryption as well, or is it 40 or 56-bit?
Can someone, using plain English, give me a step-by-step for achieving my goal? You would be forever in my debt!
Thanks! Mike