Question on how to set up network using Window 2000 ?

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Harry

My problem is that I do not know how to set a network so that I can
access my computers. I'm using Windows 2000 on 2 PC machines using
Intel chips that are connected by a Linksys BEFSX41 router.

I can access the Internet with both machines but can not communicate
between machines with the exception of doing a ping test which
confirms that the two are connected and their IPs.

I've been to a lot of Internet sites but few offer simple instruction
for an experience PC user and programmer who has absolute no
experience with networks.

Could someone please tell me how to set up a network so that I may
share files, printers and data between my two PC's?

Regards,
Harry
 
The first thing to do would be to see if the two PCs can
ping each other.On each of the PCs bring up a command
prompt and type "ipconfig /all" without the quotes, if
both PCs are using the same IP range and subnet it should
be easy to setup. You should see something like this:

Ethernet adapter Internal:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : ND010
Ethernet/Fast Ethernet PCI Bus Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-10-A7-07-F4-
52
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.240
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.0.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.240
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.240

You will probably have DHCP enabled on yours though, but
providing the IP address are in the same range and the
subnets are the same it should just be a matter of right
hand mouse clicking on the folder you wish to share and
shearing it.
 
If ips arnt in the same range and subnet, in advanced IP
settings enter a new ip 192.168.0.156 on one machine and
192.168.0.157 on another with subnet 255.255.255.0 on
both. DO NOT specify any gateways there. Share files and
make sure you have same user name and password on both
machines.
2nd option. In START RUN type \\MACHINE-B\d$ where machine
B is the name of machine you want to have access too. D$
is the D Drive of that machine. Login as administrator of
that machine and specify the password. You should be able
to now share files.
 
Thank you very much for comments. I've made progress setting on my
1st folder, mapping both machines, etc. I'm still not actually able to
use programs on my second machines, print or access my files.

However, I'll see what happens after taking your recent suggestions.

A few more questions. How much security risk do I have from enabling
file sharing from people stealing information on my machines? I don't
want to give access to anyone outside the physical area of my computer
until I learn enough to setup and direct them to a read only secure
read only type file server.

Apparently one needs to enable file sharing to network between computers
but I'm unclear on the best security method to keep others from exploitng
this requirement. Could you comment on how to best mitigating file
sharing risk as I'm especially concern about adding security exposure by
making entire drives accessible to my second computer as you have
suggested? Beside this concern your approach sounds like the easier route
making excluding a few folder would help the security risk).

I'm still not clear on how to activate program on the host computer
because there are no icons under my program section using the start
menu or anywhere else that I can find. I see the folders I've
assigned on my second computer but clicking on the drive takes me to
the directory where clicking on an program icon does not work.

I've have several programs running 24/7 on my main machine and would
like to use my second one to access files, print and run programs on
the 1st computer, access my email, Internet and other task without
effecting the program that I have running.

Thanks,
Harry
 
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