alyarb@aol.com
09-20-2000, 10:18 PM
Hey guys. I recently bought a linksys 10/100 cable router, the one port one, and got it connected to my LAN. now all comps can surf the net at like 3.5mbps, but i cannot share files or printers! I tried reinstalling everything, renaming my workgroup and client names, and all that, but nothing works. When i rename the workgroup and restart, everythings fine in network neighborhood, but when i shutdown and bootup 15min later, everythings gone! please give me some suggestions. thanks fellas!
alex
zero~abYss
09-21-2000, 12:02 AM
You have to turn on File and Printer sharing first (and possibly install it).
Right Click on Network Nieghborhood:
If you have file and printer sharing skip to 2)
1)Click ADD -> Service -> File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks
2)Click the File and Printer Sharing button - put a check next to both options.
3)Reboot
4)Right-click on a drive/folder and choose sharing -- you can figure the setup out.. do that for every drive/folder you want to share (subdirectories are inherent)
Accessing a shared printer from another workstation:
1)Start->Settings->Printers
2)Add Printer -> Network Printer
3)Browse for printer on network off of the machine it is attached to (assuming it isn't on of those printers that acts a network station and your using a parallel connect) .. anyway, then pray the software works .. had some issues with HP software before when trying to get second machine to load drivers & software.
Goodluck, hope this helped.
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-zero~abYss