File Sharing Between Two Computers

If you have been following Software-Planet , you may notice that this week's articles have similar topic. We are covering about "Networking Setup and Troubleshooting" for 7. These 3 articles:Setup Internet Sharing,Troubleshoot Internet SharingandFile Sharingare related to ch other. Hopefully these articles can help and guide from eral computer literates until advanced users to setup their sharing sier.

For convenience and to avoid confusion, this article will show how to share files and folders between two computers with and without internet connection separately. Both computers are connected via a crossover cable and using 7. If any or both of the computers are using different , the methods are almost the same. The file sharing however, does not limit to cable connection: a wireless connection can be setup for the file sharing too.

File Sharing Without Internet Connection

1. From yourtaskbar,selectOpen Network And Sharing Center. ChooseChange Adapter Settingsfrom the left pane.
Taskbar> Network Icon > Click Open Network and Sharing Center
Change adapter settings in Network and Sharing Center
2. Right click on yourLocal Ar Connection>Properties. Now underNetworkingtab, make sure theFile and Printer Sharing for Networksis ticked.
Tick File and Printer Sharing for Networks
3. Browse to your FirewallunderControl Panelvia start menu. From the left pane, selectAllow a program or fture through Firewall. Make sureFile and Printer Sharingis also ticked forHome/Work (Private)and (not mandatory:)Public.
Tick File and Printer Sharing under Firewall
4. Choose any folder that you want to use it as the sharing folder. Right click on it >Share With. You can choose eitherHomegroup (Rd)orHomegroup (Rd/Write)depending on your preference. If you have not had crted a Homegroup yet, crte now and make sure both computers are connected to the same Homegroup for optimal function.


Check if both computers can connect and share the files now. Otherwise, you need to proceed the following to correct the local ar connection settings.

Local Ar Connection Configuration For File Sharing

a) From the same method on how you set theIP and DNS server addressobtained automatically in this article:Troubleshoot Internet Sharing(step 2), instd of setting it as automatic, selectUse the following IP address:. Enter the following details for both computers respectively.
Computer #1
IP address: 192.168.1.1
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0

Computer #2
IP address: 192.168.1.2
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0Enter the IP address accordingly to Computer #1 and #2
Note:
TheIP addresscan be different as long as it is in the private range: 10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255, 172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255 and 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255.Subnet maskhowever, must be kept the same.

b) Press button + R, and typecmd. On the DOS (black-screen), ping ch computers by typingping(IP Address). From the example above, Computer #1 should typeping 192.168.1.2and Computer #2 should typeping 192.168.1.1(not the way round).

Check the result of ping. A successful ping should show something like this:
Ping statistics for (IP Address):
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss)
While unsuccessful one, it will showrequest timed outwith:
Ping statistics for (IP Address):
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss)
If you have successful ping, now from + R again, type:\\(IP Address). For instance, Computer #1 will type\\192.168.1.1. This way, now you can copy and paste files from both computers.Getting unsuccessful ping?You may have missed some of the steps setting up the correct Firewall and File Sharing settings (see step 1) or done something wrong in modifying theIP address(see step a).

The methods and steps listed should be almost the same with all version of . Have you found yourself followed the instructions carefully but still cannot share your files between computers? You can post your problem in thecomment form.

For Vista users, you may need to configure this correctly before you can do the files sharing.

Configuring files sharing for Vista users
If you want to set for file sharing, right click the folder >Properties. UnderSharingtab, chooseAdvanced Sharing...to configure your settings.

File Sharing With Internet Connection

The only difference is only that you do not need to set the IP address (192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.2). Instd, check your configured IP address under Local Ar Connection from Network And Sharing Center. ChooseLocal Ar Connection>Detailsto see yourIPv4 Address. Ping the computers using the same method and type\\(IP Address)to share the files between computers.