Originally posted by mcvickj
First configure your IP on the laptop
1. Right click on Network Neighborhood. There should be an icon on the desktop. If there isn't you can get to the settings by going to the control pannel and double clicking the network tab.
2. You will see a scroll down box with at least one Client and a few Protocols. You will be looking for one that says TCP/IP -> (Network Card Name). The one in my computer is a 3COM. Select that and click Properties.
3. Now you want to “Specify an IP address”. For the IP type in 192.168.1.1 and the Subnet Mask as 255.255.255.0. Click OK.
4. While we are here you will want to add File and Print Sharing. Click on Add, Services and select Microsoft and then select File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks.
5. Click on the Indentification tab and make note of your Computer Name. Also change the default workgroup to “Workgroup”
6. Reboot
Now lets configure your home computer
1. Go to the Control Pannel and select Network Connections. Inside here you will see Local Area Connection. Right click on select Properties.
2. Scroll down and find Internet Properties(TCP/IP). Select that and chooe Properties.
3. Select Use the following IP addres. For this computer we will want 192.168.1.2 and a Subnet Mask of 255.255.255.0
4. I believe File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks comes installed by default. Double check that its in the list.
5. Now we need to check the Workgroup setting. Right click on My Computer, and select Properties. Click on the Computer Name tab. It will tell you the Workgroup name. If it is anything different than “Workgroup” we will need to change it. Select the change button and type in Workgroup.
6. After you do all of this you might have to reboot.Now lets configure your home computer.
So what we have did is made both computers a part of the workgroup “Workgroup.” We have assigned an IP of 192.168.1.1 to the laptop and an IP of 192.168.1.2 to the home computer.
Plug the crossover cable into both of the computers. To see if you have communication between the two computers go to your laptop, go to Start, Run and type in command. It will open up a DOS box. Type in ping 192.168.1.2. What we are doing is pinging the home computer from the laptop. If you received a successful response you are good to go for the next part.
After both computers have rebooted you will need to set up the share. Go to your laptop and open up Windows Explorer. Right click on the C:\ drive and select Properties. If you did this correctly you will see a Sharing tab. Select Share As. The default share name is fine. Make sure you select Full as the Access type. You will now see a hand underneath the little icon that is next to the C:\.
Now go to your home computer and open up Windows Explorer. Select My Network places, Entire Network, Microsoft Windows Network. You should see Workgroup. Open that up. What we are looking for is the name of the laptop. Double clikc on that. You should see the share of C. Double click that and now you will see the contents of the hard drive. Select what you want to copy over and copy them over to the new computer.
A cross over cable is the same as a network cable except pins 1 and 3 and 2 and 6 are crossed so you can go directly between NIC to NIC. A Best Buy or CompUSA will have the cable but they will want an arm for it. If there is no rush on this I can make a cable for you and ship it for free.
I am also free to guide you through this. LMK and I can PM you my number.
-JR
