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Connecting two PCs..

3 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/connecting-two-pcs.87756/

patkim
patkim Original post #1
May 13, 2008 at 8:55 PM
I would like to know if it is possible to directly connect two PCs using a Cross Lan cable but with a following constraint

One PC is on WORKGROUP and is Home PC
Another is a Laptop which is otherwise on a Domain with userid/password i.e. I can not change any network setting here except at the max can assign one 192.168 series IP Address to this laptop.

I tried it… Lan connection shows connected status on both systems but I can not see the each other in the network places.

Thanks..
Tiger
Tiger #2
May 13, 2008 at 9:05 PM
you should share the drive which you want to see on other PC
joey_182
joey_182 #3
May 15, 2008 at 12:38 AM
if both are showing lan connections and both reply on ping then u just need to share ur folders and allowing file sharing option to share files two pc's