Topic: How to transfer data pc > pc

[Cooker]

i dunno if that limit is per-attachment, or per-message, but it's there.

[rustle]

Stopped reading this thread after Cooker, and sleepypedros first post.
 Cooker was on it with the network cable, and sleepypedro brought it home with the "cat 5 cross over cable".
 +T to both


      "Ad Hoc Network"   

[Chanher]

I asked this question a while ago and have been using the lappy > jb3 > DAW method for quite a while. It is annoying as shit, the firewire on my jb3 crapped out, making the transfer ever so slow. So after making the cat 5 crossover cable according to these instructions:

http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/cat5_cables_.htm  (scroll down)

I hooked up my lappy straight to my DAW. I spent the last hour messing with the Microsoft Network Wizard or whatever, and it only led to frustration and swear words. INTERNET IS STILL NOT AN OPTION, so if anyone could offer any help with setting up this connection between two computers, I would appreciate it.

[Diggin]

what I do is use a crossover cable and map a drive on one of the computers

Computer A has the files
Comptuer B needs the files

after conenction crossover cable:
A - 169.x.x.1
B - 169.x.x.2

map a network drive to A using B
Start > Run > \\169.x.x.1\c$ (or whatever drive it is on if both are xp)
or - Right click My Computer > Map Network Drive > whatever letter > \\169.x.x.1\c$

hope that helps

[Chanher]

just tried this last night, I can't get it to work!!   

first question: where did you get these numbers?

A - 169.x.x.1
B - 169.x.x.2


second question: after I right clicked My Computer > Map Network Drive, the drive letter "C:" was not available. Both drives are named "C:" Am I missing something?


Boy I hate computers...

[MattD]

I always thought local/crossover networks had to be of the form 192.168.x.x in order to work.

For your second question, you need to map to a currently unused drive letter.

[Chanher]

I always thought local/crossover networks had to be of the form 192.168.x.x in order to work.

For your second question, you need to map to a currently unused drive letter.

just any random letter?

+t's

[MattD]

Yup. Then, you just use that drive letter to access it later. If you want to always have this mapping available, be sure to choose the option that says something like "reconnect on logon."

I usually start my remote mappings from the bottom of the alphabet, that way I can add more local drives without having to worry about skipping letters and the like.

[Chanher]

stupid question #3

Is  192.168.x.x  a private IP address?  Do I need to fill in numbers for the x's?

[MattD]

It is private, from what I understand. Yes, you need numbers there. Some common starting points:

192.168.0.1
192.168.1.1
192.168.0.100
192.168.1.100

and so on. I think the exact number is personal preference only, but maybe a networking guru here can explain more about why to use one set of IPs over another.

[Chanher]

thank you so much