[access-uk] Re: External Hard Drives v Networking

  • From: "Yusuf" <yusufaosman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 14:58:21 +0100

Andy, What firewall are you using? I found that with Norton Internet 
Security the only way I could get the network working properly was to 
disable Norton's firewall.
Yusuf
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy Logue" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 2:16 PM
Subject: [access-uk] External Hard Drives v Networking


> fHi all.
>
> Thanks everyone for their comments on various external hard drives and
> suppliers.
>
> I've been given this matter a lot of thought and decided that as I wish 
> the
> drive only to move files from one computer to another and perhaps a 
> back-up
> of these files, I'd be just as well creating a network between both my
> computers instead.
>
> I have an XP Home computer and an XP Media Center computer and I have
> purchased the correct Inthernet cables.  In fact I have two choices.
>
> One is to connect both computers together directly with one of my 
> Inthernet
> cables and the other option, is to plug both into my Belkin Router and
> create a network.
>
> I thought that there was no need to purchase an external hard drive while 
> I
> had two computers.
>
> Unfortunately, I've attempted several times with no success to link both
> computers using either of the above options.  Rick from the BCT List has a
> tutorial in creating a Network, but for some reason, I've had no luck
> following this.
>
> So if there is anyone who could talk me through the process of either
> connecting both computers directly or setting up a Network, I'd be very
> grateful for your assistance.
>
> Best wishes.
> Andy
>
>
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