Sharing with Direct Cable Connection (Serial)

Wow, thats the hard way. Just drop the domain when you're
home. Do you have admin right s to the laptop to do this?


>-----Original Message-----
>hi there,
>
>i got 2 pcs. 1 is a desktop with XP pro and the other is
a laptop with XP pro as well. my desktop is setup with a
workgroup but my laptop is setup to a domain for office
use. i managed to get both of the pcs connected by
setting up my desktop as host and my laptop as guest using
a null modem serial cable. the connection speed is max at
115.2KBPS. i also shared my host entire hardisk (2nd
partition).
>
>the problem is i conldn't see my host pc from my laptop
by exploring entire network. i would like to backup my
host pc files into my laptop CD-R drive.
>
>what kind of setting should i do to make files sharing
possible between my 2 pcs? really appreciate any help.
>
>thank you.
>
>.
>

it is that hard? it is because of the workgroup and the domain thing? i do have the admin for my laptop. if i drop the domain, i will not able to get back my office domain because need a network admin to do that.

so how?

"Bud" wrote:

> Wow, thats the hard way. Just drop the domain when you're
> home. Do you have admin right s to the laptop to do this?
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >hi there,
> >
> >i got 2 pcs. 1 is a desktop with XP pro and the other is
> a laptop with XP pro as well. my desktop is setup with a
> workgroup but my laptop is setup to a domain for office
> use. i managed to get both of the pcs connected by
> setting up my desktop as host and my laptop as guest using
> a null modem serial cable. the connection speed is max at
> 115.2KBPS. i also shared my host entire hardisk (2nd
> partition).
> >
> >the problem is i conldn't see my host pc from my laptop
> by exploring entire network. i would like to backup my
> host pc files into my laptop CD-R drive.
> >
> >what kind of setting should i do to make files sharing
> possible between my 2 pcs? really appreciate any help.
> >
> >thank you.
> >
> >.
> >
>