networkin router what

[sandmantoy]

Hi, Guy's
Got my new alienware,had to give the wife my gateway. Anyway I got cable and linksys 4 port router and got them so they can both surf the internet. Can I network them together for file and printer shareing with out any more cables lol. My alienware is running win xp pro and the gateway is running win 98se. I don't want to mess up what I have workin now .

sandman

[ecross]

If the machines are connected then all you need to do is enable File and Printer sharing and then share what folders you need. Most likely, since you have cable, you'll connect the router to the cable modem and connect the machines to and from the router. But I assume since you have it working, as you say you do, then you've already connected them...

[Sarrkazztic]

on the alienware xp machine you will also have to create a new user that has the exact same logon name and password as the gateway 98 machine.

[DrMDJ]

The creation on the XP machine of the user with the same name and password as on the 98 machine isn't necessary if your using simply file and print sharing (default) and haven't "disabled" (as opposed to simply "turned off") the GUEST account on the XP machine.

[Sarrkazztic]

doc the guest account is disabled by default in XP.

[DrMDJ]

May be forgetting, but better double check that Sarr. I'm pretty sure that for a "workgroup" environment/setup Guest is "turned off (ie. so it doesn't show up as a login id) by default in Pro, but I believe it is still "enabled" (Computer Management -> Local Users and Groups -> Users -> Guest -> properties). Also (for obvious reasons :)) "ForceGuest" is enabled in terms of local security policies. Again, I believe this is the case when using workgroup networking as opposed to logging on to a domain.

[DrMDJ]

Too many OSes, too many versions, too many installs, too many... Ugh!

Wanted to double check so... Just loaded up a clean XP SP1 Pro image, no network file sharing to start (of course). Yes, GUEST was "disabled". I usually install sharing right off the bat and could have sworn having GUEST showing "not disabled" (enabled). Hmmm. So I went ahead and (using "simple" file sharing ) just shared a drive. Lo and behold when I went back and looked GUEST had been automatically enabled by the system. Makes sense, since simple file sharing by default requires the use of GUEST for authentication. Anyway, this exercise at least explains why I was not remembering seeing GUEST disabled by default. But the bottomline is there isn't a need to create any new userids.

[sandmantoy]

Ok I found a good spot for help on this
and thanks guy's. I whent to www.homenethelp.com It was just what I was lookin for... Now Im off to learn