i can see the network on only one computer

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i just got a new computer and i want to transfer some stuff over to it. so i connected them through a modem, and thought it would work. on the computer that has everything i need, i can see my new computer's folders and everything, but on my new computer i cannot see the folders on the other one. and i dont know why. HELP!

-brandon
 
Are the physically close to each other? If so just network them with a cross over cable. Speeds would be MUCH faster.
 
Trizoy said:
Are the physically close to each other? If so just network them with a cross over cable. Speeds would be MUCH faster.
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Do you have any firewalls? If so, add the ip addresses that are allowed to access your comps and then they should be able to see each other.
 
I don't know what you know, so I ask Do you know about setting folders to share on a network? (I hope so ;))

Could be firewall, check if configuring needed as Pck21 said.

Are your computers on the same workgroup? (Tip: Network wizard will help with that)

Hmm, you connected with dial-up modems? You can get ethernet cards (network cards) for a few bucks, much easier to configure/faster transfers.

Are you running windows xp on both computers?
 
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are you using a modem and splitting the internet cable or are you using a router


you need to use a router to set up a hom network
 
this might be a stupid question but if you are going to replace the old one with the new one why not just put the old hdd in the new computer as a slave take all the files off and then format it and have that extra storage space?
 
i got it

sorry it took so long to reply to all of these, i got it figured out, heres what happened. when i ran the home network wizard, i had my firewalls turned off, but once it finished, both of the firewalls automatically turned back on. :confused:

but its all good now, thanks for your help.
 
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