How do I connect two computers with a LAN cable?
- by John
I have two machines - Windows XP and a laptop using Windows 7. I connected them with a WLAN cable.
On the Windows XP machine, I set the IP address to 192.168.0.10.
On the Windows 7 laptop, I set the IP address to 192.168.0.20.
The laptop can see the Windows XP machine, but Windows XP machine cannot see the Windows 7 machine. But this does NOT concern me. I want to move the files from my desktop (Windows XP) to Windows 7 (laptop). That's why I'm going through all this.
The problem is that when I try to connect from Windows 7 to Windows XP machine, I get this window:
I don't understand what username/password is needed. I use none on the Windows XP machine. I tried all usernames - no success.
Please explain in deep details how to solve my problem so I can connect to my Windows XP machine.
EDIT: Maybe this can help: the Windows XP machine is named 'I' and '???????? III' is the name of the laptop. Both computers share one workgroup - WORKGROUP.