Thread: Wireless File Sharing?
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Old 18-08-2004, 13:24   #20
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Re: Wireless File Sharing?
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Originally Posted by nate
Windows will not allow file and printer sharing to be used wirelessly unless you have WEP encryption turned on.

Turn it, set a key on the server (router), then set WEP on the client computer with the same key, this will allow you to see each others shared files and folders.
The OS has no clue how the other machines are connecting to it, especially as they are the other side of a router in this instance. This is not the case WXP will let you share on an insecure network, or a broadband enabled PC without AV or Firewall.
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