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plus you may need to go \\192.168.1.1\sharename - or whatever Ip address the &quot;server&quot; is set to - as you dont have anything doing dns
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plus you may need to go \\192.168.1.1\sharename - or whatever Ip address the "server" is set to - as you dont have anything doing dns

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On the computer that you want to share files from:<br />
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Assign a static IP address.<br />
either allow your LAN subnet through the firewall, or turn the firewall off through control panel.<br />
Share the folder that you want access to from your other machines.<br />
Go to network and sharing center and turn on file sharing.<br />
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On the other computers:<br />
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go to start&gt; run. &nbsp;Type in \\TheIPAddress and press enter.<br />
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On the computer that you want to share files from:

Assign a static IP address.
either allow your LAN subnet through the firewall, or turn the firewall off through control panel.
Share the folder that you want access to from your other machines.
Go to network and sharing center and turn on file sharing.

On the other computers:

go to start> run.  Type in \\TheIPAddress and press enter.



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I need to connect 10 computers (all running XP SP3) to a computer housing a lot of files (also running XP SP3) via a PoE switch (Nortel 24-T). &nbsp;No Active Directory. No DHCP. No Router.<br />
I have put all 11 computers on same Subnet and appropriate IP addresses. &nbsp;Also they're in the same Workgroup. &nbsp;The 11 computers can Ping each other successfully. &nbsp;<br />
My problem is that I cannot locate the files. <br />
How do I share a folder (on the 11th computer) so the other 10 computers can access it?<br />
Many thanks in advance.
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I need to connect 10 computers (all running XP SP3) to a computer housing a lot of files (also running XP SP3) via a PoE switch (Nortel 24-T).  No Active Directory. No DHCP. No Router.
I have put all 11 computers on same Subnet and appropriate IP addresses.  Also they're in the same Workgroup.  The 11 computers can Ping each other successfully.  
My problem is that I cannot locate the files. 
How do I share a folder (on the 11th computer) so the other 10 computers can access it?
Many thanks in advance.

Connect many computers via a PoE switch only

A switch is a device that filters and forwards packets of data between LAN segments. Switches operate at the data link layer or the network layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Reference Model and therefore support any packet protocol. LANs that use switches to join segments are called switched LANs or, in the case of Ethernet networks, switched Ethernet LANs. A hub is a connection point for devices in a network. Hubs are commonly used to connect segments of a LAN. A hub contains multiple ports; when a packet arrives at one port, it is copied to the other ports so that all segments of the LAN can see all packets.

Switches / Hubs

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is the set of networking protocols that define end-to-end connectivity specifying how data should be packeted, addressed, transmitted, routed and received at the destination. This functionality is organized into four abstraction layers which are used to sort all related protocols according to the scope of networking involved.

TCP/IP

The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is an auto configuration protocol used on IP networks and an extension of the Bootstrap Protocol. DHCP allows for computers to be configured automatically to communicate with each other over an IP network without the need for manual setup by a network administrator. The implementation of DHCP relies on a DHCP server to hand out network configuration information to DHCP-capable clients that request an IP address (and other information required or useful in communicating with other devices on an IP network). In addition to an IP address, common configuration information served over DHCP includes a default gateway, subnet mask and DNS sever(s).