Needs help Sharing Files

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Beast321

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Hi, I need a little help sharing files from 2 computers at work, one computer is on a
domain, and the other isn't on the domain, and I need to share files back and forth, the 2
computers are directly on my dsk and I use a KVM switch to go to one computer to the
other, and obviously I can't copy and paste, but I need some way of transferring files
between the 2 computers, the ip adress I have for the 2 computer are as follows:

**.133.15.73
**.166.14.191

The front two digits are the same, but I don't wan't to give out that information.

can someone please give me some help and options so I can sare the files, Thanks. :p
 
They both do have internet access, but no there is no way to get them on the same
domain, the dumb IT department won't do a thing, so I have to find a way to share
the files on my own, other then emailing them to myself, but thatnks for the
suggestion
 
Beast321 said:
They both do have internet access, but no there is no way to get them on the same
domain, the dumb IT department won't do a thing, so I have to find a way to share
the files on my own, other then emailing them to myself, but thatnks for the
suggestion
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ok, can you maybe setup an FTP server on one of them and then connect to that FTP server from the other one to get the files?
 
Try to share a folder on Computer A, then goto computer B and do Start -> Run -> "\\***.133.15.73\sharename" without the quotes, where sharename is the name you gave to the shared folder.

What OS's are on those computers? XP/2k/98?
 
The FTP Server sounds like not a bad idea, I will look into that, but It is a lot of
work to setup a FTP Server, but that may be the only option.
 
FTP servers are surprisingly easy to setup. Once you figure it out, at least. Windows XP even has one built in :)
 
are they both on public ips? ftp would be a bad idea if so.....file sharing would be for that matter. Guess it depends on whether the data on the mchines is important.
 
oakfan52 said:
are they both on public ips? ftp would be a bad idea if so.....
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why do you say that? Bulletproof ftp server + a password only ftp server is pretty secure...
 
Well I tried shareing of the name thing, but that just didn't work, but I think may
have a good Idea, I am going to setup msn messanger on both PC's, and then I can
send websites and small files from one PC to another, just the messenger's would have to
be under diferrent accounts, I'll give that a try, as I am a little relunctunt to install a ftp
server on my work pc, and I may get in trouble for doing that as well. but I do use MSN
messenger for my work anyway, so I can simply install messenger on the other PC, and
switch back and forth from one tower to the other. I'll give it a try, and post a reply on how
it works
 
OK, I think after testing a few things that MSN Messanger is going to be the esiest
way of sending messages and files from one pc to the other, thanks for your
help and suggestions.
 
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