[ExI] question re p2p wireless

Patrick McLaren patrickkmclaren at gmail.com
Mon Nov 19 23:42:25 UTC 2012


What you're after is Ad Hoc networking. It was available in XP AFAIK.

It should work without any extra infrastructure. If you've both
enabled "sharing" then you'll be able to access each other's public
folders, you might also have to set your workgroups to be the same.

On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 2:46 PM, Jeff Davis <jrd1415 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've got a laptop with built in wireless..  You have a laptop with built in
> wireless.  We're both running windows.  Mine is XP.  We're in the same room.
> How do I get my laptop to communicate privately and directly with yours --
> no internet mediation, just our two laptops -- using our built in wireless?
>
> Best, Jeff Davis
>
>           "Everything's hard till you know how to do it."
>                                      Ray Charles
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