How do I share a printer and files over an ad-hoc network?

Question

I set up the network and am sharing an internet connection. I have the same workgroups set up on both but when I go to "View Workgroup computers" it says "MSHOME is not accessible"

I have not been able to figure out how to establish the connection to one anothers shared resources. I selected the filed I want to share and the printer. I also trashed the network and set it up several times and nothing has changed with the exception of one computer could see the other in the work group but it could not access its shared resources.

I am running windows XP and XP pro. The host computer has XP and the client has XP pro.

Please help ASAP.

Thanks

Answer 1

Since you are using the same workgroup name, the host and the client should be able to see them both. Try setting up a username in the host with the same one as the client. You should then login to the client using the username you also setup in the host. Try connecting to the host and see what the error message is. If there's a password, you should be prompted for one. Otherwise, you should be able to see the shared resources on the host.

Answer 2

You will need to go to control/panel/printer, right click on your default printer and enable sharing. Also go to the directory of the files you want to share and right click on that directory and enable sharing. Do this for all the directories you want to share.