Hub help

I have two pc's that I would like to network together and i recently bought a hub. The hub did not come with any instructions and I have no idea how to get into the other pc once I have them hooked up. I have a SOHO 5 port 10mbps ethernet hub and would like to hook my cable in to it and then link the two pc's togther from there. I didn't think it would be that complicated but it is.

Should I be able to map them together like youm would map a network drive?


I have Win ME on both machines.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel.
Double click Network and see if you have Netbeui on both machines.
If you do, click the Identification tab and make sure they are both
in the same workgroup.
If you don't have Netbeui, Click Add, Protocol, Microsoft and Netbeui.
Click ok and then reboot.

If the Workgroups are identical and they have Netbeui you can
open Windows Explorer or My network places and they should see each other.

 

Thanks Del, that did it. I appreciate your help.

Now I have a new question. For some reason my password won't work to access my documents......... i thoguht i was very careful in typing it but apparently not. Id there a way to change it on the other pc without knowing it?


Thanks again for your help.

 

Your on machine 1 trying to read a message on machine 2?

 

Yes, when I click on my documents on machine 2 and it asks for the password it tells me it is the wrong one.

 

If that is what you are talking about, go to machine 2, double click My Computer, right click on the drive you have your documents on, click sharing and make sure you don't have a read only password, if you do, delete it.

 

Thanks again Del, that did it.

I'm pretty new to home networking........and you have gotten me off to a good start..........your help is much appreciated.

 

Hey, anytime Toyman.
Come back and give us a hand sometimes.
Have a great night.