A Simple Network...

[Trickle]

Originally posted by TomWilko
Will i also be able to 'share' hard-drives with the other PC. For instance transfer MP3's, folders and things across as and when i need? I may also be needing to block the other PC from accessing parts of my hard-drive, will this be possible?

iirc your computers hard drives are not shared by default excepting the 'shared documents folder' which is open when you turn on file and printer sharing (run XP's wizards and whatnot).

You share individual folders rather than drives - although you can do drives in the same way as a folder if you wish (like if you want to share a dvd drive). You could password protect/make hidden/encrypt subfolders if you wished.

[Richie]

Originally posted by Synthohol
NONE of the networks i have set up with this router were affected by the latest worms. it seals the port shut!
great choice

Snap

I tested my system with Shields up the other day and, with the firewalls disabled and only relying on NAT, EVERY port came back as stealthed as if it wasnt even there.

I then switched on the port forward to my FTP server to check and it came back as CLOSED (no FTP server running). This was just to make sure the site was working ok.


NAT r0x0rs