Linking a laptop to a PC

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John1000 · #1 Post by **John1000** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 8:20 pm

Ok I’m spending to much time in front of the pc in the office/ bedroom, so thinking of a laptop.
Would need it connected to the internet so how would I link it to the pc and can I link it so that I can access my pc and all the files on it. Also can is use the virus checker on my pc on the laptop.

Gio · #2 Post by **Gio** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:10 pm

If you've got XP or Vista it can do it for you.

I'd load a copy of the antivirus onto the lappy, nobody will ever know

#3 Post by **Kwackerz** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:26 pm

SAM!! One for you? How did you connect your two together?

Samray · #4 Post by **Samray** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:01 pm

With a wireless router.The desktop hard wired and a wireless card in the lappy.

oops

D-Rider · #5 Post by **D-Rider** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:15 pm

Samray wrote:With a wireless router.The laptop hard wired and a wireless card in the lappy.

..... by which I'm sure Sam means that the desktop PC will be hardwired.

At home I have a wireless router - I have 1 wired desktop PC, my eldest son's pc connects wirelessly as does my laptop, my work's laptop and my wife's work laptop. I have a secondary wired router which I really only use as a print server for all the PCs.

I expect I'll soon add a small home server or maybe some networked storage - mainly for e-mail storage so that we can all access all of our mail files whichever PCs were using and whatever PCs happen to be turned on.

You probably don't need all of this but my point is your network can grow as your needs change and wireless connectivity makes things easy .... but always make sure you've got at least one PC with a wired connection to the router.

Firestarter · #6 Post by **Firestarter** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 7:23 am

D-Rider wrote:...but always make sure you've got at least one PC with a wired connection to the router.

Umm, why? Not disputing for any particular reason other than the fact I've got nothing hard-wired to the router - if I need to do something on the router that I can't do wirelessly I plug the laptop in (like when my neighbour installed wireless and it interfered with mine so couldn't connect over the airwaves), but otherwise I don't believe there's a need to make sure you've got a wire connected - just the ability to do so without unplugging the PC and monitor and carrying it downstairs

D-Rider · #7 Post by **D-Rider** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:34 am

Firestarter wrote:
D-Rider wrote:...but always make sure you've got at least one PC with a wired connection to the router.

Umm, why? Not disputing for any particular reason other than the fact I've got nothing hard-wired to the router - if I need to do something on the router that I can't do wirelessly I plug the laptop in (like when my neighbour installed wireless and it interfered with mine so couldn't connect over the airwaves), but otherwise I don't believe there's a need to make sure you've got a wire connected - just the ability to do so without unplugging the PC and monitor and carrying it downstairs

OK - badly phrased - I meant make sure that getting a wired connection to the router is no big hassle. Obviously if one of your machines is permanently wired, that makes things easy - but as you rightly point out, it's not essential.