How do I share documents on a wireles network?

timberflake

I live in shared accomodation and we have a wireless network. I have a laptop running Vista and a desktop running Windows XP that I'd like to be able to share documents over the network. However, I dont want other people on the network to have access to my documents!

Is there any way I can securely link the two and prevent anyone else on the netwrok having access??

mna78

My first thought was to password protect the folder, but XP seems to have a problem with this, although this link suggests a work around:

http://www.lancelhoff.com/how-to-password-protect-a-shared-folder/

bob_a_builder

Asuming you already have user accounts set up on the desktop

Your probably going to need to disable "Simple File Sharing"- tools | folder options | view | advanced settings, from any explorer window

Then right click on the folder to be shared, enable sharing ( use sharing tab), then use security tab to give valid users access to that folder

When you try to access that folder across network you should be prompted for username/password

scottishf

Sometimes firewall settings can stop the sharing happening too

bob_man_uk

if you have trouble with the actual sharing via windows you could try using hamachi if you want to access randomly, or dropbox if you dont mind having a cpy sync'd on 2 machines.