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More info?)
Ken ----
Thanks. I have bought a MN-620 Wireless Notebook kit. But
I don't have the internet hooked up yet. So I was
wondering if I could set this up now and transfer files
till I get the internet.
>-----Original Message-----
>
>Dear michelle,
>
>Yes. You can transfer files between two PCs without
>internet connect.
>
>You can run them in an "ad-hoc network", meaning they are
>set to communicate via peer-to-peer (directly, one to the
>other). You can also have them part of a LAN, or home
>network where they have a mutual "share" - disk drives or
>folder, or mapped newtork drives they share to others on
>the network.
>
>Details of how to do this depend on your own OS, adapters
>and network router.
>
>The simplest setup betweeb two PCs is to get a special
>ethernet cable called a "cross-over". This flips the
>transmit and receive wiring so one PC can directly
>communicate with another through it.
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Can you still transfer files from one computer to the
>next
>>even though you are not hooked up to the internet?
>>.
>>
>.
>
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