I want to hard wire 2 windows 7 desktops for file sharing. will these work? I already use a router for cable internet.
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Dear Valued Customer,Thank you for contacting AMTF Corp. The intel PWLA8391GT Pro/1000 is a good choice for linking two Windows 7 together in a peer to peer network. By setting up drive or folder sharing and mapped to each system. They will be persistently linked and available for file transfer across network.Sincerely yours,Customer serviceAMTF Corp.
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Dear Valued Customer, Thank you for contacting AMTF Corp. The intel PWLA8391GT Pro/1000 is a good choice for linking two Windows 7 together in a peer to peer network. By setting up drive or folder sharing and mapped to each system. They will be persistently linked and available for file transfer across network. Sincerely yours, Customer service AMTF Corp.
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It should be. It seems to be quite universal. I used it on both windows XP and 7 computers.I would try it out. It is truly an effortless router
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It is possible. You connect each laptop to the wireless (or to the wired interface on the router). Then you have to set up internet connection sharing on the one with the dialup. On a Mac you go System Preferences -&gt; Sharing -&gt; Internet and everything pretty much just goes. I'm not a windows user but if you search "internet connection sharing windows" on Google the first hit should be what you need. Keep in mind you need either wired or wireless ethernet cards for each machine.
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I am using netgear on my desktop which has Vista installed and it works great. I had tried a linkys product and it did not work. From what I have read the netgear should work fine with windows xp
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I haven't done it myself, but it should work fine. I have one of these. Once installed, the device appears to Windows 7 as a serial port device. If you install two of them, they will appear as two separate serial ports. You just need to make sure to wire them up appropriately.
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I am not expert in this field, I know only a little. We used this router to connect Windows 7, XP HOME EDITION AND A KINDLE. OUR INP is Clearwire (Clear) our cost remain the same and we can add another computer, etc without charge. I think your INP would determined the cost and not the router. Betty
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Worked great for me with Windows 7 Pro. We have it on the opposite corner of the house from the router and it works fine.
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Yes, I have two desktops that hook up via ethernet cable to the router and a laptop that is wireless. It was a very easy setup. Just hook up the printer to the router pop the disk in and install the drivers on each computer. Took 5 min. Been three months now and no issues.
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Even thought I use Window 7, but I think it will work for Windows XP. If you get this My Cloud 3TB and connect it to your router, you can connect your 2TB WD MyBook to the back of 3TB My Cloud with USB port.
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No this won't work. You would need 2 of these to go to a router/switch if you wanted to share a single Ethernet line.
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I don't know why it wouldn't. Most software that doesn't have an 8 app will load on the Desktop. However, I don't recommend it. I have at least 6 WD drives from 500GB to a 4TB MYCloud and have had no problem with any of them. But, I don't think WD was ready for routers. I had to hard reboot mine at least twice a day. I had to return it and go with NetGear.
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As Mark may have been explaining, if your router for instance has a usb port, you can connect to that and share amongst your network. Its not a nas or air model.
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To do this with hardware, you need a switch that can do "port mirroring", which you probably won't find for cheap. You could also do the gateway trick omer suggested, which is of course free, but then if your PC goes down, so does your network.
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Yes - I have a desktop as well. I purchased this little guy, plugged it into my tower (USB) and was able to connect wirelessly to my modem. The signal and connection has been great, considering my router is only about 25 feet from my computer. I would recommend this device and buy again if needed.
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I have used this on laptops and PCs and approximately four different routers and have not run across the problem yet. however fYI if you can go hard wire its always faster.
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First, I think this is wired ethernet only. Second, doing what you are asking is not really practical. If you are concerned about losing your data to fire you should be looking at off-site file storage.
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As Atul and Thomas just said, you need to attach it to your router with an ethernet cable. And by the way, once you have done that, set-up is simple. And reliable: I have been using this device to manage a usb disk just like a NAS (network attached storage) and it has been working without any problem. Over the past two years with the computers of my network (windows XP and windows 7) sharing the disk through the home network.