nEeepery

[ellarien]

May be of interest to a couple of people, cut for the sake of the rest.


Right. I think I know how to induce fairly decent behaviour in the Windows Networking feature of the Eee.

1) Boot up in Easy mode.
2) Connect to the wireless by choosing the Network icon [not the wireless icon] and choosing 'connection/connect' for the previously-configured wireless network.
3) Switch to Full Desktop.
4) Start up Firefox. (This may convince the machine that it really has a network connection.)
5) Start up the File Manager.
6) Surf the web for a few minutes while the computers on the network notice each other.
7) Profit Browse the shared folders on the other computers. Log in to password-protected shares if necessary. (If it's working properly, only folders with something funny about their permissions should give trouble on non-password-protected shares.)

Of course, WN being what it is, tomorrow this may not work at all, but it seems to be working tonight.

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[heleninwales.livejournal.com]

Thanks for tips. I may have a try this weekend at getting the Eee to see my desktop via the network.

However, as part of the reason for having the Eee is to enable me to work away from the temptations of the Net, it's not vital and using a USB memory stick to transfer the few files I need to share is fine at the moment.

[ellarien]

Don't mind me! I'm a bit of a compulsive tinkerer, I'm afraid, but a distraction-free writing appliance is a good thing too. Some days I still miss my Amstrad PCW, which just did full-screen, monochrome text.