Show Notes - Episode 9
SERIES: Lab Rats
EPISODE #: 9
RELEASE DATE: December 19, 2005
TITLE: Network File Sharing
RUN TIME: 18:03:05
HOSTS: Andy Walker and Sean Carruthers
PRODUCER: Matt Harris
EDITOR: Sean Carruthers
SOURCE: www.labrats.tv/episodes/ep9.html
NOTES:
- Introduction to Lab Rats by Leo Laporte
- Shared network folders can be set up on Windows, Mac, and Linux machines for access throughout a network.
- Shared folders are accessible from any computer on the network, even if they use a different operating system.
- There are even devices called Network Attached Storage, which are dedicated hard drives for network data storage.
- Fun Fact: There was, in fact, a copy of Waterloo at Sean's house. It was on vinyl. It's long gone.
- Backing up over a 10/100 network can take a long time, but it's possible.
- Andy's porn collection: 14 Terabytes and counting.
How to setup File Sharing on Windows:
- Right-Click on specific file or folder
- Select Properties
- Click Sharing tab
- Click Share this folder on the network
- Gives you the option to rename the shared folder
- Click Allow network users to change my files
- The folder with now appear with a little hand underneath it, meaning it's shared.
How to find your Computers Internal IP address on a Windows:
- Click Start
- Click Run
- Type cmd OR command (windows 98 only)
- Click OK
- Type ipconfig/all
- The folder with now appears with a little hand underneath it, meaning it's shared.
Viewing shared files using Windows:
- Click Start
- Click Windows Explorer
- Click the shared file shown on the network
- OR
- Click Start
- Click Run
- Type // followed by the IP address that the shared files are on
How to assign a drive letter using Windows:
- Click Start
- Click Windows Explorer
- Click Map Network Drive
- Select the drive letter you wish to assign
- Type in the // followed by the IP address followed by / and the file's name being shared.
Viewing shared files using a Mac:
- Be in the Finder
- Click Go
- Click Connect to Server
- Type in smb:// followed by the IP address of shared file computer followed by /
- You'll be asked for a user id and password, if it's secured
- The folder with now appear with a little hand underneath it, meaning it's shared.
- One good reason to rename: shared folders on other computers with identical or similar names.
- Sharing your entire C drive is not recommended unless you trust everyone on your network.
- You can share as much or as little of your computer as you feel comfortable with.
- WARNING: Shared folders will also be available to anyone who connects wirelessly, including intruders.
- If you don't encrypt your wireless connection, make sure you don't share folders with sensitive data!
- The network doesn't care what type of computer the files are on. It just cares what they're sharing.
- Although you can "browse" for other computers, you can go straight to one if you have its IP address handy.
- You can log into a shared folder with a username / password of a user on the computer with the shared folder.
- Windows may assume that you're using a Guest account, but you can override this when connecting.
- If you want to assign a drive letter to a network folder, you use the "map network drive" option.
- The "tools" menu is available from any open Explorer window, including My Computer and My Documents.
- If you can't see the network share, make sure the computer it's and is powered on and connected to the network.
- If you're using a software firewall, make sure it's set up to allow connections between your computers.
CREDITS
Lighting Provided by Geo Perdis
Title Graphics by Steve Huntriss (AKA ‘Tackie’)
Theme Music by Dee Long
Intern - Mike Britton
Cameras Courtesy of:
Special Thanks To:
Geo Perdis
Eileen
Yeah, I was too lazy to cut together a billion clips for these and credits this week. Life's like that sometimes.
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Show Notes by Michael Britton
