re: ip file sharing Tuesday, February 12, 2002 at 9:14 am Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Curt R (1315 messages posted) Well, if you're both running 2000 and he's running server edition he could set up a VPN connection via RRAS. Otherwise he'd have to allow file sharing on his PC and create a share and password protect it, and you could access it by mapping a drive to \\[friends IP address]\sharename, but this method is very unsafe. Or, you could both buy a 3d party program like PCAnywhere that allows this type of access. On Tuesday, February 12, 2002 at 8:13 am, _ShPiNx_ wrote: >i would like to kknow how to access my friends computer via ip adress. he has a cable >connection i have a dialup connection. i want to be able to access his harddisk form >my pc if possible via his ip adress??? Written in response to: ip file sharing (_ShPiNx_: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 at 8:13 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] ip file sharing (_ShPiNx_: Tue, Feb 12, 2002, 8:13 am) re: ip file sharing (Curt R: Tue, Feb 12, 2002, 9:14 am) re: ip file sharing (nyrlath: Tue, Feb 12, 2002, 12:11 pm) re: ip file sharing (Curt R: Tue, Feb 12, 2002, 12:50 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 2000 Discussion Forum