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how to network a laptop to a desktop
hello all.
i am getting a laptop and want to connect it to my desktop
as an external storage.i am going to get a pci firewire card and was planning on
connecting the two via firewire, and do my effects in AE on
my laptop and save to my desktop. however, i do not know if
this will actually work. does anyone have any suggestions?thanks in advance. Matt
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5 Replies
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You want to put your desktop into Firewire Target mode. Here’s some info: https://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58583
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Assuming this is OSX/MAC. Let Bonjour do the work and it will auto detect your other computers on the network. Then just drag to a folder you created on the desktop computer.
If you just want to use the desktop as simply a storage device, you could use target disk mode like the previous post mentioned, but I’d just get a nice LaCie FW drive to store your stuff on instead.
Chris Smith
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thanks guys but what about doing this for a pc? (little detail i forgot to mention before 🙂 )
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Buy yourself an 802.11g Wireless Router, and a wireless card for the laptop if it doesn’t already have it. Any name brand router will include instructions for installation of a Windows network. When you are moving large volumes of information, plug into the router with a cable. When you’re not, you just turn the laptop on for general file sharing over the wireless network. Plus, you can annoy your wife/mom/significant other by checking your email at the dinner table.
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How weird – just realised I typed “Mom”, and I’m not an American. That’s cultural brainwashing for ya!!! 🙂
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