AT&T @home user...can I map a network drive to my friends pc...(more)

[passmaster16]

I have @home cable internet service. I'm using the linksys router and have two pcs connected...one win98 and the other win2k pro. My friend who lives 3 houses down from me also has @home service hooked up to his win98 pc.

Now here's the question. If he wants a piece of software loaded on his pc and I'm too lazy to go down there, can I map a network drive from his pc to my own. Basically I could use ms netmeetings remote control tools to get into his pc and map the drive...that is of course if it's possible. And from my understanding the cable modem system is just a big hub with nodes and he is on the same node is me so how could we do this?

THanks,
Josh

[VonJames]

Why don't you just use ICQ and then send the files that way.

I was in kinda the same situation except I'm in KY, and my nephew is in Florida.

I guess I sent him at least a few hundred megs of files that way.
Wasn't that bad really.

[DustNurEye]

sure you can. But your friend must be willing to install a server administration program on his computer, then give you his ip address so you can log on.

[gtcrispy]

You could just run an ftp if you wanted to so you could share stuff that way. I know depending on your upload bandwith, that ICQ will not go above 45k/sec when transfering files so you might want to consider that.

Kevin

[VonJames]

ICQ will not go above 45k/sec when transfering files so you might want to consider that.

That may be true with the newer version, I don't know, since I'm still using 98beta. hehe :)
I hate all that fluff with the newer versions, and the old does all I need it to.

Back to the transfers, on my pc, my nephew and I were exceeding 100 kBYTES per sec, at times, but averaging around 85KB. I was transfering a 200meg file.

Another time, we were in the lower range. It was probably in the 40-50 KB area.
And... I'm not capped (thankfully).