Create wireless home network between laptop and pc using sky hub.

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• chrisjr Posts: 33,282

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  16/08/14 - 19:59 #2

  *marv* wrote: »

  I have a PC which I use as a multimedia pc connected to my tv and a laptop which I use for downloading and everything else. The PC doesn't have wireless so I am currently having to transfer files to a memory stick and then copy them to the pc which takes time.
  
  I have an old sky hub and I was wondering is it possible to connect the hub to the PC and share the laptop to it wirelessly so that I can have files on the laptop and view them on the PC?
  
  I am currently using windows 8.1 on both machines, if it is possible can you explain it as you would to a child as even though I know a lot about computers networking is not something I have ever has the pleasure to deal with.

  Buy a WiFi USB dongle and save your self a whole world of grief.
  
  Oh,if PC and router are close enough why not run a length of ethernet cable? Even easier than WiFi.

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• Nigel Goodwin Posts: 58,506

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  16/08/14 - 20:58 #3

  chrisjr wrote: »

  Oh,if PC and router are close enough why not run a length of ethernet cable? Even easier than WiFi.

  
  Or you could do it with Homeplugs
  
  But if they are close enough together a simple cable is by far the best solution for networking.

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• Jennifer Jayne Posts: 9,022

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  16/08/14 - 21:41 #4

  Thanks for the replies, I have been trying on and off for a week now and about 10 minutes after posting this I finally got homegroup to work.

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