

Right click the folder icon and choose "Sharing Options." A new window will open up: There may be a folder called "Public" choose that one if you want. Step 1 On the laptop create a folder you want to share. If an option to assign these specific IP addresses permanently in the router exist, you can do that. Optional: In the router setup, see the local IP addresses assigned to the desktop and the laptop. To check that both computers are connected, test that you can get on the Internet from both computers. However, if you later switch one (or both) computer(s) from WiFi to Ethernet cable (or vice versa), the local IP address of that computer will probably change. This means the any of the computers can be connected either by WiFi, or by Ethernet cables. Connect both the desktop and laptop to the WiFi router using standard setup.
