Michael,

Your laptop apparently has two IP addresses - one for the cable modem
and one for the NIC. On the laptop, get a command prompt (CMD) and type:
ipconfig /all - this will show you all IP addresses that are on the
machine. Then try using the NET USE command with the NIC's IP. This
should solve your problem unless the NIC is somehow disabled due to the
cable connection.

Peter
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-----Original Message-----
It has been a while since I posted to start this thread, but I have just
gotten around to trying the NET USE command. I am indeed able to set up
the share using the internet IP address of the laptop. Problem is that
the connection is created via my cable modem and not via my Ethernet hub
so I am losing tons of speed even though the laptop is sitting right
beside me. (The IP address of the laptop is a separate "outside" IP
compared to my desktop - I have two accounts). If I use the laptop's
"computer name" instead of its internet IP address, the Net Use does not
work, it comes back saying network path not found. Surely there must be
something fundamental I am missing to allow me to connect the two
computers via my Ethernet hub one foot away from each other and not have
to go out to (slower) cyberspace to do it???

Michael

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