With one computer at the house, I had a heck of a time installing the
wireless USB adapter, having to start over many times before it was right.  
Everything's working fine, but on that computer the wireless connection is
now labeled "Wireless Network Connection 7".  XP must keep ...

have a Compaq Presario 1200 Laptop that I rebuilt running Windows XP SP2
and I am using a Belkin Wireless 802.1g wireless adapter connecting to a
Linksys wireless router.  I have all the security turned on on the Linksys to
only allow known wireless cards and we have moved all ...

I was following instructions to network my wife's XP Pro laptop and my
W98SE desktop and have possibly created a big problem.  I was told to
make the Workgroup name on both computers the same and create a User on
my computer with the same name & password as my wife's.

We currently have three computers (one Mac) all connected wirelessly to a
wireless router/modem. All three of us can browse the internet etc, however
we are unable to connect to each others computers.
I assume the best way to do this would be as an infrastructure network ie.

I used the XP Network Wizard to put 4 computers on a home network.  After
completing the process, I can see some of the computers from some of the
other computers on an inconsistent basis (sometimes 2 computers will be
visible from computer "A", other times 1 or 3 will be visible ...

Hi All...
I have a bit of a quandry.  I've installed probably about 30 wireless
networks and have used primarily linksys WRT54G's.  About 1/2 of my
installations were on DSL based connectivity.  Our local provider has a

I have been trying to setup my 2nd 30 laptop wireless lab. The first was 2
years ago, no trouble. Now I am using 802.11g 2.4 GHZ AP and 30 acer laptops
using builtin centrino Intel adapters (windows XP SP2 windowszero config). I
think the problem is that from time to time I am ...

I would like to force a newly connected Ethernet link to use a zero-config
derived
IP address (aka APIPA) instead of DHCP assigned address (in other words the
169.256.xxx.xxx

I have 3com officeconnect 108mpbs access points being using by Windows xp
SP2.  I installed one of the access points (ap) in the ceiling approximately
10 feet from one of the laptops that use the ap.  This is the only machine in
the area and I noticed that  the signal strength ...

Having trouble with wife's PC; it will connect to notebook and my PC using
Remote Desktop if we enter the IP address instead of the name (\\notebook) .
Have tried the suggestions on here (cleaning out the network entries in
registry), binding file sharing to netbuei, disabling ...

I have 3 PC's....
Two of them can share files without any problem but the third one cant see
the other two.
The odd thing is that they can all ping each other; required folders are set

Actually, I can't send or receive. I'm using a wireless router and a
Dell Inspiron 8000 laptop with Windows 2000 and a Horizons wireless
PCMCIA card. The network seems fine and the laptop shows an excellent
connection. However, I can't send or receive or connect to the Internet.

I am having a problem opening a particular website from home.
(www.craigslist.com). Only this website is not opening, I have no problem
with any other website. I checked with the other computers also in my house
and this particular website is not opening. If i check the site from ...

Have set-up a 2 node wireless network in my home (w/128-bit wep on the main
pc) utilizing a Dell 2300 Truemobile router.  
Having diffculty configuring wep key type & length on the client station
which is a Dell 4600c with Dell 1180 usb adapter.   Dell's documentation

I have a simple Wireless network with a Desktop PC connected to a Linksys
WRT54G Router, which is in turn connected to a Motorola SB5120 Cable Modem.
I also have a laptop which is set up on a domain for my work.  Both PCs
connect to the Internet perfectly.  The desktop can also ...