i ran the network setup wizard to enable print sharing and folder sharing.
i created a netsetup.exe file.  my question is, if i have a guest at my
house that brings there laptop and needs to print something, do i simply
just run the netsetup on there machine when they are here.  ...

Here's my situation, and I welcome any and all comments:
Goal:  Provide wireless access to the LAN for authenticated users (am
leaning toward MAC-filtering to do this), and Guest/Visitor access to the
internet only without compromising the LAN or posing a security risk.

dear friends
i have belkin model f5d1632-4 i cant access its main page at
192.168.2.1
i tried to reset it several times noting

HI, I have a emachines desktop with Vista premium and a Alienware notebook
with Xp Home. I need to sync files between the two machines and I cant find
any specific info on how to do it. My desktop is connected to a comcast cable
modem with a lynksys wireless router connected.  ...

Very new to routers/wireless end of the PC experience.
I would like to install a router for my XP Serv P2 and Road Runner so that
my son can use his Macbook anywhere in the house.
2 simple questions:

I am using Group Policy for the first time to push wireless settings
out to all my computers. I am utilizing WPA-PSK security on the
device. I created a new policy and specified the SSID as well as the
encryption type, but I have not found any place to put the key needed.

Desktop in small bedroom upstairs, Virgin Media cable modem connected to
Netgear router downstairs, wireless connection working well, until.....
#3 son arrives to borrow my printer, my printer is USB so it would be
easy to swap the cable to his laptop, he has access to my router for

My WAN connected wifi router runs 2 wired (RJ45) and 2 wireless PC's. It
runs unprotected. I want to add a wireless extender to that network. I like
the extender to run in WEP protected mode. Will it be possible to enter the
protected part (extender) via the unprotected primary ...

1. To what extent will WPA reduce throughput?
2. Which factor dominates this reduction, computation loading or
bandwidth overhead?
With my wireless LAN, I do not feel any degradation to throughput when

First time here so hello!
I have an XP Home SP2 PC, a Vista Home Premium laptop and an Orange Livebox
router. My network is all set up, I can see each computer from each other and
open my Vista laptop from my PC but not the XP PC from the laptop.

I have four windows xp computers. 1 with winxp pro and 3 with home. The
windows xp pro is the main computer and the others go through the wireless
network this way. The problem is I cannot see the other computers when i try
to access them via the view network connections. what am ...

We would like to setup a small WAP with only password encryption  in our
building that is aside from our production wireless(which uses layer 2 and
password ) and we dont want it to have access to any of our production
network except for the use of the router.  Basically they ...

I am using a Linksys WRT54G wireless router and i have WPA2 security enabaled
and i have the Windows XP Hot fix KB893357. but i can not connect. any idea
what i can do? thanks.

I am running Win XP Home on a Dell Dimension desktop and Win XP Pro on an IBM
T43 laptop.  All current on
updates. Both use wireless to go thru a Linksys router & get to internet.  
I have been able to get the laptop to use the printer and to get to some

May I know whether the Windows Wireless Zero Configuration support WPA2?
During the setup we can only see the WPA but not WPA2. Thanks.