If your local IP address is returned as 169.254.y.z with a subnet mask of
255.255.0.0, the IP address was assigned by the Automatic Private IP
Addressing (APIPA) feature of Windows XP Professional. This assignment means
that TCP/IP is configured for automatic configuration, that ...

I had ICS working, with an XP machine sharing its dialup out over a
wireless LAN. It was not a 192.168.111.* network. The XP machine has
an external wireless client (not access point). There is a wireless
access point elsewhere, which is a linksys router, with an internal

I am signed on as the administrator but I am unable to disable the firewall.  
In the settings the choices to turn "on" or "off" the firewall are faded and
will not allow me to selet off. How do I get access?

I have a home network of one XP and one W98 computer and wish to use
an old laptop running Win95 as a print server for this network. The
default Win95 network installation showed Entire network but no
individual computers. Forcing line speed to 10 Mbps and line mode to

i have been trying to resolve this issue:
xp pro and xpH
i have set everyting up for a workgroup (i think)
i can access the shared folder from xph to xpp but i

I have 2 XP computers and 1 ME computer. I have a network
setup using XP and it used to work. Now, whenever I view
workgroup computers I get this message,
"*Network Name* is not accesible. You might not have

I've just upgraded from ME to XP.  Now my modem went from 52K to 19K speed.  
I've upgraded the modem driver but that did not help.  This is extremely
frustrating.
Is there a solution to this problem?

First of all here is how my network is set. 2 ethernets cards in my pc,using
1 for the internet and the other for the homenetworking of course.
I've Tested this problem for months to see what is causing it, and i found
out that its gotta be something on my pc that is infected or ...

I have recently purchased a Belkin Wirless Router and connected it to my
Cable Modem. I have connected my desktop machine to the router with std cat5
cable and have a belkin wireless card in my laptop. Both the desktop and the
laptop have Internet Access no problem but they cant ...

WinXP Pro - each of my hard disks, on the Sharing tab, has a default share
listed: C$ for the C: drive, D$ for the D: drive. What is this and what
purpose does it serve? I want, for security reasons, to remove all sharing
permissions except for the SharedDocs folder. Do I need to ...

My home network has a cable modem, a host desktop, a printer connected vis
USB to the host computer, a D-Link DI-624 router and one wireless laptop. I
am able to connect to the Internet with the wireless computer and the network
signal strength is excellent.

Hi, I just set up this little network with two computers on it which are
sharing an internet connection through the router, now everything works fine
and dandy and on computer1 I can access shared files on computer2's hd, but
when I try and access a shared folder on computer1 it ...

E-mail contain blank.(Outlook express).When open Norton Antivirus I get blank
window.When run System Recovery I get blank window too.Please help.Thanks.

Hi there, I'm trying to do the simplest possible thing and I just don't
seem to be able to get it sorted.
I have two PCs, one with an internet connection (through adsl) and a printer
attached to it and I am trying to network the two together.

We have a cable connection and use a Belkin 54g wireless router, 2 computers
connect to this router via there Belkin 54g wireless PCI cards.
How can I allow one computer to only access the Internet but not share or
see any files on any of the other computers connected to the ...