I am not real PC literate so please bear with me.  We have an existing office
network run thru a DSL line modem (ehternet connection).  We currently have 6
PC's configured to be tied together in this office network.  They are all
running XP Professional (SP1).  We are trying to ...

I have a workgroup of 3 pcs. All can see each other in the workgroup,
however the shared folders & printer on one pc cannot be seen from the
others. There is no firewall switched on. I have run XP repair, no
difference. I just get \\pcname is not accessible...

I have 2 computers (a desktop and a laptop) connected to a wireless broadband
router (Level One WBR-2400TX) via LAN - not WiFi. It says in the manual that
'VPN Pass through Support. PCs with VPN (Virtual Private Networking)
software using PPTP, L2TP and IPSec are transparently ...

I have two network interfaces on a machine and was wondering if it's
possible to determine which one is active and which one is not through
the registry.
I know that the network interfaces are all under

Stupid question, using XP-SP2 without any third part utilities, how do you
tell what channel wireless bases are transmitting on?  Often when setting up
a new base there are several in the area already, it would be good if I
could select a chanel that is not in use.

On all of my computers, I'm seeing network activity on my net adapter
(flashing light) coordinated with disk activity, but not applications are
running. Now, I am running msn messenger, but not signed in. And of course,
dozens of processes of myriad names.

Am trying to netwok a laptop to my PC. I connected a crossed cable but both
computers show the LAN icon with the information: No cable connected.
Any suggestion?
Paolo

I have 1 windows xp PC connected to a Windows xp Laptop via a netgear adsl
router with dhcp. both systems can ping the router and the laptop can ping
the pc but the pc cannot ping the laptop. Neither can see each other in my
network places. anyone got any ideas?

I have recently set up a 802.11g network in my home using the HWR54G
wireless router. Everything at home works great, using Hawking's wireless
adapters in my home PCs. I occasionally bring my laptop from work to my
home, and it is a Dell D600 with a Dell 1350 integrated WLAN ...

i cant obtain an ip automaticaly when using my network card to connect to the
internet, yet if i use a USB ethernet adapter it works. both their settings
are the same but the adapter has more options. 1 which is set to auto but i
think it goes to 'half duplex' when ...

I am trying to network two PCs through a switch. I have limited or no
connectivity on the host. I get no error messages on the client. Apparently
DHCP is not working, when I try to repair the connecton, it says it can't
repair because of the IP address. I tried to assign a static ...

Need to add a second physical HDD and have it appear on an existing network.
How do I share this new HDD using Win2000.
Fred

I’m setting up a VPN/RAS solution between a Win2003 server and a XP client,
both of them behind NAT firewall. So far it’s not working.
However I have some questions regarding the client and routing.
How does the client know to which network to send a package to?

I have a desktop and laptop computer in my workgroup. Both computers
can see
each other when I look at Microsoft Windows Networks. Both computers
are

I am running on WindowsXP Pro.  Not experiencing any problem. I am seeing
an icon for a 1394 Connection in my quick launch area (where the clock
resides).  I started looking into this and have a few questions.
System:  I have a cable modem hooked into a Linksys 802.11b wireless