I support a laptop that was able to connect to a home wireless network and
login into cisco vpn. Now the laptop can connect to the home wireless network
and the internet but cisco vpn cannot connect.
The computer is xp sp2 and nothing has changed from when it was working.

Seem to be going round in circles althought dont actually know if what im
trying to do will even work... got a PC(wired) and Laptop(wireless) conected
up to a Wanadoo wireless router. Trying to link them both up so each can
access each others shared files... was able to see the ...

I have set up a home network.  One desktop computer is directly connected to
a DSL modem.  I also have a laptop connected to DSL wirelessly.
From the laptop I am able to access and view files residing on the desktop
computer.  In addition, from the laptop, I am able to print on ...

Well I have used the search feature to try look up if my questioin has been
answered beforehand but after going through 20+ pages full of topics I've
seen that most people are asking exactly opposite of what I'm trying to do.
Namely I have been assigned 8 public IP addresses by my ...

If guest user is disabled only the aministrator can login. Small office with
5 computers. Use XP Pro as a file server. Starting this morning if the guest
user is disabled only the administrator. I order to get workstations to be
able to login had to enable gusest user.

I'm trying to connect my laptop, and desktop via firewire to transfer
files.  I've been searching for hours now, and I don't feel any closer
to solving the problem.  I have Windows XP MCE, and the firewire is
routing through my desktop to my laptop fine, but I'm not sure how to

You will have to excuse me if any of the termonolgy I use is not correct,
I'm a networking newbie...
I am tring to network two machines over the Internet (they are located
10miles apart so a basic LAN is not an option), I can connect using Remote

I have worked on this prolbem for weeks with no success.  This is the
situation.
I have two laptops running Windows XP Professional service pack 2.
I have "simple file sharing" set on in both computers.

I am trying to add a computer in a different location to my network using a
cable modem, so it will be as though it is directly connected to my network.
And I don't have much knowledge in this area. I am using Windows XP Media
Center Edition 2002 (Service pack 2). Any help would ...

Can anyone please give me guidelins on how to connect to a works networked
computer from home. I do not htink the set up is a domain, there is two
computers in the office one connected to the internet, by broadband and one
stand alone.  We intend to connect the two PCs wirelessly ...

I am trying to use a datalink cable to share/network my two computers . They
appeear to talk to each other on start up ,  but how do I actually share
files ( mainly pictures )  do I use a FTP or some program in XP . What format
is the address in map network drive ?

Hello, i got a situtation here, and hardly find any solution.
I have a server setup using WinXP Pro, and i have few user(client)
connecting to the server to obtain file.
every user will have different permission on different folder, such as

Say I have a computer that, through Windows Explorer, I can access by
\\computer.  Without mapping it to an actual drive letter, I'd like to
copy a file to \\computer\upload.  The following didn't work:
copy filename.ext \\computer\upload

Hello friends,
My problem is a little different from the ones that have been queried by
others. Here it goes:
My ISP has provided me with a block of 8 IP addresses for my use. (As per my

I thought that what I had to do to make file sharing possible was to make
sure all the computers were in the same workgroup. Vice versa, to not allow a
computer share to be seen, just make a computer on the network part of a
different workgroup. But lo and behold, I had a pc that ...