[access-uk] Re: wireless network frustrations!
- From: "kevin and Emma" <kream@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 14:31:02 +0100
hi carol, many thanks! this is precisely the sort of info i've been trying
to locate. the internet is a treasure trove of information, but so far as
networking goes, someone's lost the key to the treasure vault! smile. i had
it in mind that i'd need separte setups for home networking and for the
internet, but nowhere could i find a coherent article to confirm this, until
you popped up anyhow! smile. all the articles i found banged on about how
good wireless networks were and how you could share printers, files/folders
*and* the internet connection! nowhere did they differentiate between pc to
pc sharing and the internet bit. give the lady 5 stars!
thanks to all for their help/suggestions! now let's see how much of a mess i
can make of it all! smile.
kevin - (lord l)
"Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without
notice"-Will Durant
contact me:
email/msn: kream@xxxxxxxxxxxx
skype: lordandladyl
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carol Pearson" <carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 1:39 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: wireless network frustrations!
Kevin,
I think you're maybe confusing your getting onto the Internet with both
machines and having a Home network for them to network and talk together.
They're both concepts to understand.
I have my laptop and desktop as my Home network and then, in addition, I can
allow a friend's laptop to use my wireless connection to the big wide world,
but my home network would not let it look at home computers and it wouldn't
see them either.
Clear! <Smile>
So you now need to make sure they see each other and set up your home
network.
I can't get bogged down by the network adapters you need to have installed
and such like. I'm assuming you're all ready to go . . ..
To do this you first turn on all computers, printers etc that you want to
include at home.
In my case I turned on the desktop, already connected to the Internet, and
my laptop, with wireless capability.
Now you need to run the Windows XP Network setup wizard, first on your main
computer and then on any additional computers.
Here's a small snippit from Windows HELP:
The final step is to run Windows XP Network Setup Wizard. You'll need to do
this first on the ICS host computer, then on each of the client computers.
The
wizard guides you through the following steps:
list of 8 items
. Configuring your network adapters.
. Configuring all of your computers to share one Internet connection.
. Naming each computer.
. Automatically sharing the Shared Files folder with the computers on the
network.
. Automatically sharing printers that are connected to computers on the
network.
. Installing a firewall.
. Installing network bridging components.
. Installing Internet Connection Sharing Discovery and Control components.
list end
Don't let that bit sound complicated. Once you're into the Wizard it's not
so bad . . ..
To run the Wizard . . . the Help gives instructions as follows:
1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
2. Click Network and Internet Connections, and then click Set up or change
your home or small office network.
From that point I followed my nose, asked the odd question or two and found
I was sailing!
Hope this helps a bit, at least so far as understanding what you have to do.
Come back to all with questions. (I'm not your expert - just a tap under
pressure! <Smile>)
--
Carol
carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: "kevin and Emma" <kream@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 10:19 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: wireless network frustrations!
> hi all, think i should clarify a point or two, smile. i've got no problem
> getting the laptop online. in the list of wireless networks within range
> the
> one i created when getting the desktop online,we'll call it kevin for sake
> of this explanation. so i ask the laptop to find networks in range, and
> kevin shows up, i put in the security key and off we go. the problem i'm
> having is i cannot get the two machines to see each other. i've tried
> running the network set up thing, but it seems to only want me to create a
> network, which i already have. logically to my mind (and probably wrongly
> smile) i'd have thought there'd be an option to find a list of computers
> on
> a particular network once connected to it and then be able to allow or
> deny
> access between them. i can't find such an option or anything similar. now
> i'm probably missing something very obvious! hence my trying to find a
> step-by-step guide, with no luck so far.
> i'm a complete novice when it comes to networking, so i don't know
> settings
> wise, what should be visible to another machine, and what shouldn't.
> kevin - (lord l)
> "Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without
> notice"-Will Durant
> contact me:
> email/msn: kream@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> skype: lordandladyl
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Yusuf" <yusufaosman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 10:45 AM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: wireless network frustrations!
>
>
> Kevin, Just to add to what other people have said. I found that when
> attempting to network a desktop and a laptop using Norton Internet
> Security
> I was completely unable to access files and folders with NIS running. If
> you
> run through the network wizard and find you are unable to access the
> folders
> you have selected to share try turning off the firewalls just to make sure
> everything is sharing correctly.
>
> Also you didn't mention if you had any other security settings than the
> key.
> If you have your SSID hidden you will either need to type it in to the
> laptop when trying to connect to the wireless access point or disable that
> feature in the settings of the access point.
> Good lukc
> Yusuf
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "kevin and Emma" <kream@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 7:17 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] wireless network frustrations!
>
>
>> hi all, this has most likely been covered before, so if someone can point
>> me to a helpfull article rather than having too repeat themselves that's
>> fine! smile.
>> ok, scenario is ... we have a main desktop pc connected to the internet
>> via a wireless netgear router. all fine so far! smile. we have now
>> purchased a new laptop, how can i get the new laptop (which has a
>> built-in
>> wireless adaptor) to access the net? i take it i just ask the wireless
>> adaptor in the laptop to search for networks in range, put in the
>> requested security key and off we go? i'd rather the 2 computers had
>> independent access to the net rather than having to link the laptop to
>> the
>> net via the desktop if you know what i mean. also, how can i get the
>> desktop and the laptop talking to one another so i can transfer files
>> etc?
>> i've had a quick look via google and keep coming across article about how
>> to secure a network once you've got one! i've sort of worked that one
>> out!
>> i just want the 2 pc's networked first! smile.
>> kevin - (lord l)
>> "Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without
>> notice"-Will Durant
>> contact me:
>> email/msn: kream@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>> skype: lordandladyl
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