[access-uk] Re: wireless network frustrations!
- From: "Carol Pearson" <carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 17:39:39 +0100
Yeah, I understand that.
Thanks.
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Carol
carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dj Paddy" <mygroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 5:02 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: wireless network frustrations!
> Hi Carol,
>
> If somebody's worm or trojan gets on one machine in the network it could
> spread onto system drives that are being shared.
>
> It's just an extra procaution.
>
> Dj Paddy
> Ôà
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Carol Pearson" <carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 4:54 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: wireless network frustrations!
>
>
> Yes, I can appreciate that, but I'm usually the only one who uses both
> computers and my husband would be the other; so where's the risk?
>
> --
> Carol
> carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dj Paddy" <mygroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 6:01 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: wireless network frustrations!
>
>
>> This is the way I share drives/folders.
>>
>> Wizards are nice, but they can change things you haven't specified.
>>
>> I wouldn't share the system drive, folders like my documents and data
>> folders you create, fine. However, to share the entire system drive is
>> asking for trouble if you're network is infaltrated.
>>
>> I've my data drives entirely shared over our network here at home and
>> just
>> the my documents folder from the system drive shared.
>>
>> Dj paddy
>> Ôà
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Carol Pearson" <carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 4:41 PM
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: wireless network frustrations!
>>
>>
>> Well, that's the way I came to understand it better and, whether it's
>> really
>> right or not, I found it helpful.
>>
>> Just look at the Help in XP under Networking and then go for it.
>>
>> --
>> Carol
>> carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "kevin and Emma" <kream@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 2:31 PM
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: wireless network frustrations!
>>
>>
>>> 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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