[pchelpers] Re: RJ45 / router

Your set-up should look like this:
Your XP computer should have a network card with your internet connection.
Then you should have a 2nd network card connecting your XP computer to
your wireless router. You have to use a normal network cable not a "cross-over" 
cable.

On your Win98computer you  should have your wireless card. You have to be sure 
that your wireless
card is on the same channel as you router. The instruction book should have 
step by step
instructions for setting up a home network. My set-up went like this.

Install software for the router. Then shut down the machine and plug in the 
cable.
After you go through the Found new hardware wizard you go to the IE explorer 
and type in
this address. ( In most cases this is the default address of the router, you 
may need to check the book
for the one for your brand.) 192.168.0.1

This will open the set-up/menu options for the router. Find the page where you 
can change the router
address. Change it to 192.168.0.55  You will need your internet network card to 
have the address
192.168.0.1 cause ICS ( internet connection sharing ) will not work if it isn't.

Now click start\my network places
In that window you will see the options on the left.
Add a network place
view a network place
setup a home of small office network.

Click on the setup a home... and the network wizard will open. Answer the 
questions like this "This computer
has a internet connection and I would like the other computers on the network 
to share it". And so on.
On the last screen it will ask if you would like to make a setup disk for 
another computer on the network.
say yes and insert a floppy.

Now on the 98 computer install the wireless card software.
Turn off computer and install the card. After reboot 98 will see the card
and set it up. If the card is the same brand as the router, in most cases
it will connect to the router without any other setup. Run the software
program that came with the card. In it should be a link test. This will tell
you if it sees the signal from the router and how strong it is.
Now insert the floppy and run the setup program. This will add all the protocols
needed to share folders and printers and ICS.
On my wife's computer (Windows ME) there is two little TV screens that appears
on the bottom tool bar. When you hold your mouse over it a balloon appears 
saying
"internet Gateway connected"

Tell me what brand and card you are using. I'm using D-links. If we are using 
the same brand
I can give you a step by step listing of my network settings.

And make sure you have a folder "shared" and that the two computers have 
different names
and belong to the same workgroup. ( mine is "Home" )

Pc
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: G.R. Hanson 
  To: PCHelpers 
  Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 12:10 PM
  Subject: [pchelpers] RJ45 / router


  On the xp machine with the router, if I put an rj45 cable from the router to 
the win 98 machine, shouldn't I be able to share files?
  Does anyone know and perhaps at least help me do that before I might have to 
wind up just taking this stuff back?
  I don't know but maybe it has to do with the fact that the old pc is win98 
and not win98SE.  


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