[access-uk] Re: wireless network frustrations!
- From: "Carol Pearson" <carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 16:54:09 +0100
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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