Windows Wireless Networking

File Sharing Issue

KayElEm - 5 Aug 2006 10:56 PM - 7 messages

Any help would be appreciated. I have both a desktop and a laptop connected through a router. I was trying to move files from my desktop to my laptop. After getting help somewhere else, I marked the folder I wanted to access as ...

Wireless Network - Sharing Folders

mumof2 - 5 Aug 2006 4:03 PM - 2 messages

Help !!! 1 Wireless Router/Gateway IP Address 192.168.0.1 - provided by DHCP ISP NewComputer IP Address 192.168.0.3 OldComputer IP Address 192.168.0.4 Sharing is enabled - I can ping router & connect to Internet from both pcs ...

PCAMPR5 NDIS Protocol Driver

Sky - 5 Aug 2006 2:50 PM - 5 messages

Everytime I start up my computer I get the following error message in my event log The PCAMPR5 NDIS Protocol Driver failed to start due to the following error: The system cannot find the file specified. I am sure that this is something do do with my network. The error occurs on ...

Wireless help please??

G - 5 Aug 2006 7:41 AM - 7 messages

Note: Using Windows XP on PC and XP Home Edition on Acer Aspire Laptop. My new laptop arrived yesterday and it found my BT hub (Thomson ST Remote NDIS Device) automatically so I entered the key and it all fired up ...

Wirelesss connection

Captzu - 5 Aug 2006 3:15 AM - 2 messages

I have installed a USB Wireless adapter and it says that is working properly but I don't see anything that tell me what connection is availabel. Somebody can help me ? ...

wireless security

elietabet - 4 Aug 2006 11:49 PM - 3 messages

Just installed wireless at home from comcast cable. Any suggestions for added security? like something that can monitor activity on the connection, in/outbound traffic, more protection from intruders .... etc? I got XP home, mcafee firewall, Intel wireless a/b/g, linksys router and ...

DHCP Issue

Roget Luo - 4 Aug 2006 9:50 PM - 2 messages

Running a wireless network w/ 12 In Motion and Fujitsu tablets, all clients are running Intel Wireless 2200BG card and the access point is Cisco Aironet 1200. Set the clients to get IP via DHCP, all of them works except for 2. ...

Xp won't connect to other members of workgroup but can ping?

wrreisen2 - 4 Aug 2006 7:03 PM - 8 messages

Hi, Have just installed xp on a machine. From this machine I can access the internet through ethernet cable through router switch. I can ping other members of the WORKGROUP from this machine and can ping this machine from anther member of the Workgroup. When I try to map a network drive ...

wireless network connection setup...cant bridge to wired network

jim - 4 Aug 2006 6:19 PM - 11 messages

I am a newbie at wireless. I have had a wired network at home for years...cable modem, 4 port router and extension hub...works great. Bought a wireless pci card so that I would have some wireless access to ...

Internet Gateway Icon disappears after repairing connection

isi_ono - 4 Aug 2006 3:09 PM - 4 messages

Hi. I have a Belkin Wireless Network adapter that always shows the signal strength as "excellent" when connected. However so many times everyday (mostly after the computer wakes up from sleep) I lose the connection and it comes back after I repair it. Most of the times, Wireless Connection still ...

Limited or No Connectivity - HELP!!!

Spudbum - 4 Aug 2006 10:36 AM - 6 messages

I use windows to connect to a wireless network and so i try to connect to mine. I enter my wep key as it tells me to do so and then it trys to connect. After a short time, it says Limited or no connectivity above the icon in the ...

Wireless and CAT5 network working well together.

C Kelley - 3 Aug 2006 10:13 PM - 6 messages

I have an office network and I'm going to be adding wireless to supplement the wired network. I have a question on if laptops are connected to the wired network but don't have their wireless connections disabled how can I ...

Home & Small Office Network

jason - 3 Aug 2006 10:04 PM - 2 messages

Firstly apologies if I am posting this on to the wrong Newsgroup, but it just seemed to logically be the right one. Our small office has 5 PC in it all with shared folders under one workgroup and all working fine (all PC's are XP Home, except one which is ...

Network Key

gunga - 3 Aug 2006 9:31 PM - 9 messages

Can someone please help me & tell me where I might find the Network Key for my wireless connection; I didn't make a note of it on set-up! Duh! Thanks ...

router recognizes printer / printer does not recognixe router

scw - 3 Aug 2006 9:15 PM - 2 messages

Device Name: U.S. Robotics Wireless MAXg Router (USR5461) Firmware: 3.93.35.0.6 (Jan 5 2006) Boot loader: CFE 3.91.37.0.1 Printer status: Not Ready ...

Can't connect to deskstop

SterlingVT - 3 Aug 2006 7:54 PM - 7 messages

I just bought a Toshiba latop with wireless. After connecting a wireless router to my excisting highspeed connection and desktop I was able to get on the net with no problem from both laptop and desktop. I've run xp network ...

User does not have the shared printer

Tony V - 3 Aug 2006 6:27 PM - 2 messages

I have a shared netwrok printer that 4 out of 5 users on a remorte PC in the house can see when they display "Printers and Faxes" thru the Control Panel. The fifth user does NOT show any printers when I logon as him and go thru ...

SHared Printer has message: Unable to connect"

Tony V - 3 Aug 2006 6:25 PM - 2 messages

I have a DI-624 D-Link router with several computer. I was ablle to make my USB-connected LEXMARK X1185 printer a shared printer. It is connected to the USB port on my DELL desktop. After a couple of minutes, when I check the Properties for it from another ...

Amplify wireless card, or extend a free connection?

Daniel Scott Poynter - 3 Aug 2006 5:55 PM - 2 messages

Hi all, I just moved in to an apartment building with a friend. There is a free community wireless signal nearby, but only my friend can access it (his room is just a *little* closer to the signal than my room). ...

Wired or wireless print server?

glennbh - 3 Aug 2006 3:48 PM - 3 messages

I have a XP wireless network in my home: a Dell desktop with XP Pro upstairs where the Netgear 624 wireless router lives, a Dell 1100 laptop with XP Pro and a Powerbook G4 downstairs. They all see other and files move around just fine. They all print to an ...

VPN (PPtP) tunnel through D-Link DSA3200?

Michael - 2 Aug 2006 9:35 PM - 3 messages

Hi there.. Long time lurker on this newsgroup, first time posting. I've run into a problem that's stumping me. I have a D-Link DSA-3200 wifi portal device installed at my workplace. We've opened a second ...

Have Question on Networking With Wireless

patetc - 2 Aug 2006 8:19 PM - 3 messages

I just got a PC Data Access Card thru my wireless company so that I can access the Internet on my laptop. I also have a desktop computer that I like to use. Is there a way that I can network these two computers together and use the wireless ...

any DAYTIME server

aamircheema - 2 Aug 2006 3:51 PM - 2 messages

Hi, Does anybody aware of any DAYTIME server running now a days. Is 13 the port number used for most of the DAYTIME servers? THANKS Aamir ...

How can you identify the intermediate nodes along the path using ping ONLY

aamircheema - 2 Aug 2006 3:49 PM - 3 messages

Hi, Is this possible to identify intermediate nodes by using pin command olnly? Somebody told me that it is. Can anyone please elaborate how? Thanks, Aamir ...

WiFi laptop not connecting to internet - pls help

gyzmo - 2 Aug 2006 3:17 PM - 3 messages

I have just purchased and set up a Belkin wireless router to my desktop PC. My laptop is Wifi enabled. After setting it all up, I tested my laptop which connected to the internet with no problems. I then added a passphrase (128 bit WEP) onto Belkin's online Gateway Setup ...

USING LAPTOP AS ACCESS POINT

devin paisley - 2 Aug 2006 10:23 AM - 2 messages

hi there, i have a wifi enabled notebook which is connected to the internet via a LAN broadband connection. is it possible to set up an access point using the laptops wifi card and the internet connection. any help would be greatly appreciated! ...

Wireless networkn card

Narayan - 2 Aug 2006 9:21 AM - 3 messages

I am using a Toshib tecra laptop, with Intel Wireless 2200BG network card. THe status of the device is always shown as "Disabled". when I try to enable the card, I get an error message "This device cannot start. (Code 10)". THe ...

help !! can't setup wep .. going nuts

polaris8030 - 2 Aug 2006 9:06 AM - 6 messages

hi all .. i have spent the last 5 hrs trying to setup wep security. my laptop is a dell inspiron 700m with an on-board intel 2200bg wireless adapter. the router is a belkin 802.11b wireless/4 port, model # is ...

Access Point does not recognise Network

kevin - 2 Aug 2006 5:34 AM - 2 messages

I have set up a wireless "home/office" network using XP network wizard and saved the details on other computers. However, on the computer connected to the Access point it does not recognise the network, and makes its own called ...

TOSHIBA TE2000 Laptop - WPA2-Personal compatible?

WirelessNewbie - 2 Aug 2006 3:51 AM - 2 messages

Call me lazy if you like but can anyone tell me if the standard Toshiba Wireless card in this aged laptop is WPA2 compatible? If not, is it updateable and how/from where? thanks Marius ...

shared internet connection

SteveK14 - 1 Aug 2006 9:39 PM - 3 messages

I am hooking up my laptop to an ethernet high speed internet connection. I wish to use the wieless built-in to connect and share the internet connection to other wireless laptops. I am on vacation and do not have a router ...

Creating a wireless network... Adapter not installed

oh-crap - 1 Aug 2006 6:30 PM - 2 messages

I am attempting to set up a home network, mainly so my son and I can share files and he can send print jobs to my printer. We had it set up a few years ago and it seemed to be fairly simple to set up. But I have changed some ...

shared internet

geepeetee - 1 Aug 2006 5:42 PM - 3 messages

Hi I am setting up my desktop to share its internet connection over a wireless network. When I run the wizard all goes well, it sets the connection to shared but at the end says an error has occurred and cancels the shared ...

Cannot Connect Wireless Laptop

Parker - 1 Aug 2006 5:25 PM - 6 messages

Hello All, I have a compaq laptop and a linksys wireless card(and linksys wireless router) that was working fine. The laptop automatically connected, all was well. I took the laptop on vacation and connected to another system and it ...

Error 623?

Pegleg - 1 Aug 2006 4:29 AM - 4 messages

Recently when on my laptop and connected wirelessly, using the web I get a pop-up window: Network Connections: Cannot load dialog. Error: 623: The system could not find the phone book entry for this connection. Everything seems to work fine except for this popup which keeps ...

New HP can see but won't connect to network

The_Butler - 1 Aug 2006 3:38 AM - 5 messages

I just bought a HP Pavilion laptop. At home I have a linksys router that all the computers in the house connect to for internet access. When I tried to connect with the new laptop it saw the network but when it tried to connect ...

Network challenge

Mervin Williams - 31 Jul 2006 8:04 PM - 10 messages

My wired and wireless Windows XP SP2 clients are on different subnets of my Windows Small Business Server 2003 network. When I'm on my wireless subnet I am unable to access the files on a wired machine by entering the either ...

Is wireless networking free?

Lilboyblue - 31 Jul 2006 7:56 PM - 6 messages

I have never tried wireless before, and on my new laptop I tried it and it signed right on and let me start browsing... My question is, is this going to cost me? I haven't filled out anything, I just clicked connect (to linksys) ...

11g 0r 11b?

geepeetee - 31 Jul 2006 7:22 PM - 6 messages

Hi The time has come for me to create a wireless network of the growing numbers of computers in our house, mainly for internet access. I have already networked the desktop pc and my laptop using dlink 11b cards (all is well). ...

New laptop will not assign ip

crs - 31 Jul 2006 6:42 PM - 4 messages

I recently purchased a new acer aspire 5672 WLMi When I attempt to connect to our wireless network, it gets stuck trying to assign an ip address. It does connect to the network, but there is not any internet connectivity. ...

Repost - laptop cannot find printer on network...

Nitaj - 31 Jul 2006 6:19 PM - 4 messages

Hello, I still have no resolution to this issue. Quick recap: My desktop prints flawlessly with the print server but my lap top can't even find it. From the laptop, I cannot ping the printserver but the printserver login page comes up ...

Wireless internet connection

lindsay - 31 Jul 2006 4:16 PM - 2 messages

I have a home encrypted Wi fi network for 2 laptops. Mine and my wife's. Hers works fine but for some reason mine keeps disconnecting after about 5-10 mins and i have to reconnect. Not only that but in order to do so I have to go to ...

Wireless problem with host and hardware

Chris - 31 Jul 2006 12:36 PM - 7 messages

I'm about to tear my hair out so hoping i can get some help. What has happened is i have an already established wireless network here at home with a host desktop and two wireless laptops. Previously with no ...

XP PRO--Setting up a network connection-Problem with passphrase

Tony V - 31 Jul 2006 2:49 AM - 5 messages

I've set up a network connection for XP before but why do I receive an error message about the length of the encrypted pass phrase when I try to logon to a secure network from a laptop that has XP PRO??? ...

Can see but can't connect

Iain Mac - 30 Jul 2006 11:28 PM - 3 messages

I recently purchased a Dell Desktop PC with a D-Link Wireless USB Adapter and running Windows XP Media Edition. I have successfully installed the required drivers for the D-Link wireless adapter and everything seems to be functioning. I can view the wireless connection but when I try to connect I ...

peer to peer network problem

Hillabaloo - 30 Jul 2006 7:54 PM - 2 messages

I have a desktop pc with dial up internet connection (no broadband here) and laptop. I have installed a wirless card in PCI slot and laptop has built in wireless. I have created a home network (or thought I had). It is peer to peer at 54 ...

connecting computers with diff OS?

charmquark - 30 Jul 2006 7:31 PM - 2 messages

We have three computers in our home, a desktop and two laptops. The two laptops run XPHome (one version we bought boxed, the other came with the pc as an oem). The desktop is running an oem version of XP Professional (bought ...

securing a wireless network

Chris Bondy - 30 Jul 2006 4:18 PM - 2 messages

How do I secure an unsecured wireless network? ...