Windows Wireless Networking

Can't see wireless network anymore

pavilion - 23 Dec 2006 10:04 PM - 3 messages

Hello: There are 3 computers in the house. Two connect to the internet through a wireless network. The other one is hard-wired into the wireless router (Linksys WIreless-G 2.4 GHZ) Until about a week ago everything was working fine. Then one night I went to ...

Missing "My Network Places"

Ivanhoe - 23 Dec 2006 9:04 PM - 2 messages

I have several desktops & Laptops connected to my home wireless network through a Speedtouch Router. My problem is that, although all machines can access the Web perfectly through the router, they don't seem able to communicate with each other. "My Network Places" isn't displayed on at least ...

Wireless zero

Maytag - 22 Dec 2006 8:39 PM - 4 messages

How do I use the service Wireless Zero to establish a connection? I started the service in the Admin tools but have no idea how to use it. ...

XP MCE and Wireless USB compatibility Problems

Jeff - 22 Dec 2006 11:24 AM - 4 messages

I have just got a new XP MCE PC and bought a Dynamode wireless USM dongle. IT doesnt work and cannot figure out why. The symptoms were that eventually after hours of messing i got it to connect but then it dropped connection and ...

deactivate wireless connection when LAN connection?

Franz Schenk - 22 Dec 2006 8:41 AM - 3 messages

Have a problem on a customer site with a lot of Centrino Notebooks: Have configured WLL over GPO's (WPA with certificates). There is only the driver for the Wireless Card installed, no additional Software. The customer uses DNS reverse resolution for remote support and host printing. ...

ppp light

aoibonsai - 22 Dec 2006 8:04 AM - 3 messages

My wireless connection sometimes goes out on my laptop (once every week or so...sometimes more often) and refreshing my connection or restarting my computer does not always do the trick, so I unplug my router and plug it back ...

Zone Alarm vs Kerio Firewalls

Scott - 22 Dec 2006 4:08 AM - 2 messages

I'm using the free Zone Alarm v2.6.362 as a firewall on my Win95, 98, and XP computers on my home wireless Linksys network. I'm testing a trial version of the new Kerio Firewall by Counterspy on my XP laptop. ...

Home wireless problem, pls help

Grindy - 22 Dec 2006 3:11 AM - 10 messages

This is driving me whacky... My situation: Cable ISP, Linksys Wireless Router, WinXP Pro... Recently moved to new home.. Cable modem and wireless router are on ground floor, my desktop on second floor... Windows shows me connected under Network Connections, with a strong signal... ...

Securing my wireless network

brian - 21 Dec 2006 10:39 PM - 3 messages

I have set up an actiontec wirelss network for broadband in my home. When I click the connection icon in the system tray i see my connection as available but it's status is 'unsecure' other connections listed are, some not. How can i secure my network so that it is being used by ...

Second Monitor

Out4Blud - 21 Dec 2006 8:53 PM - 5 messages

I want to hook up a monitor in the Kitchen that is connected to the computer in our Den. What is the easiest way? Thanks.... ...

laptop to home computer networking

banjo - 21 Dec 2006 6:56 PM - 2 messages

laptop to home computer networking hi i have a laptop with wifi. i have a home computer with a usb wifi. my question is this, can i connect both comps by wifi, without having a router.? i know that if i want to use them on the internet, then i need a router, but ...

transfer rate

kegman - 21 Dec 2006 12:07 PM - 3 messages

i am on a wireless connection i guess like a wifi and when connected i am only downloading at a rate of 60k . is there something i can do to speed this up or optimize my settings ...

How to enable wireless at startup before logging on

Imran Shaikh - 21 Dec 2006 3:25 AM - 2 messages

Hi All, I am using windows XP Professional with SP2. I want to know how to enable the wireless at startup so that I can logon to Domain via wireless connection. Thanks. ...

Nearby networks knockout my own: what is the cure?

John Butler - 20 Dec 2006 8:51 PM - 6 messages

My wireless network from the desktop server on the ground floor to my wife's laptop on the second floor - about 45 feet up - is run with a Netgear WN834B cable router and mostly the connection is OK. However we are in a terrace ...

adding a pc to wireless network

sarclem72 - 20 Dec 2006 8:47 PM - 5 messages

I have set up a wireless network, I want to add my sons PC to this network, I bought a wireless network adapter consistent with my modem router, however my son only has windows 98 and the network adapter needs win 98 SE or above is ...

WPA Security Problem

Mansoor Ahmed - 20 Dec 2006 7:54 PM - 4 messages

Hi All, I had cause to reinstall my desktop PC after it crashed. However, I am now having an issue with trying to get it to link up with the wireless network. I have two other pcs which are seeing the network fine and I can browse the ...

Can't print to shared printers from laptop

Jan Ilacqua [MVP] - 20 Dec 2006 6:13 PM - 3 messages

Hi all :-) I have an HP laptop that I have set up for wireless, and all appears to work fine, except that when I try to print to one of the shared printers, it never prints. It will show that it is in the print queue and it says ...

wireless USB card setup

nick5911 - 20 Dec 2006 5:36 PM - 4 messages

My dad has XP, and is trying to set it up for wireless. He got hold of a wireless USB card, but in attempting to run the wizard, when it gets to the part where it asks you to insert the card into a USB port so it can put the ...

Wireless Networking Question

kyleglanville@hotmail.com - 20 Dec 2006 2:54 PM - 3 messages

I am using a BTHomeHub device. My comuter says I am connected and is always with a status of Very Good or Excellent. I am able to connect to another computer on the network, but I still cannot access the internet. Other ...

Wireless connection doesn't work with wired connection

Rui MagalhÃ£es - 20 Dec 2006 12:44 PM - 2 messages

I've a notebook that has configured a WAN connection to connect to the internet and a wired connection (LAN) to connect the computer to a small network. The problem is tha both the connections are enabled but I can't access to ...

Cannot make a wireless connection outside of my house

jj9f - 20 Dec 2006 1:35 AM - 9 messages

I have a a Netgear 54 Mbps WGR614 router hooked to my new Gateway Desktop and I'm using a D-Link 802.11b wireless PC card adapter in my 7-8 year old Compaq Presario 1690 laptop. I have no problem hooking up ...

Help-No network

5hulses - 20 Dec 2006 12:06 AM - 3 messages

Yesterday I had to re-install Windows XP pro.....now my newtwork is not working...Don't know if the re-install had anything to do with it, but I can't share anything with my second computer. Using a wireless router ...

Duplicate names on network

Mervin Williams - 19 Dec 2006 10:47 PM - 2 messages

I am receiving the following error message a startup: "A duplicate name exists on the network." I know why its happening - because my laptop is connecting via wired and wireless. However, I don't know how to resolve ...

cant see wireless network

Philip Dawson - 19 Dec 2006 9:43 PM - 10 messages

Our network has a dlink adsl 4 port modem router with wireless access point, which I disabled, as well as disabling the wireles networking on a laptop (windows XP pro SP2). Now I have reenabled both but cant connect to the ...

Can't see 2nd PC

Paul - 19 Dec 2006 6:33 PM - 3 messages

I have a wireless modem/router which connects to the Internet. Laptop 1 (XP) connects to the net using this as does Laptop 2 (Vista). Laptop 2 is able to see Laptop 1 but not vice versa. I naively thought that ...

using two separate network cards

david - 19 Dec 2006 12:19 PM - 2 messages

How should one configure two cards when One is a ethernet cable that connects to the adsl modem the other a wifi adaptor used to share the internet connection on a private wifi network? ...

"Wireless Network Connection 2?" What Happened to the first one?

Chris - 19 Dec 2006 6:10 AM - 2 messages

Hello! I realize this is probably a really stupid question...but I recently purchased an HP Pavilion Laptop, on which I'm running Win XP SP2 (In some places it says I'm running WinXP Media Center Edition, in others it says Win ...

wireless

williameric - 19 Dec 2006 2:44 AM - 2 messages

I have windows xp sp2 ie 7 and am connecting to the internet using a wireless connection via a powershot smart bridge in lieu of a router, (there is external equipment as well for this connection) and to access this ...

PRINTING ON WIRELESS NETWORK

TRICK - 18 Dec 2006 7:59 PM - 3 messages

HOW DO I SET UP SO I CAN PRINT FROM A PRINTER CONNECTED TO MAIN PC VIA ROUTER USING A LAPTOP AND LINKSYS WIRELESS EQUIPMENT. ...

Want Wiresless To Go Secure!

Dreanmachine - 18 Dec 2006 5:26 PM - 4 messages

Hi, I am a bit confused and need some help. I have three PCs in my home that are successfully networked. The primary PC has the DSL modem and a Linksys wireless router hooked up (connected by Ethernet cable). The other two PCs ...

HOW TO SET UP PASSWORD PROTECTION

BAILEY - 18 Dec 2006 5:23 PM - 3 messages

Hi, I have a wireless LAN and I want to set up a password so that not everyone in my nieghbourhood can use my ISP! Any advice? Thanks and regardsa A ...

Wireless WAN to cbaled LAN?

Andy B - 18 Dec 2006 5:16 PM - 12 messages

Parents live in an area (UK) where their broadband access is Wireless. They would like to extend this to provide a small network internally, either wired or wireless. In my mind I imagine a modem/router similar to those used ...

WPA2 for HP iPAQ

MacTommy - 18 Dec 2006 10:27 AM - 3 messages

Hi! I got ten HP iPAQ, but in one there's a client software, Odyssey Client, installed. I donÂ´t now where it comes from, the only software we had installed is runtime software from NSBasic, and the client is not included in ...

XP can't see Vista

Newtechie - 17 Dec 2006 11:59 PM - 7 messages

My wireless laptop running XP Home can't see my Vista machine (RC2 v5744) but Vista can see and access the files on the XP laptop. I have tried disabling the firewalls on both and setting full permissions and nothing is ...

Belkin N-1 Wireless Cards and Connectivity Issues

lana - 17 Dec 2006 9:14 PM - 7 messages

I have been reading alot of the connectivity issue with all different cards. I am currently having the problem with a Sony Vaio and a Dell Inspirion and 2 Belkin N-1 Wireless Networking card. My cards worked ...

Can not get an IP address

John Gregory - 17 Dec 2006 8:32 PM - 6 messages

I am having trouble getting a wireless connection. The radio is on, has good signal strength, but will not comminucate with the router. I can not seem to get it to assign an IP address. Everything worked until I tried to install a Bluetooth card, but now it does ...

Going Wireless

RickyHome - 17 Dec 2006 4:39 PM - 4 messages

Hello I have a Cable broadband connection (supplied by Telewest) for my interent. I am considering going Wireless, I have been given a motorola modem by Telewest, which plugs straight in to my PC, via a RJ45 cable. I am slightly confused at the products availableto go wireless, where do I ...

Shared Folders in My Network Places showing under Internet not LAN

~purplegrrl~ - 17 Dec 2006 2:19 PM - 6 messages

My home network is currently playing up on me and I can't work out why. The desktop PC is connected by ethernet cable to the wireless router. My laptop connects wirelessly to the network. Up until a few days ago I could access ...

Livebox connection

tIMBO - 17 Dec 2006 1:59 PM - 2 messages

My compaq nx6325 laptop has a in built Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN card can I configure this to talk to an Orange LIVEBOX? CHEERS TIMBO ...

Wireless access permissions

Markkkkky Mark - 17 Dec 2006 1:18 PM - 2 messages

I have set up my laptop with a number of user accounts. I have since set up a wireless router for my interent connection. When I look at network connections on the laptop it shows the wireless connection and when logged in ...

"Disconnected" Error in Internet Explorer on Wireless Network

IE: The page cannot be displayed (WI-FI) - 17 Dec 2006 11:45 AM - 2 messages

I have an HP laptop running on windows XP Home Edition, the wireless icon on the taskbar shows that it is connected however when I browse on Internet Explorer, it wont connect, the page cannot be displayed. ...

wireless and mapping a network storage drive

Melissa Zimmerman - 17 Dec 2006 3:39 AM - 2 messages

Maybe I'm just being stupid, but I cannot map the network storage drive that I have and have had mapped before. I have done it several times prior but i for some reason cannot remember why it will not work. i keep getting ...