Windows Wireless Networking

Lose wireless connection when I switch users

rklinter - 14 Feb 2009 6:36 PM - 2 messages

I have a Dell Vostro 200 with XP. I am using a Linksys wireless router. Everytime I switch users or the computer sleeps I lose the wireless connection. ...

computer router to wireless

Judy - 14 Feb 2009 6:16 PM - 2 messages

connected to internet through through a router. how do I set up my laptop to use anywhere in the house without hooking up to router. ...

trouble with IPCONFIG...showw wireless but not wired

jeanluc - 14 Feb 2009 4:14 PM - 2 messages

I have a company PC that is behaving very strangely. It is XP-SP2. When I am not connected to the internet via an ethernet cable, IPCONFIG does not show my "Ethernet Adapter Local Area Connection connection". I need the ethernet card's physical address to run software. The ...

shared network folders

KRK - 14 Feb 2009 12:36 PM - 3 messages

Hello, The only network I am connected to is the internet via broadband. If I click 'show me all the shared network folders on this computer' in Network & Sharing centre I see my 'users' folder listed, also a printers ...

Wireless connection

Graham Hotch - 13 Feb 2009 7:09 PM - 5 messages

My PC has been working quite happily on the wireless network I set up a couple of months ago then suddenly last week, it stopped recognising the network. When I go into Network Connections,as suggested in @Help', there is ...

Networking speeds

MC Hammer - 13 Feb 2009 5:01 PM - 5 messages

CPU1 and CPU2 are both wireless and networked together. They run the same program but CPU2 has to access CPU because that's where the database is. It is extremely slow and there is a lag. How can I speed it up? ...

accessing database speed

MC Hammer - 13 Feb 2009 4:56 PM - 2 messages

CPU1 is my server/workstation and CPU2 is just a workstation. They both run the same software but CPU2 accesses the database from CPU1. There is a delay when accessing the DB from CPU1. What can I do to speed up the speed that it ...

Have to Reset Audio Properties every time for Bluetooth Headset

Moosebowl - 13 Feb 2009 3:40 PM - 2 messages

I just bought a great bluetooth headset, but I keep having to jigger with the audio properties in order to get them to work correctly with Windows XP. I have a broadcom/Widcomm bluetooth built-in adapter. I have the headphones ...

connection problems - Norton firewall ??

KRK - 13 Feb 2009 12:47 PM - 4 messages

Hello I am setting up a wireless ad-hoc network between my desktop & laptop. I've setup the network OK on the desktop. When I connect to the network from the laptop it seems to connect OK with a strong signal, but then disconnects a ...

file sharing

KRK - 13 Feb 2009 12:26 PM - 2 messages

Hello I have set up a wireless network on my desktop pc so that I can read its files from my laptop. I want to share files via the Public folder. In Network & sharing centre I find I cannot turn off ' file sharing ', all ...

Pcs on network. One sees other but not vice verse

Jack D - 13 Feb 2009 12:29 AM - 2 messages

I have a network with a desktop(Vista) connected to a router port. I have a laptop(XP) connected to an additional port on the router. Te desktop can "see" the laptop and uses files that the laptop has shared, but the laptop ...

Drop, connect...repeat

garywi - 12 Feb 2009 4:34 AM - 3 messages

Is there a log file somewhere that will tell me why my XP laptop is dropping its connection? ...

Wireless Connection Drops, then connects, drops...

garywi - 12 Feb 2009 4:33 AM - 2 messages

One of the laptops on my wireless network drops it's connection and then after a minute or so connects itself. Its all random, intermittant stuff. I use Windows to manage my wireless conections. Is there a log file somewhere ...

How do you tell Windows XP Pro to connect to a wireless that isn't broadcasting SSID?

RS - 11 Feb 2009 9:37 PM - 5 messages

Normally, when I want to connect to a 802.11 wireless network using the Windows connection tools, I View Available Wireless Networks, select one, and tell Windows to connect. What happens if I set my wireless network up to not broadcast the SSID? ...

Wireless DSL Connection Dilemma

John O'Boyle - 9 Feb 2009 8:37 PM - 9 messages

I have a small Sony notebook computer that my wife and I use exclusively when we're traveling. We've never had a problem with wireless connections in any of the hotels, or in fact friends and relatives homes ...

Network key

Sanford Aranoff - 9 Feb 2009 1:12 AM - 8 messages

XP Prof, desktop, connects to Internet via cable. XP Prof, laptop, connects via wireless XP Home, laptop. "Wireless connection is excellent." However, it needs the network key. We have the key written down, and added the key. It does not accept it. We do not ...

How do wired and wireless connections to a home router work?

polomora - 8 Feb 2009 11:41 PM - 7 messages

Hello, I have a question about using the wireless capabilities of my wired/wireless LAN. Normally, I use the wired connections to my home router for all my networking needs. Sometimes, when watching the TV, I like to surf the web at ...

adding printer to home network

Jono - 8 Feb 2009 7:02 AM - 4 messages

My home network is set up as follows; My home PC (XP)is cabled directly to Modem Router Tablet PC (Vista) wirelessly connected to same Router Epson Printer (named Home Printer) cabled to home PC The network is established as I am able to see and share files both ways ...