Windows XP Networking - Week 4, 2009

New Unmanaged Switch Doesn't Connect to Router

Lori - 24 Jan 2009 7:31 PM - 6 messages

Hi, all. Thanks in advance for any help anyone can offer. Been running an Linksys BEFSR81 wired router, four port. Got a new laptop and need to connect. Bought a TP-Link unmanage five-port router. Connected ...

internet connect failure

deskra - 24 Jan 2009 5:39 PM - 5 messages

My laptop runs XP on a wireless LAN. Everything was fine for years until a few days ago. The connection to the LAN is fine (printer and file sharing works) but I can't connect to the internet, even if I disengage from the LAN ...

No Workgroup option

Frank52 - 23 Jan 2009 10:33 PM - 4 messages

I am trying to network 2 computers. Mine and Hers. On Hers, under the "My Network Places" there is an option to "View Workgroup Computers" Clicking on that option I can see Mine and Hers. Under Mine "My Network Places" I do not ...

XP HE SP3 won't let me set 'sharing' for a folder

FRichard - 23 Jan 2009 6:55 PM - 6 messages

Canâ€™t get the machine to let me set â€˜sharingâ€™ for a folder. It produces the error message; â€œAn error occurred while trying to share FOLDERNAME. The server service is not started. The shared resource was not created at this ...

Redirection when trying to get Windows updates. IE7..

Kval - 23 Jan 2009 4:29 PM - 2 messages

Hi,When i try to click on windows update it go's to google web page and when iput a search in it will bring up the relevent listing but when i click on the right link it get's redirected to totally different page .I have Windows ...

network drive error/warning

jmillerWV - 23 Jan 2009 2:28 PM - 2 messages

Sorry for previous post. Happy fingers . I have a situation I have never seen before. Am running a Small Business Server 2003 office where all users are running Windows XP Pro. We have shared files on the server. I have one user when a ...

Finding firewalls

pjs - 23 Jan 2009 1:28 PM - 8 messages

I've been encountering problems connecting two computers via wireless network, both machines running Windows XP Home. I have a sneaking suspicion that there's a firewall lurking in the background that is blocking traffic between the two. (I have Windows firewall on and McAfee off). ...

browsing workgroup doesn't work on one computer

Alain Bourgeois - 22 Jan 2009 9:43 PM - 12 messages

Dear all, I have 3 pc's in a single network, in a single workgroup named MSHOME, and one wireless router / hub: OLDONE Win xp home sp3 192.168.1.4 wireless ...

Hung TCP - Reinstall?

Nicola Taranto - 22 Jan 2009 4:54 PM - 3 messages

I have PC1, PC2 on home network wired/WiFi with access point up to 7Mb , same HW/SW i.e. XPSP3 up-to date, IE8, >1Gb RAM, >1Ghz CPU. Share printer and folders activated and well done sharing. ...

Hotfix 955535 causes synchronization of CSC offline files to fail to terminate

Alan Hart - 21 Jan 2009 10:08 PM - 2 messages

I am using WinXP Pro on a dual core laptop. I recently installed the hotfix from KB 955535 as I had been experiencing repeated timeouts while synchronizing an offline cached network drive and wondered if this might help. The drive is a Freecom DataTank Gateway configured in RAID mirror ...

Cannot Access Computers on Home Network

Doug H - 21 Jan 2009 4:13 PM - 6 messages

I have 3 computers all running XP Home SP3. I recently changed from a router that supported ethernet and phone wire connectivity to a wireless router. All three could share folders and printers previously via Windows home ...

Is there a simple tool that can monitor all DNS lookups into a file?

vfclists - 21 Jan 2009 1:35 PM - 5 messages

Is there a simple tool that can monitor all DNS lookups into a file? ...

How can you monitor the volume of data transferred in a modem?

vfclists - 21 Jan 2009 1:24 PM - 2 messages

How can you monitor the volume of data transferred in a modem? Is there some software or a log kept somewhere? ...

PC Can't See Others on network, but can ping them by IP.

efritsch - 21 Jan 2009 4:59 AM - 4 messages

I have 3 PC's on my network. Two running XP Pro and a Laptop running Vista. One XP Machine and the Laptop are wireless to the router. The Other XP Machine is wired to the router. All 3 Machines can access the internet with no issues. ...

Win XP Sp3 breaks home networking

Floyd - 20 Jan 2009 11:36 PM - 4 messages

Hi I have 2 xp pro computers one with SP2 and one with SP3. I have logged on both computers with admin logon and shard folders on both computers. Now the SP3 computer can access folders on the SP2 computer but the SP2 computer ...

Network Cable Unplugged - Network Bridge

KillaChaos - 20 Jan 2009 7:09 PM - 4 messages

I have a laptop connected to a desktop through an internet bridge (desktop has a wireless connection, and laptop is connected through Ethernet 1000BASE-T). The problem is, if I remove the cord or shutdown/sleep mode the laptop the desktopwill assume that the network cable is unplugged. ...

How does repeater work?

njem - 20 Jan 2009 3:22 AM - 6 messages

I work with networks and wireless a lot and know electronics. I've always avoided using repeaters just by using stronger antennas and such. I just setup my first repeater. I was surprised that it used the same channel and SSID. I expected it would read the signal from the ...

Configuration steps for remote desktop via verizon fios

Ras Negus - 19 Jan 2009 9:13 PM - 3 messages

I need to access my computer which is connected to the standard issue Verizon FIOS router. While I am on the Network locally I can remote desktop to the this system running Windows XP. From a remote location I cannot connect. Previously I was able to do this ...

Event ID 1058 and 1030 in Windows XP

Paul - 19 Jan 2009 3:13 PM - 2 messages

Hi, We have a windows 2000 domain with windows xp professional and windows 2000 professional clients. On the xp clients i get the following errors recorded in the event log:- Event 1058 Windows cannot access the file gpt.ini for GPO ...

PC cannot see most of the network (and vice versa)

Rob-11 - 19 Jan 2009 2:41 PM - 6 messages

I am running a network with eleven PCs, most with XP, some with XP professional. As the network has now exceeded the XP Pro limit of ten, I have acquired a server with Windows Small Business Server 2003 installed on it. There is a ...

Setting up ICS breaks Internet connection

Tallan - 19 Jan 2009 2:29 PM - 4 messages

I have a Sagem DSL modem supplied by Tiscali connected to my computer by USB. I have Win XP [home/pro/service pack level 3]. I want to use Internet Connection Sharing to connect another computer. When I run the ...

Access to some shared folders, not others

pjs - 19 Jan 2009 12:51 AM - 2 messages

I have a home network with a notebook running Windows XP Pro and a desktop running Windows XP Home through a Belkin router. Each machine has six accounts, one for each member of the family. From the laptop, we can access ...

Missing "Association" tab in Wireless network properties

Imposter - 18 Jan 2009 9:52 PM - 3 messages

I'm running XP SP3 with a newly-installed Intel WiFi Link 5300 AGN wireless card. I'm using Windows Zero Configuration to configure it (and the service is started). Oddly, Windows won't remember my wireless networks. I have to ...

removing router from home network

John1943 - 18 Jan 2009 3:50 PM - 2 messages

I have a router which was useful when I had 2 computers, but now I only have one. And since I got rid of my second computer, the router hangs up 2 or 3 times a day and has to be power cycled. It's a hassle I don;t need. I ...

Gigabit Network speed

Bob Wright - 18 Jan 2009 1:54 AM - 3 messages

If my network has this setup Computer A gigabit nic Computer B gigabit nic conected through gigabit switch. If computers C and D have 10/100 nic connected to same gigabit switch will transfers from computer A to B be at gigabit speed? ...