"southern_clansman" wrote:

> have just spent hours setting up a home network between my pc and laptop
> followed the very clear instuctions step by step several times. although each
> computer acknowledged an ethernet connection each computer only showed its
> own shared files finally just gave up to watch tv have just come back to
> close down the computers for the night only to see to my utter amazement that
> the connection was now live!! Is this normal that there should be such a
> lapse of time before the connection is made as there is no warning at the end
> of the network wizard? i ask this for future reference so that i don't waste
> hours thinking it hasn't worked!
>
>        can someone please clarify many thanks   john