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Check account settings. Vista will not share unless username/password accounts on all machines are identical unless the files are in Vista's public folder.

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Bridge the network cards on Computer 2.

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You have one already. Position the router where you want it and power it up. Connect a computer (wired temporarily) to the router. Log into the router and disable DHCP. (Enable WEP or WAP at this point if you want to use them.) Now connect the router to the Vonage router using one of the standard ...

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If the PC with the wireless (that you are trying to connect the xbox to) has both wireless capability AND a wired network card, you could connect the xbox to that computer with a crossover cable, then bridge the wireless and wired networks on the PC. XP will act as a poor-man's router and allow ...

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Did you try to telnet into the router from the gateway?

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Out of curiosity, is your wireless laptop running XP Pro while the desktops are running Home Edition? If this is the case, your laptop is causing your problem everytime it connects.

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Your problems are stemming from a fight between the computers to be the master domain browser. Basically, everytime a computer connects to your network, it forces an election for browse master between all of the computers. Once someone wins, all of the other computers have to register to that ...

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The error message is correct--it is telling you what the problem is.

Create an account/password on the desktop that matches the account you are logged into on the laptop.

Without a domain, XP relies on local security to validate/invalidate users. Therefore, if you come across the the network from ...

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Real quick:

If you can see a printer in My Network Places, it's really easy to connect to it.

Right-click on it and select "Connect...." If you need drivers, you can selected them in the following window. You may also see a checkbox that makes the connection persistent (reconnect on a reboot ...

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Make sure you are sharing something on the desktop to the laptop and have file and print sharing enabled. Make sure that, if you have a firewall (and you should), the two machines are allowed through it.

Finally (and this is the number one reason for your problem), make sure the laptop account ...

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Only one of the systems on the network need to be a PC in order to set up the 101. Once that is done, and the 101 is set with an IP address, none of the systems need to be PCs. In fact, I print to mine using a PocketPC.

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No.

Routers also depend on direction and on which system requested the open port. For example, you request a web page from a server. Your computer uses a port above 32K, to connect to port 80 on the destination. Once the two computers connect, they agree on ports (above 32K on both machines) to ...

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First of all, kill the IPs you set in the alternate network. If you gateway is 10.x.x.x, your alternate settings will never work. Not to mention, it interferes with DHCP.

Second, either kill your firewall (not recommended) or add your network to the allowed list (recommended).

Third, create a user ...

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Depends on where you got the modem.

If you got it from SBC, they are obligated, by contract, to get you the speed they promised. If they don't, they are in violation of the contract, and you can easily get out of it.

If, on the other hand, you provide your own modem, you will have to upgrade ...

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You can set up "sort of" load balancing with XP, but not really. A true load balancer will switch to another network card when the current one is saturated. XP will only do that if the one it is using is unusable. Furthermore, it won't change once it makes a connection. Not only that, it won't use ...

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We can't help you without a little more info:

What current speed are you getting? (If it's 2000 or better, don't touch anything.) Are you using a router? (Easy way to check: Does your address begin with 192.168...?) Are there any other computers on your home network?

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The default is 20 when QoS is actually being used. If XP is not using QoS (and everything has to support it, the server at the distant end and every router in between) QoS uses 0 percent.

In other words, none of the QoS tweaks out there actually work.

(I wish this one would die already)

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Also, if you installed Service Pack 2, and you didn't manually disable the firewall, you are running it. The firewall is enabled by default on Service Pack 2.

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[quote="touser3"]Hello everyone, i am going to be setting up 2 computers in an office. The office already has cate5e built into the walls with outlets for them in each office. Sense there will only be 2 pc's i would like to connect them directly and save the cost of a switch. As far as i remember ...

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You have it. Just get a wireless access point and plug it into the port previously occupied by the laptop. You won't have to make any other changes to your setup other than to configure the laptop. (You will have to get the wireless adapter.)

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I use a NetGear PS101. I use the Adminstrator console on one computer to set up a permanent IP address (this is stored on the NetGear). All other computers on the network print to the IP address. Works great.

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Put the address of the router (usually 192.168.1.1) in the address bar of Internet Explorer (note that for some stupid reason, the admin page doesn't really work with Mozilla or Firefox). If you get a prompt for a username/password, you have the right address.

If not, or you don't know the address ...

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Not yet. I have heard of no software updates to change the wireless encryption.

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Actually, it doesn't. The download speed is based on the amount downloaded vs. the time it took to download it. The bigger the download, the longer the download, the more accurate the download speed displayed really is.

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Proxy servers do not increase your download speed, unless you go to a site that either you or another person has recently gone to.

When a proxy server goes to a site, the return data is cached, then sent to you. If someone else goes to the same site, they get the cached information directly from ...

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That's called Domain Administration. I'm not trying to be sarcastic. It is just incredibly too easy to get around security set up on a local machine. Microsoft (actually Novell) realized it; that's why domains were created.

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When this happened at our site, it turned out that the problem was timing. With satellite users, there was a smally timeout between the time we sent a request and the time they received it. Our server kept timing out.

Our solution was to increase the timeout on our server.

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Here's the one for 2000/XP: http://www.cyberwizardpit.net/article3.htm

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Just so you know, with the router, you will have no visible computers (only the router IP address), and both will have access to the Internet.

But, the easiest way to do what you want is to put two NICs in the Win2K machine, CHANGE THE DEFAULT IP ADDRESSES OF THE ROUTER, connect the router to the ...

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It sounds like you answered your own question.

Try this. Disconnect every computer from the switch except one. (You may have to reboot the computer.)

If you can connect, that means you only get one IP address from your ISP. In order to share, you will need to get a SOHO router (such as a Linksys ...

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If you are referring to a CD ROM drive, the Audigy or any later version don't support it. If it is the device that allows you to connect external devices (like the IEEE 1394 or headphones), the cord came with the card. It is a proprietary cord.

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Add another device to the network before the router (if you have one). That will definitely tell you if you have additional addresses.

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You are worried about a weak wireless router 5 feet away, when you have no problem using a cell phone that broadcasts in the same frequency as the router 1 millimeter away? Or the cordless phone? Or the garage door opener? Or the remote control? Or the wireless mouse, keyboard, media pad? Or the ...

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XP (all versions) use accounts to set up security. To enable sharing, the active account on one system must exist on the other. That is, if John/password is logged into Computer A, the account John/password must exist on Computer B. That account (on Computer B) doesn't have to be logged into, just ...

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Is there an account on the ME machine that matches an account on the XP machine. Specifically, is the account in use on the XP machine also on the ME machine (not necessarily in use, but not disabled)? Accounts are a must for XP.

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Actually, qball, that is exactly the problem. The XP Zero Wireless configuration cannot connect to a wireless router that doesn't beacon. I ended up solving the problem by disabling the XP configurator, and using the D-Link one.

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The firmware can be downloaded here: http://kbserver.netgear.com/products_au ... P614v1.asp

The router itself doesn't need software to configure it. You just connect to the router using your browser software. (If I remember Netgear, it works with IE only.)

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Make sure that cable guy doesn't come back. He doesn't know what he's talking about.

Your cable modem functions in the same way as any television or cable box attached to your system. It uses two unused television channels to send and receive data. It has nothing to do with the cable box.

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If you are connecting directly to the modem, it is usually 10MB FDX. (Check the modem specs). If you are connecting to a router or a switch, set it to 100MB FDX.

What most folks don't know is how Windows handles auto mode. Every time it makes a new connection, it sends both types of packets (10 and ...

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Actually, IRQ priorities (in the registry) are about as false as the QoS tweak. They don't work because that isn't how Windwows operates.

IRQ priority happens in Windows based on the IRQ number; the higher the number, the higher the priority. However, XP uses virtual IRQs. There's no proof from ...

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