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| Thread ID: 44666 | 2004-04-26 13:31:00 | Setting Up my Wireless LAN | Sulley (2555) | Press F1 |
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| 232242 | 2004-04-26 13:31:00 | Hi everyone. I have recently bought and installed 2 x 802.11b wireless LAN cards on my two computers running winxp pro edition. As I am not using a router, I've set my "network type" as 802.11 Ad Hoc instead of infrastructure on both computers. I have file sharing and internet connection sharing installed. My problem is, on my server comp, I can't detect my client under "my network places", which means that I don't have access to the files on my client comp. But strangely, it works in the other direction, my client comp can access all my files w/o problem. Does anyone know how to fix this problem? Any Suggestions appreciated. Thx! Oh just incase its necessary, i've set my wireless connection setting as: I've set my IP address on the server as: 192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0 And on my client: 192.168.0.2 255.255.255.0 Gateway: 192.168.0.1 DNS: 192.168.0.1 (P.S. Sorry bout the poor grammar, getting late now :( ) |
Sulley (2555) | ||
| 232243 | 2004-04-26 21:28:00 | I have had the same problem in the past with connecting my Vaio to a Mac Powerbook via 802.11b. The way I got around it was mapping the network drive by typing in the IP address followed by the share on the PC ie: 192.168.0.2\(shared_name) Hope this helps? |
Marlboro (4607) | ||
| 232244 | 2004-04-26 22:26:00 | Make sure that the Windows XP firewall is disabled as it prevents file and printer sharing. | Susan B (19) | ||
| 232245 | 2004-04-26 22:37:00 | > Make sure that the Windows XP firewall is disabled as > it prevents file and printer sharing . Does it mean that XP's firewall can't be used at all in a Network? It's next to useless, then??? |
bk T (215) | ||
| 232246 | 2004-04-26 22:43:00 | > Does it mean that XP's firewall can't be used at all in a Network? It's next to useless, then??? No, not entirely useless. It protects your network against undesired incoming traffic from the Internet but it should only be used on a direct connection to the Internet, such as a dial-up, DSL, or cable modem. If your computer gets its Internet connection through a software router (like Internet Connection Sharing) or a hardware router, you don't have a direct connection and must not enable ICF. It also does not prevent programs going OUT into the internet, eg spyware, trojans, etc so you have no protection against that. A third party firewall is the best solution. :-) |
Susan B (19) | ||
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