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| Thread ID: 37830 | 2003-09-19 04:45:00 | Wireless p2p Network win98 - XP Home | Waltzzz (3972) | Press F1 |
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| 176401 | 2003-09-19 04:45:00 | Hi, I have read Craig Bellhouse's excellent FAQ 42, but my current project obviously involves different hardware and software . I have Win98se Desktop with dedicated phone line with 56k dial-up . Acer Laptop Win98se Dell Laptop WinXP Home At PCU ChCh they told me I could do this as a peer-to-peer also known as "ad-hoc" network - which would enable file, Internet and printer sharing . So I purchased three 802 . 11b Belkin Cards one for each machine . About $NZ 236 inc GST - seems OK to me if it works . The desktop is currently away - so I am working it out first with the two laptops . The installation of the cards went well . They see each other! I am now facing a mass of unknowns with the actual network settings . Network places/neigbourhood show only the local machines . They do have the same workgroup . The first problem I have seems to be that I can't do the simple adjustments on the XP machine - like setting up bindings . I can't get at things to try out . I have posted a picture of my XP screen - as I think this will show someone clearly what I am facing with grayed out areas etc . . psybernet . co . nz/images/networking1 . jpg" target="_blank">www . psybernet . co . nz Also I read on the Net that NetBeui is better for this than TCP/IP - also that TCP/IP would make the system vulnerable to security problems if I enabled File Printer Sharing? Comments answers and ideas appreciated Walter |
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| 176402 | 2003-09-19 16:15:00 | Ah, Just discovered one little thing... The LAN was under something called Network Bridge - there was an option to fre it from that NOW I can get to the IP settings... That only took a day :) |
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