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Mr "Trouble" is back - been to see my daughter on her birthday.
Slave PC connected via the cable and connection sharing has just powered
up and a pop up on the main machine said "Local area now connected at 100mbps" - but no access to the net etc from the slave PC. I have not touched any of the configuration settings on the slave PC.
Mr "Trouble" is back - been to see my daughter on her birthday.
Slave PC connected via the cable and connection sharing has just powered
up and a pop up on the main machine said "Local area now connected at 100mbps" - but no access to the net etc from the slave PC. I have not touched any of the configuration settings on the slave PC.
Give me a ring when you are ready m8... I am sure we can sort this out for ya
P.S. Wish your daughter happy birthday for me - how old is she ?
Hi Folks
Well, with a MILLION thanks to Stuartbe I now have my laptop wireless linked to a Belkin wireless router which is also hard wired to two other desktop PCs - next to each other, "hers" and "mine". Yipeee. It could never have been done without Stu.
I started by trying just a wireless card in the main PC that is linked to the ntl set-top box. We (I mean Stu really) did manage to get that working with a wireless link to the laptop - but then the existing hardwire link from the main PC to the slave PC would no longer work. Mrs. Snodvan was most unhappy about that! Lots of fiddling/ messing and headaches but finally I took the advice Stu actually gave me in one of his very early replies to my plea for help - I bought a wireless router and took the wireless card out of the main PC. One day I will use that wireless card to link another computer (I guess).
The Belkin wireless router box/ book says "set up in 3 minutes with Easy Install Wizard". Ha Ha - rolls about laughing NOW. It took 2 days and my computer room looked like an explosion in a spaghetti factory once I pulled all the workstations away from the wall to access the back of the machines. OK, a lot of the wires were for various audio units but there were still an AMAZING lot of others. Once the machines were all working/ wireless link established then I was a "good boy" and I have tidied all the cables into neat runs. We do not seem to have a smiley for "smug self satisfaction".
There is still an odd problem or two (like I no longer seem to have file transfer facilities between the main PC and slave PC that used to be connected by a direct wire link but are now independently wire-connected to the router). I guess a firewall problem - but such things are beyond me.
Cheers all
Anyway - ALL thanks to Stu I'm up and running. Thanks M8.
Hi Folks
Well, with a MILLION thanks to Stuartbe I now have my laptop wireless linked to a Belkin wireless router which is also hard wired to two other desktop PCs - next to each other, "hers" and "mine". Yipeee. It could never have been done without Stu.
I started by trying just a wireless card in the main PC that is linked to the ntl set-top box. We (I mean Stu really) did manage to get that working with a wireless link to the laptop - but then the existing hardwire link from the main PC to the slave PC would no longer work. Mrs. Snodvan was most unhappy about that! Lots of fiddling/ messing and headaches but finally I took the advice Stu actually gave me in one of his very early replies to my plea for help - I bought a wireless router and took the wireless card out of the main PC. One day I will use that wireless card to link another computer (I guess).
The Belkin wireless router box/ book says "set up in 3 minutes with Easy Install Wizard". Ha Ha - rolls about laughing NOW. It took 2 days and my computer room looked like an explosion in a spaghetti factory once I pulled all the workstations away from the wall to access the back of the machines. OK, a lot of the wires were for various audio units but there were still an AMAZING lot of others. Once the machines were all working/ wireless link established then I was a "good boy" and I have tidied all the cables into neat runs. We do not seem to have a smiley for "smug self satisfaction".
There is still an odd problem or two (like I no longer seem to have file transfer facilities between the main PC and slave PC that used to be connected by a direct wire link but are now independently wire-connected to the router). I guess a firewall problem - but such things are beyond me.
Cheers all
Anyway - ALL thanks to Stu I'm up and running. Thanks M8.
Thanks for that m8... I am happy you are all up and running....
BTW - A firewall is not needed for the computers behind the router as the router acts as a hardware firewall. It is however a good idea to have one on each computer just for aplication monitoring - Example... Zone alarm with both sliders set to min. will ley you know if an aplication is trying to get out or phone home but wont block any lan sharing trafic (netbios ect) If you get stuck just give me a bell !
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