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  1. Drew, if you're around...and if there is anyone else who can help...

    I've got ADSL connection here, I have this wireless router that I connect my desktop PC to it with a LAN cable and the laptop connects wirelessly (if that's a word).
    Now the questions...

    Can I do anything else with it? Can I set up a WLAN with the laptop and the desktop?
    Can the laptop use the printer (which is connected to the desktop) wirelessly?
    And if you have other uses I don't know about, tell me.

    EDIT: And don't just answer "yes"! Tell me how or give me some URLs to online help!
  2. I thought I'd answer Yes to annoy you. You can set up a wireless LAN between the desktop and the laptop, but I did it so long ago I lost count by a laptop > desktop. Only recently I did one on a WinXP to Mac network - but that was bloody complicated and took hours to work out.

    http://www.geekgirls.com/windowsxp_home_network.htm

    http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread1192.html

    http://www.living-it.co.uk/pages.asp?id=12


    I think it's something like this from vague memories: Click Start > Wireless Network Setup Wizard and go from there. Or do it by the old way: Start > Control Panel > Network Connections > Create a new connection and go on from there.

    Probably an easier way is go the old Ethernet wired route. You need a long blue cable with two clips on either end (you'll know what it looks like from your modem or router), connect that into each network card on both your laptop and desktop (two squarish plugs, not much bigger in height and width than a USB port) and then each computer should detect automatically if they're running a recent Windows version (Windows 98 > Vista).

    Then use the Start > Control Panel > Network Connections > Create a new connection > Set up an advanced connection > Connect directly to another computer. If the Desktop is where you want the main connection to come from choose it as host if you're setting it up on the Desktop. If not choose Guest, and vice versa from there on in.

    Do the same on the other (this will be the Guest) and type the computer name (you can find this out from right-clicking My Computer > Computer Name > Change and seeing it there. Copy this out into a Notepad file or write it down somewhere, then use this for the Guest details.

    It should then be set up. Use My Computer to access the Guest computer's files and go from there.




    Originally posted by Ali709Can the laptop use the printer (which is connected to the desktop) wirelessly?


    In Windows, find File and Printer Sharing and use that to get the laptop to use the printer wirelessly (if you set it up that way). Windows should automatically allow it (if not check your firewall settings and allow the connections to take place).

    You can use it for streaming music and videos to another system (as I have done on a regular basis) or simply using it for hosting a website but it can cost quite a bit of money, and you need to do DNS redirects, domains, MySQL (if you host a database-driven site with an online application which U2start actually uses if you've seen the errors in the Search page) and pretty much sharing files and email - and have two internet connections at once.

    Sorry I couldn't be of more help...but this is all I remember from my two network setups.
  3. Originally posted by drewhiggins
    Sorry I couldn't be of more help...but this is all I remember from my two network setups.


    You kidding me?! I got all the answers!
    I know about the wired way, I want to try the wireless way. Thanks a lot Drew...will give it a try a bit later!
  4. Originally posted by Ali709[..]

    You kidding me?! I got all the answers!
    I know about the wired way, I want to try the wireless way. Thanks a lot Drew...will give it a try a bit later!


    I didn't think it was any good, to be honest. I'm just writing whatever comes out of my head.
  5. Alright Drew...it's driving me crazy!!

    I went to network connection on the desktop and went to the Wireless Network Setup Wizard...
    I used a flash drive to get the settings to the laptop too, but the router doesn't have a USB port, so I entered the settings using this 192.168.1.1 thingy that I use to access the settings of the router.

    Anyways, the desktop is working fine, but the laptop, right after I did these stuff, it started saying that the wireless connection has "limited or no connectivity" , therefore it can't use the internet.

    I tried to fix it, but no use...no I'm trying to turn it all back to normal, still no use!! I can't get the laptop to connect to the internet like it did before
  6. Originally posted by Ali709Alright Drew...it's driving me crazy!!

    I went to network connection on the desktop and went to the Wireless Network Setup Wizard...
    I used a flash drive to get the settings to the laptop too, but the router doesn't have a USB port, so I entered the settings using this 192.168.1.1 thingy that I use to access the settings of the router.

    Anyways, the desktop is working fine, but the laptop, right after I did these stuff, it started saying that the wireless connection has "limited or no connectivity" , therefore it can't use the internet.

    I tried to fix it, but no use...no I'm trying to turn it all back to normal, still no use!! I can't get the laptop to connect to the internet like it did before


    Oops. Go back to Start > Control Panel > Network Connections and see if there's a connection there. If not you'll need to set it up again from either the disc that you got or using Windows' networking wizard.

    Is this your laptop, or someone else's?
  7. Originally posted by drewhiggins[..]

    Oops. Go back to Start > Control Panel > Network Connections and see if there's a connection there. If not you'll need to set it up again from either the disc or using Windows' networking wizard.


    Hmm...I managed to get the laptop connected...the SSID for the network I set up was Home, so I had changed SSID in the router's settings to Home as well...
    Now I went to the router's settings again and changed the SSID again to something else (3Com).
    Now "wireless networks in range" for the laptop are Home (secured) and 3Com (not secured). And it connected easily to the 3Com.

    I'm tired now, will try it again later, after a bit more research
  8. Originally posted by Ali709[..]

    Hmm...I managed to get the laptop connected...the SSID for the network I set up was Home, so I had changed SSID in the router's settings to Home as well...
    Now I went to the router's settings again and changed the SSID again to something else (3Com).
    Now "wireless networks in range" for the laptop are Home (secured) and 3Com (not secured). And it connected easily to the 3Com.

    I'm tired now, will try it again later, after a bit more research


    So it's all working for the moment?
  9. Originally posted by drewhiggins[..]

    So it's all working for the moment?


    Yea, everything's working fine right now...
  10. We'll continue the iChat here...

    Edit: Tea's just come out on the table...I'll continue after then.


  12. Spooky. I'll try my U2 one afterwards..
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