Computer Networking - March 2007

Please can someone tell me in plain english how to connect 2 pcs.

One will be upstairs and one downstairs.

what will I need to buy in order to run a fast connection on both? Please list everything i wil need.

I have cable broadband from ntl if that makes a difference.

thankyou =)

2007-03-01 09:16:46 · 3 answers · asked by gimmesomeboosh 3

I have an Acer 5050 running Windows XP sp2 that uses an internal Atheros wireless card. When my computer first boots up, it starts off loading applications...but then when it gets to the part where the wireless network icon should popup.. the computer stops loading applications for about 30 seconds/one minute, and then all of a sudden starts loading again, starting with the network icon and everything else after.

How can I fix this

Thanks a million

2007-03-01 08:52:54 · 1 answers · asked by Crazyfred02 1

i have 2 routers. 1 router which is wired (dlink), and the other which is wireless(linksys) which is plugged into the wired one. I have my PC plugged into the wired, and my laptop getting a wireless signal from the wireless one. is there a way to have both be considered on the same network or work group even though they are on different routers? i cant figure it out. i basically wanna do this so i can file share in between them.

2007-03-01 08:40:55 · 6 answers · asked by socosurf4 1

Third wireless notebook computer of three total being given access to the home wireless network. Unit 1 has XP Home, Unit 2 has XP Home, incoming Unit 3 has Vista. I cannot get Vista to accept my home network WEP code. I do not wish to constantly change the WEP code. I have a 6-char code now, Vista wanted a 5 or 10 char code. I changed to 10, it asked for 5. I set it at 5, it said error:not correct code. What can I do to correct? Im ready to wipe Vista clean off this thing. Its a pain in the donkey.

Thanks ahead of time.

JBC

2007-03-01 08:18:40 · 2 answers · asked by JBC 3

How come everytime a website asks for my email and it says that its not valid?
I always double and sometime triple check it but it still says that my email is not valid. I even put all my different ones in there just to get it to work but it says it to all of them. WHY?

2007-03-01 07:34:12 · 1 answers · asked by coolgirl1376 3

WHAT OTHER EQUIPMENT DO YOU NEED WHEN USEING A WIRELESS ROUTER DOES IT REQUIRE A SPECIAL MODEM?? Please help

2007-03-01 07:33:57 · 5 answers · asked by Ambitious27 3

2007-03-01 07:04:10 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

My computer is on line one minute and off the next. It's making me crazy.

2007-03-01 07:04:01 · 6 answers · asked by Pardonthepun 1

Does anybody know how 2 take a screenshot from a laptop? Detailed instructions please! Thankz!

2007-03-01 06:48:44 · 5 answers · asked by yourbiggestfan:) 4

my p.cs start menu has dissapeared please help!

2007-03-01 06:35:32 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-01 06:30:34 · 4 answers · asked by djp_phillips 1

I am trying to use my laptop to connect to my other computer in my basement i was wondering if their is a way to do this and if there was how would i do that. I need to install files if possible on this other computer or to take files from it uusing a wireless connection. thank you for the help!

2007-03-01 06:10:52 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

In otherwords, I would like to log my pc onto a VPN connection and then have my pocket pc with a wi-fi card connet to my computer wirelessly and access the resources on the vpn connection being used on my computer.

2007-03-01 06:00:41 · 6 answers · asked by G Man 2

I need to open port 60260/tcp for download but when I wanna go the router settings , my user name and password doesn't match, I need some help so I can set Up the port I want to Open, please help me, anyOne

2007-03-01 05:56:15 · 4 answers · asked by kaubutaircraft 1

I have connected my 2 computers through crossover cable. My main pc is connected to the net through a USB cable modem. I have set the Lan IP address as 192.168.0.1 and my other- laptop as 192.168.0.2. Few months back I had no problems with the lan. Later then after I had to reinstall windows in my PC, my lan has been suffering. Whatever I do , no computer can recognise the other. Although my ethernet card shows that lan cable is connected, I cant seem to find the other computer in my network places. I have tried the network setup wizard but have failed miserably. I even tried disabling my net connection n looked whether it worked, but it vain. There is no problem with the lan cable, as I able to connect to other computers with the laptop. But at home I am not able to do so. Could any1 help me out

2007-03-01 05:54:29 · 7 answers · asked by Vishnu S 1

how to uninstall the belkin adsl modem with wireless g router
(802.11g),because i can't connect to the internet and i tried many things to fix my problem and now the only way i think can fix my problem is to uninstall it

2007-03-01 05:54:27 · 2 answers · asked by Ruby Lynn R 1

is it possible to plug two computers directly together via ethernet cable and play unreal tournment(game of theyear edition) between them. In other words can i plug one end of a ethernet cable into the ethernet card of computer A and the other end of it into the ethernet card of computer B, and be able to play a game of unreal tournament against computer B. if this is not possible what is the cheapest way to network 2 computers together for mulitplayer game play.

2007-03-01 05:38:32 · 5 answers · asked by clueless 2

I have 4 pc, one of them have internet connection. This pc also has 2 network cards, one of them is connected to the other 3 pc with a switch. the other network card on this pc is connected to a network with internet facility. i don't have a router, and its also very costly, how can i use internet on the other 3 pc's.????

2007-03-01 04:52:19 · 5 answers · asked by Punjabi 4

Hi all -

I've got Cisco VPN v.4.6.04 and a D-Link DI-525 wireless router. The router is working fine and has been for over a year. My Cisco connection also has been working fine for quite some time.

Yesterday, after doing some tweeking with DRTCP, really just changing th MTU to 1500, every time I start the Cisco VPN my router would reboot about a minute afterwards. I change the MTU settings back but that doesn't seem to change anything - the router still reboots.

I've turned on logging on the router but it doesn't show anything special.

I reinstalled Cisco today and will try the connection later tonight, but has anyone else encountered something similar? Is there some other place (log file) I can see what's going on?

Thanks!

2007-03-01 04:42:15 · 2 answers · asked by BigRez 6

I have a person that works in two separate offices as a manager. Each office is in a separate location, dev pool, partition...etc, and each has a different directory number. The current manager will switch locations on a regular basis and wants to have it so it doesn't matter if one or the other line is called, it will ring in either office. Presumably, a new person will soon be hired to take over as manager in one or the other office, so I don't want to implement sharing the lines between offices, because although that might be the easiest solution, it's not good to have lines from different partitions appearing all over the network on devices in other partitions...it could quickly become a mess.

So, I'd just like to have both numbers ring at the same time when one or the other is called. I was looking at line groups and hunt lists, but don't want to create a new hunt pilot number that people have to remember to call, or they'd have to change the directory listing.

2007-03-01 04:40:43 · 1 answers · asked by VodkaTonic 5

my boss came to my work the other night because he knew someone was on the computer. he parked in the parking lot next door and snuck through the woods in hopes of catching who it was. it turned out that it was the librarian's son doing a health project. and my boss knew exactly what he was looking at also. all the computers in the school are part of a network but i didnt know that he could have access to all of them from his laptop. he's not a principal or computer teacher or anything. just a facilities manager. so how did he have access to do that? i really want to know because i dont appreciate him spying like that and thinking that its me and then sneaking around trying to catch me. its very insulting.

2007-03-01 04:07:38 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have 4 pc's, one of them is connected to a network with internet facility.My other 3 are connected to this pc by a switch. How can i use internet on these 3 pc's ?

2007-03-01 03:58:39 · 3 answers · asked by Punjabi 4

if you have 2 computers and 1 comp alrdy has the wireless cable modem to it do you still need a wireless router or can you just get a wireless NIC for the other comp?

2007-03-01 03:19:46 · 3 answers · asked by whats up 2

I have a wireless router hooked up to my pc, and need to hook another pc to receive the wireless connection. What hardware do you recommend?

2007-03-01 03:19:19 · 3 answers · asked by ropemancometh 5

I need to send alert messages immediately to a few named computers out of several hundred. The machines are all Windows based, but some cannot use Microsoft .NET Remoting (unfortunately). We also would like to go through firewalls. Here are some options I'd like to consider:

- Sockets (Negative factors: Effort, Must open port)
- Microsoft .NET Remoting HTTP (No .NET Framework on some)
- Purchase third-party package. (Positive: Quick, Easy to support)

The ideal is to do direct communication over the network without .NET Framework and through firewalls. I'd prefer not to use DCOM or Corba. Can you recommend a third-party messaging package that we might evaluate (even if it's not ideal).

2007-03-01 03:00:22 · 2 answers · asked by Skeptic 7

2007-03-01 02:46:21 · 3 answers · asked by praveen_dk1 1

I want to know before I get a domain from them. Also if you or a person you know has used them can you post the url to that site so I can see how one looks like? Thank you.

2007-03-01 02:35:51 · 5 answers · asked by lord_dolmus 1

I've set up internet sharing no problem but can seem to get to share my printer or files. I'd be really gratefulif someone could give me a step by step guide or try and help in some way, cheers.

2007-03-01 01:59:30 · 1 answers · asked by Juz 2

I have a Linksys wireless receiver attached to my desktop and my landlord has a Linksys wireless router. I have using his service with few problems the past year until last Sunday when now I get the page not found message no matter what address I type in. It says the wireless signal is good to excellent. It is doing this on both my desktop and my laptop. Any ideas on why it is doing this and how to fix it?

2007-03-01 01:44:24 · 1 answers · asked by been there- done that 2

I was fiddling around today with XP and the IPCONFIG tool.. I found out that as well as an IP adress, I have a SUBNET MASK and a DEFAULT GATEWAY...

Ive heard these expressions before but cant work out what either of these codes are for! All I can work out is that the default gateway is something to do with routers...

...and whats with the number 255.255.255.0 ?? Is the subnet mask always that number?!?!

Please help!!!

2007-03-01 01:25:58 · 4 answers · asked by MonkeyKing669 2