In article <069401c3b9b2$deb88de0$(E-Mail Removed)>, "Ernest"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>last night i installed WIFI cards in laptop and desktop
>(trying for ad hoc network to share files and printer);
>each computer/card finds the other using the Start-Find-
>Computer feature. But neither shows up on either
>computers network n/hood. When i try to add "Client for
>Microsoft Networks" under the Network-Configuaration tab,
>i get the following meassage: "! Your system allows only
>one instance(s) of Client for Microsoft Networks." OS is
>Windows 98 SE. How do i create/configure network?
>Thank you
Here are some tests to help find the problem:
1. Run the wireless network utility program on each computer and
verify that the wireless cards have actually made an ad-hoc connection
with each other.
2. Use Winipcfg to verify that the wireless cards on both computers
have IP addresses in the same subnet. If you haven't assigned any IP
addresses, they should automatically assign themselves compatible
addresses in the 169.254.x.x range.
3. If the IP addresses are OK, try pinging each computer's IP address
from the other computer.
4. If #3 works, try pinging each computer's name from the other
computer.
5. Go to "TCP/IP -> Wireless card" | Properties | Bindings and verify
that all of the boxes are checked.
6. Make sure that there isn't a firewall program blocking access over
the network.
If those steps don't help, un-install and re-install Client for
Microsoft Networks.
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Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
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