Thanks Barry, but the problem isn't inability to get through. I can get to
my wife's files and I can get on the Internet when SHE gets online. The
problem is that I used to be able to connect and disconnect from MY pc using
the modem on her pc.
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remove "smooth" from my yahoo.com address.
"Barry Jones" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 21:27:05 -0500, hmc wrote:
>
> > My wife and I have a Linksys wireless network set up. Unfortunately, we
> > share a lowly dial-up connection. My wife's PC is the one connected to
the
> > phone line, but I can also control the dial-up session through an
Internet
> > Conncection Sharing icon.
> >
> > When I go to Starbucks to use the T-Mobile network, I have to
(obviously)
> > change network configuration--and then change it back when I come back
home.
> > However, when I come back home and re-configure the network, I lose the
> > ability to start and stop a dial-up session. This has happened before,
but
> > the ability eventulaly comes back. It's been 3 days now, and I still
don't
> > have the ability to turn on/off a dial-up session. Can anyone help?
> >
> > WinXP sp1, Linksys 801.11b
> >
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> > remove "smooth" from my yahoo.com address.
>
> It may have to do with the way a Microsoft lan chooses a master name
server
> among the computers in the network. If Your laptop has a newer operating
> system than the other machine, it may be making itself the master, in
which
> case it doesn't recognize the change in network when you change location.
> If you can use the other machine's IP address instead of it's name, I'll
> bet you can get through.
>
>
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> Barry
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