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"Steve Ford" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi, trying to establish a wireless peer to peer network between XP
> desktop and win 98 laptop. Have finally been able to get Network
> neighborhood/My network places to work. Can share folders etc.
>
> However cannot connect to the internet on laptop. I have an icon in the
> systray thst says Internet Gateway connected but IE just gives me the
> Page not Found page. In IE Connection is set to LAN - automatically
> adjust settings. On desktop, connection is set to share and i have
> turned firewall off. Any ideas?
>
> On the matter of firewalls - I need to disable it (PC-Cillon 2003 and
> Win XP built-in) to get computers to talk to each other. But as I'm on
> broadband I need a Firewall - how do I get round that?
>
> Thanks
>
> Steve
>