Wireless Networking Setup Problem

Hi all

I'm dipping my toe into the WIFI sea, oh dear!

I've got a desktop PC running XP Home SP1 with a wireless broadband
router/switch and ADSL modem through which I can successfully connect to
the Internet.

I've also got an IBM laptop with a cardbus dual band wireless adapter that
tells me it can see the router.

But I can't browse the network on my XP desktop machine.

I am using KPF 2.1.5 as a firewall, I don't think this is the problem...

I've tried all I can think of without success.

Can anyone offer me any step by step suggestion as to how I can get my
laptop connected to the PC?

TIA

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Best regards
Barry


Barry Higginbottom

In article <1fkxxdeadatar.u1toi94tuv6m$.(E-Mail Removed)>,
(E-Mail Removed) says...
> Hi all
>
> I'm dipping my toe into the WIFI sea, oh dear!
>
> I've got a desktop PC running XP Home SP1 with a wireless broadband
> router/switch and ADSL modem through which I can successfully connect to
> the Internet.
>
> I've also got an IBM laptop with a cardbus dual band wireless adapter that
> tells me it can see the router.
>
> But I can't browse the network on my XP desktop machine.
>
> I am using KPF 2.1.5 as a firewall, I don't think this is the problem...
>
> I've tried all I can think of without success.
>
> Can anyone offer me any step by step suggestion as to how I can get my
> laptop connected to the PC?

Have a go at this lot here:

http://www.tomsnetworking.com/Sectio...le64-page1.php

I ended up resorting to creating a shortcut on the desktop with "\\IP
address of other machine" in the Run box.


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Conor

If you're not on somebody's shit list, you're not doing anything
worthwhile.

On Mon, 10 May 2004 23:48:07 +0100, Conor wrote:

> http://www.tomsnetworking.com/Sectio...le64-page1.php

Seems to have been a Firewall problem, I use Kerio and have changed/added a
few rules.

I've got my ADSL connection OK over the wireless network and I can now
connect to my Windows 98 Laptop from my Desktop XP home PC, but I still
can't connect to my XP shared folder from my laptop.

I'll keep persevering...

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Best regards
Barry