How should I set up my home network?

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Does the desktop have the Windows Firewall turned on? That will cause shared items to not be visible locally.

I had Dial Up.

Hello Leo:

I set up a home network with 6 PC with Windows XP, some with Home Edition others with Professional. All PC’s are connected to a Hub and the Hub is connected to the DSL modem. I didn’t have any problems until I upgrade to DSL and added a new PC with Windows XP Pro.

This new PC has access to the internet via the LAN but for some reason I can see the other PC’s on the LAN and the other PC’s don’t see the New PC.

I tried resetting the home network wizard on all the PC’s, resetting the DSL connection, enabling file & printing sharing on the fire wall, but the problem persist. The only thing I haven’t tried is reinstalling the operating system of the New PC.

Do you have any suggestion as on how to resolve this with out reinstalling Windows??

Posted by: Felix Bravo at April 7, 2005 08:40 AM
You said you "upgraded to DSL" ... what did you have before?

Posted by: Leo at April 7, 2005 09:36 AM

Since you had multiple computers, when you had dialup, did you have the modem connected to one computer, and internet connectionsharing turned on on that computer?

I think either of two things is happening: either your router is not providing DHCP, or you have ICS still turned on on one of your computers. For the router, you'll have to look at it's documentation. I suspect that's the most likely cause.

Hi i got 1 pc and 1 laptop and i want to create a wireless netowrk.

I got a broadband connection and i want to share that aswell

so what i would like to know if i wanted to share the broadband do i have to leave the pc on in order to access internet on my laptop

Nope. If you follow the general plan outlined in the article using a router, each pc is independant.

Hi Leo

i got a problem and was wonfering if you could help me.

I have a new laptop and thats in my room which is in 3rd floor and my phone line is in the ground floor. What i would like to know how can i access the internet do i have to:

Get an extenson cable from the ground floor to my room to connect to the internet

or will i be able to connect to the internet wirelessle if so what do i have to do and what product would i need

Many Thanks In Advance

Jamal

If you have only the one computer, extending the phone line is definitely the easiest.

You have a lot of good information here, and have answered several questions I have had about setting up my home wireless. But when I went to your recommendations page to look at what was there, I found most of the links to specific things give a 500 Internal Server Error. Makes it hard to check out what you recommend. ;)

Thanks very much for letting me know. Should be fixed now.

Some days *I* hate computers.

hello
I have a wireless network card for my pc and for my laptop. Ont eh pc i have broadband. i do not have nor want a wirless broadband modem. i have tried to set up a wirless network using the windows wizard but when in my network places the other computer on either machine won't show up. they both say that they are connected to the same net work. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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