How should I set up my home network?

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Hi Leo,

I'm having a heck of a time hooking up wireless for 4 computers with WEP. I've been running them all along fine unsecured but not that I'm trying to secure them, I can't get more than 2 to work at a time. The base unit works and one other, but whichever one I use, it has to connect directly to the broadband to function. I set up a network and yes, they all see the wireless signal and connect ok via the password I set on my Link54G and all seems to be fine. I run DCHP and all my IP's are set to auto. I can see my other computers on the workgroup. I'm a professional tech of many years and have been doing my own learning forever but this has me stumped for 3 days now. The only light at the end of the tunnel is that I've learned a ton about wireless! I can talk to my linksys, I've set it up just about everyway possible and think I'm missing something stupid. Help me out, I appreciate it. US Embassy, Beijing China.

I am running 2 computers w/ D link DI 624m router & a DCM 200 modem I connect to the inteernet at 100 mbps when running 1 computer & no router. When both are hooked up to the router the internet speed drops to 512 kbps on both coputers, I am having problems up loading (when both connected) pictures & maintaining video streams. What do you think the problem is?

Based on the information that you have given here for setting up a home network using a linksys device capable of hardwired and wireless, how would I set this up to be able to share files across the home network?

Would a file server of some sort be required?

I have a DSL modem connected to a laptop. I would like to share that connection with my desktop via wireless. I can get them to talk to each other but the desktop will not see the internet. Is this the wrong way of doing this?

I have 2 PC's and want to hook one up in my bed room with the printer and scanner thats hard wired to the internet with a wireless high speed router. And keep the other one hooked up to my flat screen in my living room and have it networked to the one in my room so it can share the printer and scanner and get access to the internet. I have done some research but need more clarification for my situation. Neither computer have built in wireless either. Can I make this work bu buying a USB network adapter for the one in the living room so it can gain access to the one in the bed room with the printer and scanner and wireless router?? Please e-mail me back if I left important information out.

Hi, I have 2 laptops both running XP and a DSL connection. One is wired right into the DSL modem while the other is run wirelessly. I have both laptops in the same workgroup and shared. I was able to access both laptops from the other but than one day I was able to see either one. I know of no changes. Any ideas to get me back to being able to access both laptops from each other? Thanks.

Check the firewall settings on both. That's a common culprit.

13-Nov-2009

Thanks Leo, I'll give that a try. I assume I'm looking for File and Print Sharing to be checkmarked under Exceptions, correct?

Well, I checked my Firewall settings and saw nothing out of the ordinary. File and Print Sharing was checked under Exceptions for both laptops...

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