Morning,

 

Just need to know what I need to network 2 pc's wirlessly. I'll need to connect them both to the net (I'm on broadband) for remote assistance :)

 

Cheers

 

Vijay

LOL!! i think Vijay has left the room!!! :D

 

he only wanted to know how to network a couple of pc's, we now have rack fulls of switches/hubs, upgrade to XP pro & new untested protocols, add in some advice to network in DOS for the poor old fella & i think hes given up.

 

FFS Vijay - get yourself a T1 line wired in, a couple of servers to go with the above & you might just be able to share your internet connection between 2 PC's :rofl:

fpmsl...

 

If he wanted speed however, I suggest NETBEUI...much quicker...

 

 

still pmsl....

Just done mine this week without router, Purchase 2 wireless cards i used "BELKIN"

pretty straight forward to set up took me an hour or so Easier if both PC's are on the same operating system but i dit it with one on Windows 98SE and one on XP

hope it helps

fpmsl...

 

If he wanted speed however, I suggest NETBEUI...much quicker...

 

 

still pmsl....

Glad I'm not the only computer spotter on here!!

fpmsl...

 

If he wanted speed however, I suggest NETBEUI...much quicker...

 

 

still pmsl....

 

 

isnt netbeui only really used to translate between different protocols? So your setup can communicat to a different network protocal than yours?

Nope, its a low overhead, non-routable protocol (ie it cant talk outside of the local area). Therefore very effective speed wise on a local area network. Not that anyone would use it though as Lans without some kind of outside connection are so rare these days, and theres no point in running more than one protocol when tcp/ip will do everything anyhow. Dave

Yep...is very fast but not used nowadays...

 

I must be getting old...

 

Anyway...I hope we all answered the original question...not that I can remember what it was...lol

Cheers for all the advice, had to get counselling after trying to take everything in :D

 

If connecting 2 pc's with a crossover cable, is it really simply to set up and transfer files over? (sorry if that's a really dumb question).

 

Also, is there any problems with just using the rj45 lan connection on board?

 

Cheers

 

Vijay

It should be very simple with a crossover cable. You would have to use the on board NIC card anyway...unless you decided to use a serial or parallel cable which I cannot see the sense in!!!!

Cheers for all the advice, had to get counselling after trying to take everything in :D

 

If connecting 2 pc's with a crossover cable, is it really simply to set up and transfer files over? (sorry if that's a really dumb question).

 

Also, is there any problems with just using the rj45 lan connection on board?

 

Cheers

 

Vijay

 

Yep, should be easy Vijay. The only slightly fiddly part is setting a compatible IP address for each PC manually. Just make one 192.168.1.1 and the other 192.168.1.2 and they should see each other ok via the crossover.

 

CheerZ

 

Steve :)

Hi Steve,

 

You know you'r gonna get a call mate!!!! lol

 

Vijay

Yep, should be easy Vijay. The only slightly fiddly part is setting a compatible IP address for each PC manually. Just make one 192.168.1.1 and the other 192.168.1.2 and they should see each other ok via the crossover.

 

CheerZ

 

Steve :)

Tcp/ip will default to these addresses anyhow(automatic private ip ) plus the workgroups are usually the same on all XP or win2k installations so it should work ok just plugging the computers together with a crossover cable and booting them up. You just need to enable file sharing by right clicking on the folder you want to share and clicking sharing and security - share this folder on the network.

 

What was said above is fine, but as said fiddly for non tech user and not really necessary.

 

ps - not putting your reply down steve, just got all this stuff in my head at the moment as I've been doing a lot of exams!

quick question about wireless on the move, can I connect to the net from hotspots?

 

Vijay

Yep, you can. I think most of the hotspots are WiFi as most wireless network cards.

quick question about wireless on the move, can I connect to the net from hotspots?

 

Vijay

 

 

Most wireless cards actually are searching most of the time for networks. If you go into a hotspot it will probably popup that another network has been found, and will probably give you chance to run the wizard.

 

I have never actually been in a hotsport before though.

Apparently most McDonalds have internet access.

Most hotels now in London have hotspots, most libraries now and more and more coffee shops are getting it...very good for us laptop and handheld users....