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ME to Xp network unabel to connect
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Is there a trick to getting a ME machine to connect to a XP home machine via a wireless network? I currently am running Me on a laptop with Dlink wireless to a Dlink router. I am using DSL. I know the problem lies with the ME machine as I tried the card on another laptop, but with XP and it worked fine. I have ran both the XP and Me network setup wizards with no joy. I also have tried the wizard choices of connect direct with the card and through another computer. In checking the control panel TCP is bound to the Dlink card. Also Client and file sharing installed. Universal Plug and pray is also installed. I have also tried the virtual network and ICS on the ME machine with no luck. Any suggestions greatly appreciated Thanks Rick |
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wrote: Hi Is there a trick to getting a ME machine to connect to a XP home machine via a wireless network? I currently am running Me on a laptop with Dlink wireless to a Dlink router. I am using DSL. I know the problem lies with the ME machine as I tried the card on another laptop, but with XP and it worked fine. I have ran both the XP and Me network setup wizards with no joy. I also have tried the wizard choices of connect direct with the card and through another computer. In checking the control panel TCP is bound to the Dlink card. Also Client and file sharing installed. Universal Plug and pray is also installed. I have also tried the virtual network and ICS on the ME machine with no luck. Any suggestions greatly appreciated Thanks Rick Since you have a wireless router, you don't need ICS. If you've enabled or installed ICS on either computer, disable or un-install it. I'm sorry, but I don't know what you mean by "the virtual network". I don't think that you need it. Forget the Me wizard. Run XP's wizard on both computers, and tell it that they connect to the Internet through a residential gateway (router). -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networking http://mvp.support.microsoft.com Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm |
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In article , Rick says...
Is there a trick to getting a ME machine to connect to a XP home machine via a wireless network? Not that I am aware of. I've never played with a mixed network in the wireless environment, but I never had trouble associating a mix of WinME and WinXP computers. It has always been "plug and go" in my experience. I currently am running Me on a laptop with Dlink wireless to a Dlink router. I am using DSL. I know the problem lies with the ME machine as I tried the card on another laptop, but with XP and it worked fine. I have ran both the XP and Me network setup wizards with no joy. After my first Winodws LAN, two WinME computers, I have never run the Network Wizard on any other network. I also have tried the wizard choices of connect direct with the card and through another computer. You are connecting through a router; technically a computer, but probably not what that choice recognizes as such. In checking the control panel TCP is bound to the Dlink card. Also Client and file sharing installed. Universal Plug and pray is also installed. I have also tried the virtual network and ICS on the ME machine with no luck. ICS should never be used when there is a broadband router in the mix. All it does is turns the computer it is running on into a router. That computer will need +1 NICs over the number of computers in the LAN; one NIC per computer, and the "+1" NIC for the Internet connection. Assumes a broadband connection to an Ethernet modem connection; USB or telephone connection changes that. Any suggestions greatly appreciated Hmmm. No computer should be using WINS Resolution, or local DNS; unless you know that they are available (I think they exist for computers attached to NT Domain networks, not peer-to-peer LANs). Unless you know how to configure a static network manually, all computers should be set to obtain IP addresses automatically. Every computer which is going to access shared resources must have Client for Microsoft Networks installed, and bound to the NIC. Every computer which is going to offer shared resources must have File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks installed. Every NIC must have TCP/IP bound to it. Every computer should have a unique name, but use the same workgroup name. For most peer-to-peer LANs, Access Control should be Share-level access control. On the File and printer sharing protocol, the WinME computer probably needs the Browsemaster function disabled; it seem to compete with the WinXP Browsemaster function and disrupt the network. -- Norman ~Win dain a lotica, En vai tu ri, Si lo ta ~Fin dein a loluca, En dragu a sei lain ~Vi fa-ru les shutai am, En riga-lint |
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