Re: Since when are 'Work' and 'The Internet' Network Settings????

From: Sooner Al (SoonerAl_at_somewhere.net.invalid)
Date: 11/13/04 

Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 05:19:40 -0600

See this page for help. Setup everything for "Work"...

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/WM2003/Connection_Manager/ConnectionManager.html 

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"Seth Brundle" <brundlefly76@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
news:53e2ec95.0411122116.4ccad229@posting.google.com...
>I have 2 Pocket PC's - an Ipaq hx4705 and an Axim X30, running on a
> basic home wireless lan setup behind a linksys wrt54g.
>
> -If I set the wireless setting to 'Work', I can browse shared folders
> on the network but when I try to browse the internet I get a popup
> stating I need to setup a proxy.
>
> -If I setup the wireless setting to 'The Internet' I can connect to
> the internet, but when I try to browse shared folders I am asked to
> setup a VPN!
>
> I simply cannot beleive that this OS left the product team configured
> like this.
>
> I have read several very confused posts from users with this same
> problem, but have not found what would seem to be a solution.
>
> 'The Internet' and 'Work' are completely ambigous network settings
> that are not used on any OS I know of! Where did they come up with
> this?
>
> Not only is this horrendous default behavior but the system's
> reccommendations for fixing each case are terribly misleading, and not
> likely!
>
> I cant imagine how many people are sitting at home reading up on how
> to configure a VPN for their home network just because their wireless
> card it set to 'The Internet', and for no other reason!

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