Re: Home wireless network setup

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From: Malke (malke_at_nospoonnotreally.com)
Date: 10/16/04 

Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 13:20:31 -0700

Gordon wrote:

> I've been trying for a week to set up a wireless network between
> my desktop with a DSL connection, my laptop, and my wife's
> kitchen computer. All are running Windows XP SP2 . I think I
> should give up and get back to quantum physics...it is easier to
> understand.
>
> I do have all the computers on the network, and on-line, with
> full access to the internet, but I can't get my shared
> files/printers process to go. I'm talking about the file system
> that Windows Explorer lists under My Newtork Places - Entire
> Networks - Microsoft Terminal Services, and also at this same
> level is Microsoft Windows Network. Under this last heading I
> have set up a network called Homenet, but somehow I got another
> network set up at this same level, called Mshome. This is the
> default name that I somehow didn't change at the appropriate
> point in the setup sequence. How can I delete this unwanted
> network?
>
> I did the same thing on the kitchen desktop computer, but I
> didn't get a Homenet service set up at all. All I have on this
> computer is a Mshome network. The network has to have the same
> name on each computer. Is there any way to change the name of
> Mshome to Homenet?

You apparently don't have all three computers in the same workgroup.
MSHOME is the default workgroup for a lot of XP installations. You can
easily change the workgroup to Homenet from the Control Panel System
applet on the Computer Name tab. Certainly you don't need to format for
this! If you can understand Quantum Physics, you can set up a network.
Here are some links to help:

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/
http://www.wown.info/
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/
http://www.michna.com/kb/wxnet.htm - Small Network Troubleshooter by
Hans-Georg Michna

Don't forget to share out resources, and if you need more help post back
to this thread.

Malke 

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