Re: setting up network help

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On Tue, 17 May 2005 12:26:02 -0700, "mike" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>"Chuck" wrote:
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>> On Tue, 17 May 2005 10:12:08 -0700, "mike" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>> >i am trying to setup a home network with a bas computer in the basement and a
>> >laptop in my room, everytime i try and set it up the laptop is the only
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>> Mike,
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>> Some details about your network would help here.
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>> Does the laptop connect to the base computer at all? Are you running Ethernet,
>> or wireless? If wireless, is there a router in the basement, or just a wireless
>> card on the base computer?
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>> If you have a problem with the two computers not connecting at all, this would
>> be a wireless problem. If the two computers are connecting, but you can't do
>> file sharing, that's another issue altogether.
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>> If you put the laptop in the basement next to the base computer, do you get
>> better results?
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>> --
>> Cheers,
>> Chuck
>> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
>> Paranoia is not necessarily a bad thing - it's a normal response from experience.
>> My email is AT DOT
>> actual address pchuck sonic net.
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>i am running wireless. both computer connect with no problem and i get very
>good connection while up in the room. i can share files from the laptop but i
>cant seem to get my host computer which goes through a linksys router to show
>up on the network.the host which has all my fiels,printer and documents

OK, if it's not a connectivity problem, then the browser is a very common cause
of problems like yours.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/04/nt-browser-or-why-cant-i-always-see.html>

The Microsoft Browstat program will show us what browsers (I'm not talking about
Internet Explorer here) you have in your domain / workgroup, at any time.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305

You can download Browstat from either:
<http://www.dynawell.com/reskit/microsoft/win2000/browstat.zip>
<http://rescomp.stanford.edu/staff/manual/rcc/tools/browstat.zip>

Browstat is very small (40K), and needs no install. Just unzip the downloaded
file, copy browstat.exe to any folder in the Path, and run it from a command
window, by "browstat status". Make sure all computers list the same master
browser.

For more information about the browser subsystem (very intricate), see:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188001
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=231312
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q102878/
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winntas/deploy/prodspecs/ntbrowse.mspx>
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/win95/w95brows.mspx>

--
Cheers,
Chuck
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not necessarily a bad thing - it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck sonic net.
.

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