I'm guessing that you are using a wireless network here. You can enable MAC filtering on your router. That way only computers that are entered into the
router will be able to connect to the network. Or you can enable WEP
filtering... but MAC filtering works better IMO.
"Gin" wrote:
> The Road Runner tech that came out to my house asked if I wanted to
> link my laptop and desktop as a network. He said I could print files
> from my laptop to my desktop's printer and that I could view files from
> the other computer. So he set it up for me. Just by chance today I
> seached my computers for other computers on my network and there is a
> third one that is showing up. How can I get rid of this unauthorized
> computer on my network? Thanks!
>
> Windows XP Home Editon SP2
>
>
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Re: Cannot see Workgroup PCs through new router ... We know now it's not the router at fault. ... On W2k, try "Search" - for files etc., then computers.... networks in terms of getting PCs to access each other by ... I seem to have been very lucky: both my own network (two XP ... (uk.telecom.broadband)
Re: No files showing ... On the wireless I can pick up the network, get on the internet but I can't ... Let's start by looking at "ipconfig /all" from both computers.... The router is a Dlink 524, ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web)
Re: Sharing a printer ... Here are general network troubleshooting steps. ... Problems sharing files between computers on a network are generally caused by 1) a misconfigured firewall or overlooked firewall; or 2) inadvertently running two firewalls such as the built-in Windows Firewall and a third-party firewall; and/or 3) not having identical user accounts and passwords on all Workgroup machines; 4) trying to create shares where the operating system does not permit it. ... On the assumption that you in fact do have a router that connects to the Internet and that your computers then connect to the router, then if you think that you have one IP for multiple computers then you probably are using a website tool such as http://whatismyip.com/ That shows the your public IP address -- the one that the rest of the world sees. ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web)
Re: Loosing the will to live - Windows XP and setting up a home ne ...voip phone which in turn is connected by ethernet cable to the router.... I want to put them on a network with the other printer shared ... I can only see the name of the network nt the other computers.... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web)
Re: home network, DSL, and router? ... Here's the computers they have... ... I want to network all three of their computers together, ... I'm thinking of a wired network (actual ethernet cable "drops" to each ... What sort of broadband router/ethernet router do you recommend? ... (comp.sys.mac.comm)
