Re: Need help using a wireless printer

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Chuck wrote:
If you are going to broadband, and have no current home network, it would be
much simpler to wait until you have a broadband modem and router. Otherwise
you will end up undoing whatever you do now, and complicate the broadband
setup. If you have the router, or a modem router, in theory, you could
setup the "LAN" side now, and the internet side when the broadband
connection is installed and operational.
It's not really a good idea to setup a computer as an access point, due to
security considerations, unless you want to turn it into a server.

Thanks Chuck. Last night, I set up the network using the mobo's setup
utility and it let me complete it without the broadband connection. My
wife had to print something off, so I really had to get this thing set
up. The printer detected the network and I got it running fairly
quickly. The wizard I was using before wouldn't let me past the
internet connection step and had me stumped. It looks like it won't be
a problem to add the internet connection after the fact using the
utility.

Could you explain why it's not a good idea to use the computer as an
access point? I have encrypted the network.

Thanks,

-Trent

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