Soundguy
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A few years ago, I installed a wireless network at my house.. that way the wifes computer could talk to my computer across the hallway.
We were both on win98 then.. I got her a usb netgear wireless carb.. and picked up a linksys wireless access point and popped that into my hub/switch.. configed the card and wap with the network name.. wep encryption, channel.. etc. All went well.
a few months ago my computer died.. I replaced it with an xp system. just got around to getting the wireless network back up... no go..
On the wifes cpu.. the usb card indicates it sees and is connected to the wap as shown on its 'site survey', etc. However on my side.. I get the feeling that the wap is not making connection to the computer... I can config it via usb hookup.. but not via the DFU utility thru the lan... norton firewall blocks the configuration.. I'm halfway thinking the firewall is also blocking communication between the wap and my xp machine.. I just gave up and am now using my usb flash drive to move files back and forth... what a pain... I like the P&P aspect of XP.. but it is so hands off in the network dept that it is a bit frustrating... 98/95/dos was easy to network in... been doing it for a couple decades... as far back as 2mb thomas conrad arcnet cards.. etc.. and even some serial networks back in the 8088 days... xp is way to bondage and discipline...
Soundguy
We were both on win98 then.. I got her a usb netgear wireless carb.. and picked up a linksys wireless access point and popped that into my hub/switch.. configed the card and wap with the network name.. wep encryption, channel.. etc. All went well.
a few months ago my computer died.. I replaced it with an xp system. just got around to getting the wireless network back up... no go..
On the wifes cpu.. the usb card indicates it sees and is connected to the wap as shown on its 'site survey', etc. However on my side.. I get the feeling that the wap is not making connection to the computer... I can config it via usb hookup.. but not via the DFU utility thru the lan... norton firewall blocks the configuration.. I'm halfway thinking the firewall is also blocking communication between the wap and my xp machine.. I just gave up and am now using my usb flash drive to move files back and forth... what a pain... I like the P&P aspect of XP.. but it is so hands off in the network dept that it is a bit frustrating... 98/95/dos was easy to network in... been doing it for a couple decades... as far back as 2mb thomas conrad arcnet cards.. etc.. and even some serial networks back in the 8088 days... xp is way to bondage and discipline...
Soundguy