HELP! How Network 2 Linksys Wireless PCs Together?!?!

Aug 06, 2005 3 Replies
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I have a Linksys Wireless-G SpeedBooster router on the main PC and that connects to the internet OK. I have Linksys SpeedBooster cards in the main PC and my secondary PC. How do I get the two PCs to recognize each other? I want to be able to access the hard drives on the secondary machine from the main machine.



Main PC is a 2.8GHz Pentium IV Dell running XP. Secondary machine is a 333MHz (don't laugh) Dell Pentium II running XPSE. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!


***************** Cameron Hughes *****************
************** snipped-for-privacy@nyc.rr.com ***************
*********** '00 Sportster 1200 Custom ************
**************** Carpe diem, baby ****************
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Second question: How do I get the secondary PC on the internet? It sees the router connection and I give it my 128-bit encryption passphrase and it can't find the net. Any ideas?

HELP!! PLEASE!!

***************** Cameron Hughes ***************** ************** snipped-for-privacy@nyc.rr.com *************** *********** '00 Sportster 1200 Custom ************ **************** Carpe diem, baby ****************
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When you say "on", do you mean connected with a USB connection or an Ethernet connection? Or using wireless?

Put them in the same workgroup and turn off the Windoze firewall.

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Try it briefly with encryption turned off to see where the problem lies.

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