URGENT: Wireless network help!

Check out if the Workgroup is same on both. If Internet is getting on and off is a different problem. In the Network Connection Properties check if the File and Printer shareing is enabled or ticked.

shanks

Also try changing the Ad-hoc channel - the default of 6 means that any other PC/router in range could cause inteference if it's also on the default channel.

Workgroups are both the same. File and Printer sharing is enabled on both computers.

How do I change the channel? The software it came with allowed me to do that (although I got even less further using it), but I can't see the option to change it with Windows managing the wireless settings? I doubt this is the overall problem though as the house is in a remote location.

If you are using an access point or router, you are in "infrastructure" mode and you change the channel on the access point, not on the client.

Mark McIntyre

This is a peer-to-peer network in ad-hoc mode, no access point or router. Thanks.

It'll help somewhat if you describe your hardware and OS. Sure, its windows with some wireless cards, but which windows, which cards etc etc... Mark McIntyre

See original post :)