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April 12th 09, 09:16 PM
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Internet access for second computer on home network
I have two computers, one running XP and one Vista.
They were linked by a simple wired home network using a switch. Internet was accessed via dial-up on the Vista machine. I changed to cable (broadband), still on only the Vista machine and leaving the wired network intact. Next step was to install a Linksys wireless router WRT54G2 V1 and run the broadband connection through it. Then I took the home network cables from the switch and connected them to the router. I am able to access files on each machine from the other machine. However, I do not have Internet access on the XP machine and am not sure what I should be doing at this point. Could anyone lead me to some documentation that would guide me please? Many thanks.. 
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April 12th 09, 10:39 PM
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Internet access for second computer on home network
On Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:16:41 -0700, "James Bauer"
wrote: I have two computers, one running XP and one Vista. They were linked by a simple wired home network using a switch. Internet was accessed via dial-up on the Vista machine. I changed to cable (broadband), still on only the Vista machine and leaving the wired network intact. Next step was to install a Linksys wireless router WRT54G2 V1 and run the broadband connection through it. Then I took the home network cables from the switch and connected them to the router. I am able to access files on each machine from the other machine. However, I do not have Internet access on the XP machine and am not sure what I should be doing at this point. Could anyone lead me to some documentation that would guide me please? Many thanks.. Sounds to me like you originally set the XP box to a fixed IP? Got into Network Connections and set the connector to obatain an IP address automatically -- Noel Paton www.crashfixpc.co.uk Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
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April 16th 09, 07:27 AM
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Internet access for second computer on home network
On Sun, 12 Apr 2009 23:39:51 +0100, Noel Paton
wrote: On Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:16:41 -0700, "James Bauer" wrote: I have two computers, one running XP and one Vista. They were linked by a simple wired home network using a switch. Internet was accessed via dial-up on the Vista machine. I changed to cable (broadband), still on only the Vista machine and leaving the wired network intact. Next step was to install a Linksys wireless router WRT54G2 V1 and run the broadband connection through it. Then I took the home network cables from the switch and connected them to the router. I am able to access files on each machine from the other machine. However, I do not have Internet access on the XP machine and am not sure what I should be doing at this point. Could anyone lead me to some documentation that would guide me please? Many thanks.. Sounds to me like you originally set the XP box to a fixed IP? Got into Network Connections and set the connector to obatain an IP address automatically Just to close this out....I've had an email from the OP saying that the above solution worked -- Noel Paton www.crashfixpc.co.uk Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
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