setting up home network

[Molly]

I have windows xp home edition and I have set up a
lynksys wireless connection between my 2 dell dimension
desktop computers. I can reach the internet on my cable
connection but I am unable to share files and folders
between the two. I reach an error message that says you
might be using a computer name that already exists on the
network but I am lost in reentering the unique names that
I have for the two separate computers and have made so
many changes that don't work that I don't know how to
start from square one.

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Usually, WinXP's Networking Wizard makes it simple and painless --
almost entirely automatic, in fact. There's a lot of useful,
easy-to-follow information in WinXP's Help & Support files, and here:

Home Networking
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/using/howto/homenet/default.asp

Networking Information
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking.htm

PracticallyNetworked Home
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/index.htm

Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ
http://sfwinograd.home.attbi.com/faq.htm


Bruce Chambers

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"Molly" > wrote in message
...
> I have windows xp home edition and I have set up a
> lynksys wireless connection between my 2 dell dimension
> desktop computers. I can reach the internet on my cable
> connection but I am unable to share files and folders
> between the two. I reach an error message that says you
> might be using a computer name that already exists on the
> network but I am lost in reentering the unique names that
> I have for the two separate computers and have made so
> many changes that don't work that I don't know how to
> start from square one.