Home Wireless peer to peer network setup

[Jon Gray]

I am trying to set up a home wireless peer to peer
network between two PC's both running XP Home and have
experienced some problems.

the aim of the home network is:
to enable file sharing
Internet Connection Sharing

I am unable to get the two PC's to recognise each other
in the network despite the fact that the in the Wirelss
network properties, the network is showing on both
computers.

I would be grateful for any help offered

kind regards,

Jon

[Himanshu Gohel]

On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 03:05:46 -0800, Jon Gray wrote:

> I am trying to set up a home wireless peer to peer network between two
> PC's both running XP Home and have experienced some problems.
>
> the aim of the home network is:
> to enable file sharing
> Internet Connection Sharing
>
> I am unable to get the two PC's to recognise each other in the network
> despite the fact that the in the Wirelss network properties, the network
> is showing on both computers.

One thing at a time...first make sure that you can connect with a wired
connection if you have the cards. When that's working try the wireless.
Or atleast set up a wireless connection to a router to make sure that your
wireless setup works at all.

Also if your wireless cards are not WPA capable, remove hotfix 826942 from
your machines, which may be a problem. If you want to keep that hotfix,
upgrade your firmware for the wireless cards to a WPA capable one.

Himanshu