On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:23:54 +0100, "TheScullster"
wrote:

Hi all

I have a home network with a Netgear DG834 wired router for Internet access
which all works fine under XP Pro.

My father in law wants a similar setup, but is running XP Home Edition.
Many moons ago ISTR that XP Home Edition does not support networking.
Is this right,



No, it is not right. XP Home and Professional are exactly the same in
this regard, except for two things:

1. Professional supports joining a domain, but Home does not (however
note that home users almost never need to or want to join a domain).

2. For a workgroup network (which is undoubtedly what you
father-in-law should have) Professional supports 10 connections, but
Home only 5. Five is almost certainly more than he needs.

And you can even mix XP Professional and XP Home computers (as well as
other versions of Windows) on the same network.


and, if so, does this mean that I cannot use an ethernet
router to connect his PC to Internet?


No, no problem at all with a router.


--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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