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Connecting 3rd computer to the network
My Mother had just bought Windows XP Notebook and
connected to her network which includes a Windows XP desktop and a Windows Me desktop which are all connected through the Linksys Wireless G router. Before connecting the Notebook computer, she had no problems with the internet connection. Though as soon as she connected the Notebook computer the Windows Me computer lost connection. So what I want to ask is if it sounds like she needs to re-run the router software to aknowledge there is a third computer? Though, I called Comcast and they said that all Linksys products should detect when you are connecting another computer to it's device. Does anyone have any ideas why would Windows Me now is unable to connect? |
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Connecting 3rd computer to the network
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wrote: My Mother had just bought Windows XP Notebook and connected to her network which includes a Windows XP desktop and a Windows Me desktop which are all connected through the Linksys Wireless G router. Before connecting the Notebook computer, she had no problems with the internet connection. Though as soon as she connected the Notebook computer the Windows Me computer lost connection. So what I want to ask is if it sounds like she needs to re-run the router software to aknowledge there is a third computer? Though, I called Comcast and they said that all Linksys products should detect when you are connecting another computer to it's device. Does anyone have any ideas why would Windows Me now is unable to connect? You shouldn't need to do anything to the router's setup to add a computer to the network. Run the Network Setup Wizard on the new notebook, and tell it that the computer connects to the Internet through a residential gateway (router). If that doesn't fix the problem, make sure that the new notebook doesn't have the same IP address as any of the other computers. To see the IP address on XP, right-click the network connection and click Status | Support. To see the IP address on Me, go to Start | Run | Winipcfg and select the network adapter from the menu. -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program http://mvp.support.microsoft.com |
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Connecting 3rd computer to the network
Thanks Steve. I will post updates in here if I have
anymore problems. Also I have a question about my setup. On my setup I am using a Linksys Firewall Router, cable wired, that prevouisly was connected to my Windows XP and Windows 98 First Edition computers. I had ran the Network Wizard and everything was working great. Now though I got rid of my Windows 98 system and bought another Windows XP system. So what I wanted to know now is if I need to re- run the Network Wizard again, and if I need to uninstall my previous setup? If I do need to uninstall the previous setup how would I go about that? -----Original Message----- In article 5f1d01c481b9$fb632c50 , "Bob" wrote: My Mother had just bought Windows XP Notebook and connected to her network which includes a Windows XP desktop and a Windows Me desktop which are all connected through the Linksys Wireless G router. Before connecting the Notebook computer, she had no problems with the internet connection. Though as soon as she connected the Notebook computer the Windows Me computer lost connection. So what I want to ask is if it sounds like she needs to re-run the router software to aknowledge there is a third computer? Though, I called Comcast and they said that all Linksys products should detect when you are connecting another computer to it's device. Does anyone have any ideas why would Windows Me now is unable to connect? You shouldn't need to do anything to the router's setup to add a computer to the network. Run the Network Setup Wizard on the new notebook, and tell it that the computer connects to the Internet through a residential gateway (router). If that doesn't fix the problem, make sure that the new notebook doesn't have the same IP address as any of the other computers. To see the IP address on XP, right-click the network connection and click Status | Support. To see the IP address on Me, go to Start | Run | Winipcfg and select the network adapter from the menu. -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program http://mvp.support.microsoft.com . |
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Connecting 3rd computer to the network
Thanks Steve. I will post updates in here if I have
anymore problems. Also I have a question about my setup. On my setup I am using a Linksys Firewall Router, cable wired, that prevouisly was connected to my Windows XP and Windows 98 First Edition computers. I had ran the Network Wizard and everything was working great. Now though I got rid of my Windows 98 system and bought another Windows XP system. So what I wanted to know now is if I need to re- run the Network Wizard again, and if I need to uninstall my previous setup? If I do need to uninstall the previous setup how would I go about that? -----Original Message----- In article 5f1d01c481b9$fb632c50 , "Bob" wrote: My Mother had just bought Windows XP Notebook and connected to her network which includes a Windows XP desktop and a Windows Me desktop which are all connected through the Linksys Wireless G router. Before connecting the Notebook computer, she had no problems with the internet connection. Though as soon as she connected the Notebook computer the Windows Me computer lost connection. So what I want to ask is if it sounds like she needs to re-run the router software to aknowledge there is a third computer? Though, I called Comcast and they said that all Linksys products should detect when you are connecting another computer to it's device. Does anyone have any ideas why would Windows Me now is unable to connect? You shouldn't need to do anything to the router's setup to add a computer to the network. Run the Network Setup Wizard on the new notebook, and tell it that the computer connects to the Internet through a residential gateway (router). If that doesn't fix the problem, make sure that the new notebook doesn't have the same IP address as any of the other computers. To see the IP address on XP, right-click the network connection and click Status | Support. To see the IP address on Me, go to Start | Run | Winipcfg and select the network adapter from the menu. -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program http://mvp.support.microsoft.com . |
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Connecting 3rd computer to the network
In article ,
wrote: Thanks Steve. I will post updates in here if I have anymore problems. Also I have a question about my setup. On my setup I am using a Linksys Firewall Router, cable wired, that prevouisly was connected to my Windows XP and Windows 98 First Edition computers. I had ran the Network Wizard and everything was working great. Now though I got rid of my Windows 98 system and bought another Windows XP system. So what I wanted to know now is if I need to re- run the Network Wizard again, and if I need to uninstall my previous setup? If I do need to uninstall the previous setup how would I go about that? Run the Network Setup Wizard on the new Windows XP system. There's nothing to uninstall. There's no reason do anything on the router or on the other computers. -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program http://mvp.support.microsoft.com |
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