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Wireless network

  • 07-08-2005 4:52pm
    #1
    AngryBadger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,251 ✭✭✭


    Hey,

    Just got a wireless router, and 2 USB wireless adapters to network two computers. The adapters are set up no worries, and there's no internet into the house as of yet. But I can't get the two computers to talk to each other. There is a signal being transmitted, but they can't see each other. I was just doing somer eading, and based on that, if I have a USB adapter plugged into both computers, and the router into one of them, is that going to create a problem?

    Thanks


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  • #2
    aidan_walsh
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    Do both PCs have the same workgroup name? If you have a firewall, does it block traffic through the 192.168.0.x range?


  • #3
    Gone West
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,374 ✭✭✭Gone West


    AngryBadger wrote:
    Hey,

    Just got a wireless router, and 2 USB wireless adapters to network two computers. The adapters are set up no worries, and there's no internet into the house as of yet. But I can't get the two computers to talk to each other. There is a signal being transmitted, but they can't see each other. I was just doing somer eading, and based on that, if I have a USB adapter plugged into both computers, and the router into one of them, is that going to create a problem?

    Thanks
    You dont actually need to plug the router into a computer.
    The router sends and recieves wireless signals.
    It can also act as a bridge and send and recieve data on its wired ports.
    With this information, it is a simple matter of deciding what to do.
    You can either plug the router into one computer via a wire (ethernet) and connect the other computer to it through the Wifi.
    Or dont plug either machine into the router and connect both through the Wifi.


  • #4
    AngryBadger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,251 ✭✭✭AngryBadger


    Aidan,
    Both PCs are setup on the same workgroup, and for the time being I've disabled firewalls. Also yesterday we installed service pack 2 on both machines, to no avail.

    The current situation is,

    I've dissconnected the router from my computer, and left it plugged in, and turned on in the living room, more or less equidistant from both computers. The USB adapters are telling me they can see the network, but when I open up "My network places" I can't see the second computer. the one other thing I've noticed is both systems keep telling me they can't renew their IP addresses whenever I try to repair the connection...any thoughts?

    Bacically they can see the wireless network, and apparently connect to it, but they just can't see each other.


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