Network and Web

Internet connectivity
I have a wired land connection through a cable modem on my home PC. I don't have a router. I have a friend's laptop and am unable to get a wireless connection in my area. I am trying to use my wired PC connection but am unable to connect. It says it's connected but I can't get online. Do I have to assign s... 7 Apr 2008 05:03

Networking without internet using wireless router
I have a desktop and a laptop both with wireless internet running XP Pro. I'm connecting through a free hotspot when I want to go online. I also have a Linksys WRT54G router. I'd like to network both computers together using the router to share files and a printer. I'm having problems installing the router's C... 6 Apr 2008 11:58

Networking - Access denied to shared folders
Windows Vista Premium & XP Home network comprising wireless router, old desktop XP PC and one new Vista laptop cable-connected to router, plus 2 laptops wireless-only connected. When I click "View Network Computers" from the cable connected laptop, the old XP desktop PC I want to access (call it "PROBLEMPC")... 6 Apr 2008 11:08

?? Weird: Cannot Connect using Routable IP ??
Hello all, Sorry about the cross-posting but I'm not sure of the best group. If you have any suggestions for a better group, please let me know. The problem I'm having is easy to describe: I have a home network that's behind a router. I have set up one of my machines to be a web server and I've configured t... 8 Apr 2008 12:25

Connecting two routers and Computers, One 192. and One 10.
Hello all, I hope someone can help me with this one, I guess I forgot basic networking. I have one Netgear router plugged into a cable modem (I pay extra for the cable modem to have a static IP address) the Netgear is 192.168.0.0/24 I have a Netgear wireless router connected to the Netgear (if the NG wirel... 4 Apr 2008 19:40

Changing computer name
I changed a computer name that is part of a small network but it has corrupted some of the files and other users in the network cannot access to the shared files and folders in this computer, what did I do wrong? ... 4 Apr 2008 15:11

IP not released when coming out of standby
When I put my laptop into Standby, the IP assigned by DHCP does not get released. When I next start up, there's usually a conflict with another machine on the network that has grabbed that IP while the laptop was in standby. Is there any way to tell XP to ALWAYS release the IP when the machine is put into s... 5 Apr 2008 13:45

Lost internet connection
I unplugged one of the PC's on my home network from the router for a few days. Upon plugging it back in, I can't get an internet connection. Everything appears OK and it says it's connected to the network, but no internet. Any pointers/tips/suggestions appreciated. This particular PC did give me some problems w... 4 Apr 2008 08:58

alternate DNS server not querried
Win XP SP2 clients, Win 2K3 SP1 server, AD, server provides DHCP. DHCP options set primary DNS = 192.168.1.10 (the Win2K3 server) and alternate DNS = 192.168.1.1 (gateway device). Clients do not ever use the alternate DNS server, even when the primary DNS server is down. When I "net stop dns" on the server, ... 3 Apr 2008 22:32

want to query DHCP allocator for ICS
I'm running Internet Connection Sharing under Windows XP Pro SP2. I want to find out what clients IP addresses have been allocated to clients (and their MAC addresses). Is this possible? Thanks. -- Gary Roach ADB Services ... 3 Apr 2008 21:25