My wife knows where we are going and what we are doing, so I always ask her.

%-)

MM.

Opera. I cannot even understand how to instal it on my Asus 716.

But having read of all the problems people are having on the Opera support forum I probably should feel grateful.

TP

I am trying to set up a wifi network with USB wifi devices for 2 PCs running W XP Home edition. The network seems OK but the extra PC connected to the host does not get web pages. The device status shows a shared internet connection (ICS) and packets being sent and received to and from the 2PCs and the internet connecftion.

Any ideas?

H: Are you using two machines to a wireless hub or attemptng to cascade one PC from another?

Haystack, I think ICS tries to be a DHCP server, make sure DHCP IP assignment is enabled in the other PC if you're just connecting them together, or if you're using a wireless router disable the DHCP server in the router.

It is just two USB wireless network adaptors with the internet connected one acting as an access point. It is just one PC from another. The slave PC shows the complete network in its status and shows the packets coming and going to and from the three parts (internet, host and slave). Networking is the one area of IT that I have missed. I am amazed that I have got it working this much.

Type IPCONFIG in a DOS window in each PC and see what comes out, post if you want...

Ah just had an idea, are you running a firewall on the ICS PC in which case you'll need to open it to traffic from the other PC.

Yes. I have a firewall.

Haystack,

My nephew tried to do exactly the same thing last week, except with a crossover ethernet cable rather than wireless.

He had awful problems accessing the shared folders on either machine and my husband spent a lot of time trying to help him with it.

To resolve it, they had to change the TCP/IP settings which had initially been set by DHCP along the lines of Kayak's comments. It now works fine.

MM and other gadget users:-

How to organise properly but with folded paper

(A very well thought out and excellent little idea)

My network has gone back a step. I have done something to it and now the client PC does not see the shared connection.

Normally I find that the IPCONFIG thing helps a lot...

Loooking for a new 17" tft monitor anyone seen any good deals or can recommend a good model/make to look for around the 150 mark as I might want two, to add to the two I already have ;-)

Just watched the Gadetshow on ch5, been thinking about wireless connection but the show has put me right off, as it seems anyone can hack into your computer sitting outside using a laptop, How can I stop them doing this?

Kayak - you have Email

Richgit: Not true, it's not as exposed as that. The truth is that many people install wireless networking but don't bother to secure their networks. Hence the scare stories.

Normally, you would turn on encrytion (so that makes it difficult for people to sniff your packets, a disgusting habit anyway) and you would tell your wireless hub only to allow the unique MAC addresses (hardware IDs) of your computers to access your network.

To be completely honest, there are ways to break all of this security, but, given that the average Brit can't put a thirteen amp plug on the end of a bit of wire correctly, it's not a significant risk.

One of the reasons for the wireless network is so that one of my kids can use his Nintendo DS to play others round the world. The wireless bit is built in and you an play for free at hundreds of access points. I have been getting him to keep trying to get WiFi access through my network as I try and get it to work (no success yet). He told me on Saturday that it was working and he was playing several other people. It turned out that he had hacked into an unprotected network local to us (a neighbour I guess). He is 9 years old. The DS scans for any network and shows them open or locked. He had been playing round with all sorts of settings for given SSID's to do with automatic IP addresses etc and he made it work. I could ditch my broadband connection and just use the free one he found (probably a bit naughty though). It turned out that he had found 10 networks and only two were locked. If these people have allowed file sharing as well then they are taking quite a risk.

We drove car slowly on the way back from the shops and scanned for networks. We found probably several hundred in about 10 minutes, with almost all of them unlocked.

MM, thanks that made a lot more sence, so long as no one can still my millions in my accounts or I'll come knocking on your door ;-)

Richgit: You're welcome.

Haystack: You prove my point -- that's worse than I imagined. I must try the same thing in my neighborhood. I have to admit that I never needed broadband in my apartment in Mountain View, California, thanks to the generosity of my neighbours ;-)

Richgit,
some links for screens,if your going for multi screen,i would buy in pairs,you dont want one on its own 2 years down the line,
why not go for 19 inch (good value).

http://www.aria.co.uk/DealForToday.asp

http://www.novatech.co.uk/

DABS

I have these monitors
i just got them out of the box and plugged them in,they dont have speakers,i like them.


i bet this one is sold out
acer 19in

http://www.savastore.com/

hope you find one,i would go for 19in and get two

steve