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Hi guys,
I've had little experience with Networks so I will plead complete n00byness in hope that you can help me set up my network at home.
Currently I have 2 machines, desktop (XP) and Laptop (Vista Home Basic) (wireless). I have purchased a Netgear Wireless Cable modem Router (WNR834B 270MBPS) and ISP is Virgin Media on the 20MB (cough cough) package.
I went for this particular Router as it seemed to give the bandwidth I desired for a decent Wireless connection so I could easily surf on my Lappy in another room, however the signal is poor (1-2 bars), I put this down to the onboard Wireless controller on the Lappy so I will probably invest in a new Wireless Card down the line that's more in line with the Router.
Anyways, short term fix I thought would be to have both machines running via LAN through the router, so I got a cheap 15m Ethernet cable to run from the Lappy to the Router, however I cannot get this to pick up the connection at all....
When I ran the Network setup software that came with the router it said there was an IP conflict when I had both machines wired into the router???
What I'd like to be able to is have the Internet Connection shared over both machines through the Router and if possible file access from machine to machine also, I'm sure this is reasonably straight forward however I am completely clueless and would greatly appreciate the forum's input.
Many thanks!
I've had little experience with Networks so I will plead complete n00byness in hope that you can help me set up my network at home.
Currently I have 2 machines, desktop (XP) and Laptop (Vista Home Basic) (wireless). I have purchased a Netgear Wireless Cable modem Router (WNR834B 270MBPS) and ISP is Virgin Media on the 20MB (cough cough) package.
I went for this particular Router as it seemed to give the bandwidth I desired for a decent Wireless connection so I could easily surf on my Lappy in another room, however the signal is poor (1-2 bars), I put this down to the onboard Wireless controller on the Lappy so I will probably invest in a new Wireless Card down the line that's more in line with the Router.
Anyways, short term fix I thought would be to have both machines running via LAN through the router, so I got a cheap 15m Ethernet cable to run from the Lappy to the Router, however I cannot get this to pick up the connection at all....
When I ran the Network setup software that came with the router it said there was an IP conflict when I had both machines wired into the router???
What I'd like to be able to is have the Internet Connection shared over both machines through the Router and if possible file access from machine to machine also, I'm sure this is reasonably straight forward however I am completely clueless and would greatly appreciate the forum's input.
Many thanks!
