I want to network my two computers. One has internet access using a cable
modem and Windows XP. The other one doesn't have internet and is using
Win98.. I bought a Lynksys Wireless router and hooked it up to the computer
with the internet access but cannot get the other computer on the internet.
What am I doing wrong?

Thanks for any help.

SP wrote:
The WAN port of the router should be connected to the cable modem and
the two computers should be connected to two of the LAN ports on the
router. You may need to make a floppy of from the networking wizard on
the XP machine to use on the 98 machine. Check the Linksys web site for
more info.

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Travis in Shoreline Washington

But I thought its supposed to be wireless? You mention to connect the other
computer to the LAN port.



"Travis" <Travis.ShorelineWa@somethingn.invalid> wrote in message
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SP wrote:

you do have a wireless network card in the pc right?
Eric

Well I don't know if it's a wireless card but it's definitely a network
card.

If you could explain to me how to hook the whole thing up I would appreciate
it.

Thanks.


"Eric" <nospam@email.com> wrote in message
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SP wrote:

and you cant talk to it. The idea of wireless is that the pc has a radio
based network card that broadcasts to the wireless router and the wireless
router broadcasts back to the pc. But in order for that to work you need a
special wireless network card. The router connects to the cable modem with
a cable but the communications between the pc and the router don't require
a cable its done via radio transmissions.
In the case of 2 pc's and a wireless router(gateway) you need to have both
pc's using a wireless network card and each one talking directly to the
router *or* 1 pc acting as a gateway using wireless to the router and that
pc having 2 network cards 1 is wireless and the other is a normal wired
type card. Then the pc#2 is connected to the pc#1 via the network cable and
pc#1 forwards all the traffic to&from pc#2 via wireless to the wireless
router using pc#1's wireless network card.
Hopefully you see the basic methodology now
let me know if that doesn't help clear things up for you.
Eric

See if anything here helps, there are plenty of other links there to look
at as well.
Joan
Wireless - Basic Configuration: http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Config.html



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SP wrote:
You didn't say anything about one of your computers being wireless.

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Travis in Shoreline Washington

SP wrote:
I think we have a top posting troll.

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Travis in Shoreline Washington

Thanks.....I will try to figure this all out.





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