Problems getting online

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To share Internet connection you need a Cable/DSL Wireless Router an AP will
do it unless you set the system as Host and Client computers and use ICS.

May be this can Help.

Basic Options for Internet Connection Sharing -
http://www.anandtech.com/guides/viewfaq.html?i=105

Hubs, routers, switches, DSL, LANs, WANs...? -
http://www.anandtech.com/guides/viewfaq.html?i=48

Wireless? http://www.anandtech.com/guides/viewfaq.html?i=122

The pages above were written by me ages ago. You might ignore the prices and
Brand recommendations. The principles however are still the same.

Jack (MVP-Networking).





"Oli" <Oli@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8B9DCF09-58B0-4669-94B4-7FAB1103B530@microsoft.com...
> I have a netgear wireless access point linked up to my DSL TV box. I can
get
> online wirelessly through my laptop - no problem there.
> However 2 issues arose with my flatmate's laptop.
> 1. We cannot both be online at the same time for some reason (I suspect it
> may have something to do with automatically assigning ip addresses that
end
> up conflicting).
> 2. I was away (as was my laptop) so there should have been no problem with
> him getting online, but for some reason he would open explorer, be able to
> get to a web page and then explorer would tell him that no matter what the
> next page he would try and visit was it couldn't find it. His lap top has
xp
> professional and the firewall is disabled. Naturally my laptop works fine
and
> can get online fine.
> If anyone has any suggestions about what maybe wrong (esp with the 2nd
> problem) then that would be cool.