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Can a novice with no knowledge of DHCP's, IP addresses, etc. set-up a home
network to share files and printers? I recently purchased a wireless laptop
and a router. My original desktop computer is wired to the router and the
laptop is functioning properly by wireless. Both computers are using XP and
can access the internet with no problem. I have gone thru all the network
connections wizards on both computers and I have given permissions to share
on both computers. Yet the laptop does not find any network printers or
computers when I try to add printers. It is unclear to me if I may have
skipped a step when setting up the router of indentifying IP addresses or
some other needed identification. On the surface, simply following the set-up
wizards seems easy. It just doesn't work.The deeper I research the problem,
the more technical the information becomes. So what am i missing, should it
be possible for a novice to successful share files and printers?
--
Mark
Can a novice with no knowledge of DHCP's, IP addresses, etc. set-up a home
network to share files and printers? I recently purchased a wireless laptop
and a router. My original desktop computer is wired to the router and the
laptop is functioning properly by wireless. Both computers are using XP and
can access the internet with no problem. I have gone thru all the network
connections wizards on both computers and I have given permissions to share
on both computers. Yet the laptop does not find any network printers or
computers when I try to add printers. It is unclear to me if I may have
skipped a step when setting up the router of indentifying IP addresses or
some other needed identification. On the surface, simply following the set-up
wizards seems easy. It just doesn't work.The deeper I research the problem,
the more technical the information becomes. So what am i missing, should it
be possible for a novice to successful share files and printers?
--
Mark