Setting up a wired/wireless network at home.

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I believe you are referring to installing Client For MS Networks through the
Networking Control Panel applet.
Could you please post the instructions, as I do not know what you exactly
talking about. However,
most machines are by default set up for File and Printer sharing, but you
must configure them to be part of the same Workgroup (and have the same
accounts & passwords on each).
This is from the BroadBand section of Microsoft, but it will also apply to
you in regards to creating a Workgroup so that you can share files and
printers with other computers:
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/ [...] roups.mspx

Please post again if this is not clear.

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Brian Wehrle
bwehrle@online.microsoft.com
Software Test Engineer/Wireless Networking
Microsoft Corp.


"Jack" <Jack@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2466A1F9-8377-4667-AD46-1E041A0152B8@microsoft.com...
>I am trying to set up a wired/wireless network. I have a Sony Vaio desktop
> with a Realtek RTL8139/810x ethernet card. I am on the Yahoo DSL
> connection
> to the internet which connects to the Realtek card through a Linksys
> Broadband Router WRT54G. I have a wireless Linksys card in my Dell
> Inspirion
> lap top. I can access the internet through a shared connection wirelessly
> on
> my laptop. Following instructions on how to enable file and printer
> sharing
> from Microsoft I get to select network component type and I am told to
> double
> click "Service". When I do this I get a popup message, Select Device,
> telling
> me that Windows is unable to find a driver for this device. What I don't
> know
> is what device they are talking about. Are they talking about my Realtek
> card
> or some other device. If it is my Realtek card I am having trouble finding
> drivers on it on the Net. Please any help will be greatly appreciated.
> --
> Jack learning something new everyday.