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I wish to connect my desktop PC and my new notebook wirelessly such that I
can exchange files between the two machines and access the Internet from my
laptop through my PC which is hooked up to my ISP via a DSL connection.
My PC (late model 3 GHz Pentium 4) runs XP Home and is equipped with a PRISM
802.11g WLAN adapter.
My notebook (1.73 GHz Centrino) runs XP Professional and is fitted with an
Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG WLAN adapter.
I have the latest drivers installed for both WLAN adapters and both adapters
can be configured through Windows.
My first questions is: Can I connect the two machines given the available
hard- and software or am I already missing something here (such as a router)?
Even though I managed to successfully run the Wireless Connection Wizard and
create a wireless network on both machines, I can’t get them to connect or
even find each other (“no wireless networks found in range� – even though the
machines are sitting on top of each other).
In fact, I can’t seem to activate the WLAN adapters (where is that “wireless
switch� on my computer that I am supposed to switch on), yet they are both
reported functioning properly (as “enabled� and “working properly�) in the
device manager.
Any idea anybody what is going on here – even if it is just my ignorance?
I wish to connect my desktop PC and my new notebook wirelessly such that I
can exchange files between the two machines and access the Internet from my
laptop through my PC which is hooked up to my ISP via a DSL connection.
My PC (late model 3 GHz Pentium 4) runs XP Home and is equipped with a PRISM
802.11g WLAN adapter.
My notebook (1.73 GHz Centrino) runs XP Professional and is fitted with an
Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG WLAN adapter.
I have the latest drivers installed for both WLAN adapters and both adapters
can be configured through Windows.
My first questions is: Can I connect the two machines given the available
hard- and software or am I already missing something here (such as a router)?
Even though I managed to successfully run the Wireless Connection Wizard and
create a wireless network on both machines, I can’t get them to connect or
even find each other (“no wireless networks found in range� – even though the
machines are sitting on top of each other).
In fact, I can’t seem to activate the WLAN adapters (where is that “wireless
switch� on my computer that I am supposed to switch on), yet they are both
reported functioning properly (as “enabled� and “working properly�) in the
device manager.
Any idea anybody what is going on here – even if it is just my ignorance?