Windows XP Home Edition & Windows XP MCE

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless (More info?)

As a new person to the concept of wireless networking, I want to know whether
I can network my laptop running XP Home Edition with my new shiny
entertainment centre PC running MCE with the normal wireless network hardware.

Can anybody point me to any relevant articles or threads that have covered
this in the past?

Are there any pitfalls or well known problems that I may encounter when
running this sort of small home network?

Thanks in advance

 

[Jack]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless (More info?)

Hi

The content of the following links will provide you with a basic tutorial
about Sharing Internet and using Wireless; it is short and to the point.

I wrote the three first pages ages ago. You might ignore the prices, and the
specific choice of hardware, stick with the principles they are still the
same.

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

This might help in Network installation -
http://www.ezlan.net/Installing.html

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

The whole thing should look like this:
http://www.ezlan.net/network/router.jpg

Wireless hardware: http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Hardware.html

Wireless - Basic Configuration: http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Config.html

Wireless - Basic Security: http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Security.html

Jack (MVP-Networking).





"Tanjian" <Tanjian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:93DE06FF-B795-4BFF-B655-0A92A04235F0@microsoft.com...
> As a new person to the concept of wireless networking, I want to know
whether
> I can network my laptop running XP Home Edition with my new shiny
> entertainment centre PC running MCE with the normal wireless network
hardware.
>
> Can anybody point me to any relevant articles or threads that have covered
> this in the past?
>
> Are there any pitfalls or well known problems that I may encounter when
> running this sort of small home network?
>
> Thanks in advance