Is it possible to network with XP Home?

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Can someone tell me if it's possbile to network with XP Home?
I was under the impression that this was the difference between Professional
and Home versions?

Machine sold with XP Home come with a LAN port - so I would assume you can
network?

I don't necessarily want to network... I want to setup a wireless network.
Is this the same thing?

Thanks.


OM

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In news:Gk2nd.86$4B3.53@newsfe2-win.ntli.net,
OM <OM@yahoo.com> typed:

> Can someone tell me if it's possbile to network with XP Home?


Yes, certainly you can.


> I was under the impression that this was the difference between
> Professional and Home versions?


No, not at all. The difference with regard to networking is that
Professional can join a domain and Home can not. With respect to
an ordinary peer-to-peer network (almost certainly what you would
want), they are the same.

My home network here consists of one computer running XP
Professional and two running XP Home.


> Machine sold with XP Home come with a LAN port - so I would
> assume
> you can network?


Correct.


> I don't necessarily want to network... I want to setup a
> wireless
> network. Is this the same thing?


Yes. As the name indicates, a "wireless network" is a kind of
network--it's one that communicates by radio waves rather than
cables. Other than how the components are connected, there's no
difference between a wireless network and a cabled one.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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Consult the website for the manufacturer of your laptop. This is not an XP
issue.

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