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I am having a problem file-sharing on a network between computers in my flat
I have set up my Buffalo 802.11g base station and can access the internet
through any computer in the flat fairly easily although the Buffalo signal
report seems to float at will between WEAK and non-existent (disconnecting
relatively often even when I am doing nothing on the computers and not
moving them or anything!). There are a few thin walls and doors and about
35 feet between my living room and office which is where my cable modem,
base station and main computer (hard wired into the router) are. I have
encryption enabled and it seems to work, permitting that living room
computer to access the internet through that Buffalo base station.
I have two problems: One is that my neighbour downstairs seems to have a
linksys base station in his office which is pretty much directly below my
living room pickup. So the computer often turns on to HIS base station
rather than mine. Not such a bad thing as his signal usually shows an 80%
strength reading whereas mine ranges between 25% and 50% (usually in the
lower of that range). And he doesn't seem to have encryption enabled; so I
don't mind piggy-backing off his network if HE is so rich as to have bought
some type of ultra-powerful antenna booster to interfere with my signal. (I
set my channel to 1 whereas his is at 6 to try to obviate this problem with
apparently mininal effect)
The MAIN problem is that I can't get MY computers to file share on my
network together when the living room one is picking up on the Buffalo
network so I can transfer files between the main computer in the office
running windows 2000 and the living room one running XP Pro.
If the living room one does pick up my network and surfs on my network, is
this something to do with the name on the network and is there a way of
renaming a whole network so that all computers on it are the same? I tried
to make them the same and am pretty sure I enabled file sharing between
computers on MY network behind what I presume is my encrypted firewall but
am not sure where to check this or whether I was successful in doing this.
I also haven't figured out yet how to enter the incoming POP and outgoing
SMTP configuration so that it lets me send and receive e-mail when I am
piggy-backing on his network (or for that matter using any WiFi networks on
my main computer which is a notebook outside my office). My network settings
seem to want me to enter these settings (which work well/easily enough when
I am using the Buffalo network through my own base station at home) but I
think this must be an obvious question which must have been answered a
million times already otherwise no one could check or reply to e-mail on the
road?
Does anyone know how I can get file sharing working and point me to the
standard form reply to those who have this 'e-mail while roaming' problem
please?
L2Q
I am having a problem file-sharing on a network between computers in my flat
I have set up my Buffalo 802.11g base station and can access the internet
through any computer in the flat fairly easily although the Buffalo signal
report seems to float at will between WEAK and non-existent (disconnecting
relatively often even when I am doing nothing on the computers and not
moving them or anything!). There are a few thin walls and doors and about
35 feet between my living room and office which is where my cable modem,
base station and main computer (hard wired into the router) are. I have
encryption enabled and it seems to work, permitting that living room
computer to access the internet through that Buffalo base station.
I have two problems: One is that my neighbour downstairs seems to have a
linksys base station in his office which is pretty much directly below my
living room pickup. So the computer often turns on to HIS base station
rather than mine. Not such a bad thing as his signal usually shows an 80%
strength reading whereas mine ranges between 25% and 50% (usually in the
lower of that range). And he doesn't seem to have encryption enabled; so I
don't mind piggy-backing off his network if HE is so rich as to have bought
some type of ultra-powerful antenna booster to interfere with my signal. (I
set my channel to 1 whereas his is at 6 to try to obviate this problem with
apparently mininal effect)
The MAIN problem is that I can't get MY computers to file share on my
network together when the living room one is picking up on the Buffalo
network so I can transfer files between the main computer in the office
running windows 2000 and the living room one running XP Pro.
If the living room one does pick up my network and surfs on my network, is
this something to do with the name on the network and is there a way of
renaming a whole network so that all computers on it are the same? I tried
to make them the same and am pretty sure I enabled file sharing between
computers on MY network behind what I presume is my encrypted firewall but
am not sure where to check this or whether I was successful in doing this.
I also haven't figured out yet how to enter the incoming POP and outgoing
SMTP configuration so that it lets me send and receive e-mail when I am
piggy-backing on his network (or for that matter using any WiFi networks on
my main computer which is a notebook outside my office). My network settings
seem to want me to enter these settings (which work well/easily enough when
I am using the Buffalo network through my own base station at home) but I
think this must be an obvious question which must have been answered a
million times already otherwise no one could check or reply to e-mail on the
road?
Does anyone know how I can get file sharing working and point me to the
standard form reply to those who have this 'e-mail while roaming' problem
please?
L2Q
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