Need help!

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"Jeff Hansman" <[remove me]jhansman@pacbell.net> wrote in
news:yIDpc.49280$r93.15962@newssvr29.news.prodigy.com:

> Running a Linksys WRT54G router ion the machine connected to the web,
> and using the WUSB54G adapter on the other machine. I am getting a
> good signal strength reading on the 'client' but for the life of me, I
> cannot connect to shared resources on the 'server'. Both machines
> belong to a workgroup called 'Home', but apparently the server machine
> is not showing up on the network. When I run the network wizard in
> WinXP, I'm offered two different Internet connections, Local Area
> Connection (nVidia nForce MCP Networking Controller-the LAN port on
> the motherboard), and 1394 Connection -1394 Net Adapter. I've tried
> both of these with the wizard, and one (Local Area Connection) returns
> and error and ends; the other seems to finish as it should, offering
> me to created an driver disk at the end of its routine. I have several
> resources shared (printer, drives) but none show up on the client
> machine for connection. What gives? Am I missing something? FWIW, this
> connection worked perfectly with a 'b' network last week, again with
> Linksys hardware. I am stumped!
>
>
>

What's the Linksys equipment have to do with any of it? It seems that
you're having network protocol issues, along with the use of the PITA
Network Wizard which should only be used for networking non NT based
O/S's like Win 9'x or ME with a machine running XP.

Duane