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Getting wireless to work is turning into a full-time job
I have spent an untold number of hours trying to get my wireless network working in my home office.
The set up:
Main machine =
PC running XP Pro, SP2. It is connected to a Westell 327 wireless modem (not the Chinese manufactured version) via a cat5 Ethernet cable. It connects to Verizon DSL.
This machine is firewalled and runs Kaspersky as its defense.
Sharing permissions = all drives on this machine are set to share.
I can do all of the Internet functions on this machine.
Laptop =
IBM T43 from work. That may be significant because it is setup to run on the work domain and works perfectly there.
This machine runs XP Pro with SP2 and uses F-Prot as its defense.
In my home office, I can use all Internet functions through the main machine?s Westell modem ? no problems.
However, when I try to access the drives on the main machine, I constantly get the error message ?\\CHA\Shareddocs is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource ? etc. Network name cannot be found? This error appears for all drives on the main machine.
Additionally, when I click on the drives I want to connect to while in Network Places, that program often fails and it takes a long time for Windows to recover.
Now, Verizon was NO help. In fact, their ?tech? blew the domain out of the laptop and it took hours and much help to get that machine working again ? I couldn?t even log in to the workstation (the Verizon tech suggested that I needed premium support ? for $$ ? after he ?accomplished? this). So, Verizon is no help.
My University techs have great experience with our network domain there, but cannot tell me what is going wrong in the home office setup.
So, I turn to you. Help, please, so I can get some real work done on these computers instead of chasing ghosts within XP.
GN