I have done it before and my computer crashed last on the 3/14/07 – I recovered most of everything I had lost – I am up on a wireless Linksys card WMPG54GS – works fine when I use either of WIndows or the Linksys Monitor v1.1 or V1.4 (latest) – however; I cannot get my son’s computer to connect to the internet via a crossover cable – it worked before the crash – now whenever I create a new connection via TCP/IP – and either assign an IP (I am trying to use 192.168.0.2 for the host (this computer) and 192.168.0.4 for the guest (my son’s computer) with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 on both and the Default Gateway of 192.168.0.1 – I have tried assigning the DNS IP address on either – but when I do so – my Wireless goes OUT Completely and I cannot do anything unless I DISABLE the LAN Cable Connection – I have stopped services on the Windows Services and use the Wireless Card to do its job!.. if I do the Windows Wireless Zero Configuration – it won’t work right!.. so this way the WMP54GS works fine – I get connection to the internet fine on this computer – the LAN Connection shows on both systems as 100Mps and connected! if I set them both ACTIVE – so I know their talking – so why can I not get on the internet on the other computer?..
I have run the Network Computer Wizard numerous times on both – copying the netsetup file on either a Jumpdrive or a floppy – says its connected ok – but I still can’t get the other (guest -son – ) computer to connect to the Internet — What am I doing wrong?.. Can anyone tell me!. Please its very frustrating – I have even replaced the NIC Card on my son’s computer – the other one was not flashing – this one does – but its not flashing on/off – which shows traffic – steady green – this is really getting to me.. Please someone tell me how I can get this system to get on board with my main Host computer!.. Should I try something else?. Any input would be appreciated.. Please email me direct at: posejc@yahoo.com or at posejc@gmail.com btw: I am running Windows XP on both – I redid my son’s it has Windows XP Trial Version – SP1 only – mine has SP2 (which is sometimes a headache!).
Thnks!.