Re: step by step help pls
 

Aaah ADSL?
Do you have a little icon on the desktop with a D in the middle of it?

Re: step by step help pls
 

Yeh

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That triggers the configuration wizzard. One thing though, have you tried running the network setup wizard in windows xp on each pc?

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yeh, i run the wizzard, and i run the network setup on the laptop choosing the option this pc connects to the internet through another pc. and ive got wireless connection3 there.

when i run the network setup on the desktop and choose that connects to the internet directly it tells me that other computers cannot connect through it and cant get any further

Re: step by step help pls
 

Do you just have two wireless cards then? I take it PC1 is connected to the ADSL line and also has a wireless card, PC2 has a wireless card and you want to connect to the ADSL through PC1?
Can you see the two PCs from each other? IE, Can you see PC2 from PC1 and PC1 from PC2?
edit:
Off to bed now but hopefully someone else will be able to get you up and running, one thing I would suggest is that you run the network setup wizard again on the desktop and make sure you have told it to share the connection and that other pcs will be accessing the internet through it. Other than that you may need to check that you have both PCs using the same domain etc. :)
No doubt someone will see this thread and give a bit more help than I can offer ;)

Re: step by step help pls
 

pc1 cant access the internet at the mo. im on pc2 connect on here via adsl line-has the wireless card in now that i downloaded the drivers for before.

daughter has hijacked pc one to play the sims :mad:

so going to have a go with that tomorrow, it has a wireless card thing in the back with an ariel out of it, the router is plugged into that one too

thanks for all your help so far

:) errrrrrrr are u about tomorrow??
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oh and i dont think they can see each other - oh doh!

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I'll be about tomorrow if you still have problems with it, hopefully someone a bit more knowledgeable about wireless networking will be too lol ;)

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Normally a router is set to use DHCP by default, go into Start/Control Panel/Network Connections and double click on the wireless connection then double click "Internet Protocol/TCP IP" and make sure "Obtain IP address automatically" & "Obtain DNS server address automatically are checked", click ok, right click the wireless connection, click "disable" when it's disabled double click it to restart it, if that doesn't work then phone Dlink ;)