Setting Up Network

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Don

I have a dell T500 PC and Dell laptop both with Win XP Home. The laptop has
a wireless card installed and I have a wireless router (Dell true mobile
2300). I connect to the internet with broadband cable. I fiddled around
and was able to use the wireless function to connect to the internet via the
mobile router. But I am unable to set up a network that allows the two
computers to sharefiles and peripherals. Do I need to install the wireless
router on both computers? (When I try that on the PC, the installation
software comes to a halt because "it can not detect an internet connection".
I confirmed it is in fact connected to the internet. I have zone alarm
running on both machines. Is this a problem? Thanks for your help.
Don
 
You need to set Zone alarm to allow each computer to access the other
computer.

(1) "Restore" Zone Alarm Control Center
(2) Select "Firewall"
(3) Click on ""Zones" tab
(4) Use the "Add" button to add the IP address of the other computer to
"Trusted Zone"

steve
 
Steve,
Thanks for your help. I can now share folders. Still working on sharing
printer. A coup;e more questions, please:
Is there a way to share pst folder so that outlook message folders are
current on both machines? Also, I note that although I can share folders in
"my documents", ("sharing and security" option appears on right click), the
same is not true for individual documents (for example an individual word
document). For these individual documents, the sharing and security does
not show up on a right click. Is this normal? Thanks for your help.
Don
 
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