I know that absolutely no one in this room uses AOL so there's probably no reason to post this question, but my girlfriend's family does use it so I'm compelled to ask. So for you AOL users lurking in the shadows, come clean and fess up. Her family has 8.0 for Broadband running on one...
Thanks Crash,
Yeah you guessed right. The cable modem is on the XP box and i'm running a crossover from the second adapter on the XP to my computer. The only reason I haven't added a second firewall (assuming it would mess everything up) is because I don't want to buy a second one. Not sure...
I recently set up a pier to pier network in my house. The computer with the cable modem attached is running a commercially available firewall. Will the network be safe from hackers with the second computer piggybacked to it? Or have I exposed the network to hackers? There have been some...
Well Crash, maybe I should change my name to Bob Villa after all. But when was the last time you ever saw Bob Villa actually do any work? As far as having wires hanging everywhere, even with an older home its possible to network it without ever seeing a wire (except patch cables going to the...
Hey Greg,
Sounds like a IRQ conflict or at least worth checking out. Right click on "My computer". Go to Properties. Click on Device Manager. With both drives plugged in, the conflicting drive should have a little x next to it. Click on it, then right click and go to properties. Then go...
I just finished networking a computer with XP and 98se and a cable modem. All I had to do was add another NIC and run a crossover patch cable between the two. Run the network setup utility in the network neighborhood on both computers. As far as using a router or hub, you don't need one. You...
I set up a pier to pier network between Win 98se and Win XP. The computer with XP has a CDRW and if possible, I'd like to network it so I can burn CDs through the network. Can I map this drive to my computer? I currently have it mapped, but it shows up as a network folder, not a drive. When...