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March 11th, 2004 15:00
sharing DSL connection between XP users
I finally got DSL and everything works great when I'm on my desktop. I'm running XP and when I log onto my wife's desktop I can't connect. I've called my ISP about it but they said that I have to set up XP to share the internet connection between users. I'm having a hard time doing this. I've fumbled around looking for how to do this but I can't figure it out. Any and all help is much appreciated.
Ben.
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jmwills
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March 11th, 2004 15:00
The easiet way to do this is to get a router that your ISP supports, usually a PPPoE protocol needed for DSL. Linksys makes a fine one.
Both desktops would connect to the router via hard wired or wirless depending on the model of the router and both would need either network cards wor wirless network card. To setup the rouer, one machine must be hard wired to the router.
Here is a good resource:
www.homenethelp.com
http://service.dell.com/dell/topic/1,,33732+30+26124,00.html
ben26
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March 12th, 2004 01:00
Thanks for the reply but that's not my issue. I have my windows XP set up for different user accounts. So we have to log on to the same computer but we have our own desktops. What I mean by our own desktops is having our own wallpaper, desktop icon, My documents and other files. It's like haveing two computers in one. When I log on to my "desktop" I can connect with no problem but when I log onto my wife's "desktop" the computer won't connect (the same computer) Hope I've clarified this.
Ben.
ben26
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March 13th, 2004 17:00
Well I found the problem and I decided to post it in case anyone does a search and finds this thread.
On my wife's desktop I opened IE clicked TOOLS, INERNET OPTIOINS then the CONNECTIONS tab, then clicked LAN SETTINGS
I had to uncheck the box for: Use a proxy server for your LAN.
Yeah I feel like a maroon!