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Networking in windows XP ??
Hi,
i have got few questions regarding linking computers in windows xp. I have got a dlink 714p+ and a adsl modem, where i have got about 7 computers connected to the dlink. there are three which using wireless connection. main problem that i found really annoying is when sharing the files.. when browsing the computers on the network, it takes ages to come up with the windows workgroup..or even when you click on the shared folder on the other machine.
However, sometimes this is not occurred, it runs well sometimes, but sometimes not. when trying to connect to another computer directly using crossover cable, same thing happen. so, i assume this is not the problem with the connection to the dlink 714. This is really annoying especially when you urgently want to transfer or share files with other. So, i am just wondering if i miss out something that i didn't configure properly. I have got computer name, description setup,,even the workgroup name.. but there is however a computer which is in different workgroup for testing purposes,,, same thing happen to those computers even on the same workgroup but better than there are in different workgroup.
I am just wordering if i need to setup some other protocol instead of the tcp/ip. Please help me with this problem.
Another problem is with the wireless connection. When transferring files which is about 50mb or more, the transferring of files stop in the middle of transferring and a message pop-up saying "network no longer exist" . . as long as if you transfer files from a computer that is using wireless connection, this happen. all the time. i really have no idea about this.
I think that's all . Thanks.
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Regards,
SL y.
Hi,
with regards to the wireless connection problem, the wireless access point just sit a meter next to my computer, it seems there is no interference and the signal is strong(full). The only weird thing is just when transferring files, where big files and take longer to transfer time, say 9mins, it will disconnects itself said that network name of something like that is not available, but when try to search the computer, it can be found. weird uh..
Any yeah, i found that the winxp starts very slow because of my wireless adapter, if it's plug in, it will takes ages to have the windows xp ready, otherwise, you can just do nothing coz the task bar is in busy, and can't click on start or anything. Is there any problem to stop searching before all the icons on task bar is load up ? If there is a network, which i have got the profile set under the wireless settings, it works fine. no problem at all, windows start fast. otherwise, it takes about a minute for the wireless adapter to load up and then only the networks icons are shown on task bar, while others like volume control, safely remove hardware etc are all gone unless i log off and log on again to get those back online. If there is any solutions to this, please help me.. this is really annoying especially when in urgent.
thanks.
Jerry Park
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Posted June 7th, 2004 21:00
If you are having problems booting up with the wireless adapter in place, I would suspect a driver problem. Are you running the latest drivers for your wireless card?- Actually i am having prolems with windows startup which takes ages sometimes if no network around, and it will cause the rest icons not to appear at the task bar. Another problem is connection drop when transferring big files, say 50mb with dlink 714p+ access point. I am using the lastest driver, however, i will go and have a look again later to make sure it's the latest.
Jerry Park
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Posted June 5th, 2004 12:00
Are you turning off the computers at night? On a peer to peer network, using DHCP, it takes a while for the computers to 'learn' the addresses of the other computers. There is generally one computer (browse master) which gathers that information, but it can take a while for the information about the location of each computer to be obtained. Do you find that after the connection is made, the next time you try is virtually immediate?