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Most general questions on LANs, especially home networks. Some admin and design issue.
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I've been an IT Professional for more then 16 years. I've accumulated a larege store of knowledge that allows me to answer a wide variety of IT related questions.
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Recent Answers from Scottgem
2010-03-07 LAN media adapter:
New one on me, but I did some research and found this: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/20245-42-convert-ethernet-rj45-port-wireless If you search on 'RJ45 Wireless Adapter' there were ather hits
2010-03-03 Sharing Common Data (LAN???):
On the XP machine, you need to setup File and Print Sharing. Once you do that, you can designate folders on that machine as shared folders. On the Win 7 machine, you then add those folders to the appropriate
2010-03-02 Sharing Common Data (LAN???):
Two possibilities. You set the desktop as your file server setting up a shared folder where all your data files reside. Then Map that shared folder on the laptop. The other option is to get a NAS device
2010-02-25 networking:
You connect the cable coming into your house into the router. You connect your existing PC to the router with an Ethernet cable. You then configure the router according to the instructions in the router
2010-02-24 Desktops and laptops with internal networking capability:
I'm not sure what you mean. EVERY computer manufactured in the last 5 years has a built in Ethernet card. Every laptop manufactured in the last 3 years has a built in WiFi adapter along with the wired
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