How to create a home network using my router?|home router

I have a wireless-g broadband Router wrt54g, a laptop (windows vista), and a desktop (xp).

I heard one cannot network vista and xp, either xp to xp or vista to vista. That’s right.
so whether you know how to connect my computers please tell me step by step in order to make a simple home network when a can share my files and printer.

thanks in development for allotment your experiences and observations everyone.

Answer by pisa
First of all, if a name told you that an XP machine cannot be be networked with another XP-machine, I would advise you to stop going to that person for computer-related questions. You can, and it’s so simple that it’s very nearly automatic. The operating systems for each PC just needs to be told to talk to each other by running the Networking Wizard (run the wiz on each computer you want talking to each other). The difficulties occur (usually) when things further than of the operating systems interfere with your networking activities (mainly an improperly configured firewall in each computer). How are you preparation to network them? Ad Hoc? Router? etc… Why are you trying to network them? If you just want to irregularly share files, then networking may be more distress than its worth. If you need to constantly (daily, regularly) access assets from PC to PC, then networking may be advisable. If you judge the one who told you that an XP system cannot be networked with another XP system, then I can’t help you.

Answer by amouresantos
ok, a computer is a computer, you can make them talk to each other even if you have Vista, XP, MAC, Lindows etc. as long as you have a way of having them to talk to each other, which you do.. a router, it will do all the routing for you since that usually is a switch (network switch) by itself, once you have them able to notice(see) the router that switch on it will involuntarily route the traffic either internet traffic or LAN traffic. All you need is a wireless adapter on your wireless pc’s a link of LAN cables and thats it. Nowadays its plug and play windows will auto notice that router (mainly vista) and MAC. And better initiation going to that person for advise a propos computer networks. Go online, find forums, youll find more answers than questions. Its not geeky to play nearly with computer networks its going to be a part of life soon.

Answer by salute222000
Check your assets again since Microsoft would be absolutely hanging themselves by making an operating systems that don’t work with there grown-up operating systems. They do network together and whoever told you they don’t shouldn’t be charitable anyone in rank

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again. My computer is with bellsouth and my laptop is by other wifi networks to use internet. how can i make it so tht i can use my router from my home computer as i wifi network i can connect to from my laptop?

Answer by Tigersharke
It depends on your current complex.

You must have a modem or gateway device from Bell South. Your router must be connected by Ethernet cable to the modem. If your router is wireless (provides a wifi signal) and your laptop has a wireless adapter built-in or attached, then it is mostly a matter of background some network details on your laptop and making sure your router will allow access.

Detailed instructions are in the source associations below.

Answer by Dr. Metal PHD
Connect your modem to your router’s WAN or Internet port, then connect your home computer (your desktop computer) to port 1. I’m not sure what router you’re by but on my Linksys, I use the address 192.168.0.1 to connect to my router through a web browser. Go into your router’s wifi/wireless settings and make sure it is set up to broadcast a wireless signal. Give the signal a name and make sure it is also secure by adding a password to it. Then hit the Save/Apply pin, whichever is at the bottom of the page.
Once the wireless network is set up, open up the wireless connections on your laptop and search for the network you just made, connect, enter the password and you must be excellent to go.

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