[luntut]

I have a desktop and 2 laptops at home, and currently i am on maxonline express, and using a netgear wireless router. my desktop is currently hooked to e wireless router, and the router to my surfboard.

i was wondering if my netgear wireless router allows me to set up a network at home with my 3 systems, so i can transfer files freely from one to another. i read somewhere online that its possible to do so with the wireless router, but i cant remmeber where i read that already...

and is it possible to be connected to such a LAN network wirelessly? or does e laptops need to be wired too?

been tinkling with the wireless router settings all afternoon. could not get my laptops or desktop to detect each other on e file sharing thingie.

my desktop is running on windows xp, and e 2 laptops are on vista. could it be another source of problem?

my router model is MR814v2

[John_Chee]

Possible to transfer via wireless also. My main rig is connected to my router on LAN and my spare on wireless. Jus that speed is slower as compared to all using LAN.

In windows XP, go to netowrk connections and click on the left side set up home or office network. So you can share files and printer on the network.

I am not sure about vista settings as i haven't got my hands on the OS.

[luntut]

so by connecting the rigs up to the router, i dun hafta adjust any settings except those in the network connections? i dont have to adjust any settings for the wireless router rite...?

any other things to take note of?

i think there may be a problem between sharing files with XP and Vista if i recall correctly.....

[purezerg]

nope there isnt. i tested it before. no problems xp to vista.

[luntut]

Originally Posted by purezerg

nope there isnt. i tested it before. no problems xp to vista.

bro, how did you configure the comps? you configured from XP to Vista or the other way round?

anything you need to do with the router??

[purezerg]

nope dont need to configure anything on router.. at least with WRT54G
.
just map drive loh.

[FoxTwo]

and make sure all are in the same "workgroup" or else cannot see each other via "My Network Places".

Speed of file transfers is not very good... about 2Mb plus only. I still haven't figured out why this is so slow, since Wireless Gs supposed to transfer at 54Mbs....

For me it's faster to burn to CD/DVD and bring the disk over.

[purezerg]

yap. wifi 54g best i can do is around 2.4Mb/s.
far fetch from the 54mbps or 6.75MB/s