Basics for a home network

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Hi,

I'm going to venture in a home wireless network using a laptop and a
couple of desktop comps. I have some knowledge with routers and
sharing an Internet connection but have never tried sharing resources.
What I need is some links to FAQ's or HowTo's for smart and secure
setup of everything involved. I realize there are lots of things to
configure, from the wireless WPA to XP's file and printer sharing.

I'll be wanting to do things such as multimedia streaming, sharing
email databases between laptop and desktop, VoIP, VPN tunneling and
others. All in due time, of course, but I want to get a good base
prepared.

I'll come back here when I run into trouble :-)
 
speeder said:
Hi,

I'm going to venture in a home wireless network using a laptop and a
couple of desktop comps. I have some knowledge with routers and
sharing an Internet connection but have never tried sharing resources.
What I need is some links to FAQ's or HowTo's for smart and secure
setup of everything involved. I realize there are lots of things to
configure, from the wireless WPA to XP's file and printer sharing.

I'll be wanting to do things such as multimedia streaming, sharing
email databases between laptop and desktop, VoIP, VPN tunneling and
others. All in due time, of course, but I want to get a good base
prepared.

I'll come back here when I run into trouble :-)
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Wireless Network Setup Wizard SP2
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/cableguy/cg0604.mspx

Wireless - Basic Configuration -
http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Config.html

Wireless - Basic Security - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Security.html

MVP Barb Bowman on wireless security - http://tinyurl.com/56fc5

The six dumbest ways to secure a wireless LAN -
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/index.php?p=43

General networking:
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/howto/
http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/
http://www.ezlan.net/index.html

That should get you started. ;-)

Malke
 
i just set up a new router and connected it to my gramma's computer and
a switch (which is connected to a PC and sometimes a laptop) and all of
them can share files but my sisters laptop is wireless and she cant
share files at all. do you know of any way to do file/printer/etc
sharing while on a laptop connected wirelessly to a router?
 
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