How do I save LAN / high speed internet settings?

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I'm relitively new to networking etc. but get the main jist of it & pick
things up pretty quickly. I'm trying to network two friends computers
together so they can both use the internet etc. I got the offical xp mag
guide to home networking, which will help, & it tells me how I can backup the
rasphone.pbk file in case theres a problem. But on opening the file I noticed
it does not contain the LAN/HSI settings they are currently using to connect.

Is there any way of backing up those settings in a similar way to the .pbk
file tip & if so is there anyone out there willing to guide a novice (ish)
through the process?

Thanks for any help in advance,
Steph
 
StephTeece said:
I'm relitively new to networking etc. but get the main jist of it & pick
things up pretty quickly. I'm trying to network two friends computers
together so they can both use the internet etc. I got the offical xp mag
guide to home networking, which will help, & it tells me how I can backup
the
rasphone.pbk file in case theres a problem. But on opening the file I
noticed
it does not contain the LAN/HSI settings they are currently using to
connect.

Is there any way of backing up those settings in a similar way to the .pbk
file tip & if so is there anyone out there willing to guide a novice (ish)
through the process?

Thanks for any help in advance,
Steph
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The network setup wizard can create a setup disk. This disk can be used to
restore the computer to previous settings or to move the settings to another
computer.
Jim
 
The network setup wizard can create a setup disk. This disk can be used to
restore the computer to previous settings or to move the settings to another
computer.
Jim
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Which Wizard are you referring to, Jim?

The Wireless Network Setup Wizard (Start | All Programs | Accessories
| Communications | Wireless Network Setup Wizard) can create a USB
flash drive with your wireless network settings: SSID, network key,
network authentication type, data encryption type, connection type,
key index).

However, the regular Network Setup Wizard (Start | All Programs |
Accessories | Communications | Network Setup Wizard) isn't that smart.
You can use it to create a setup floppy disk, but the disk doesn't
contain any of your personal network settings.
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Would the wireless network setup wizard save the settings they already have
then? or do i have to create a new network (not wireless - they connect to
aol through a bt 105 usb adsl modem at the moment) with the existing hardware
setup & save that new connection at the time. Then check they can still
connect, before i switch to the wired/wireless network via 3com modem router.
The reason I want to save the old settings is basically becasue something is
bound to go wrong when i switch them over!
Steph.
 
Would the wireless network setup wizard save the settings they already have
then? or do i have to create a new network (not wireless - they connect to
aol through a bt 105 usb adsl modem at the moment) with the existing hardware
setup & save that new connection at the time. Then check they can still
connect, before i switch to the wired/wireless network via 3com modem router.
The reason I want to save the old settings is basically becasue something is
bound to go wrong when i switch them over!
Steph.
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The Wireless Network Setup Wizard only saves the specific wireless
settings that I listed above. I'm sorry, but it doesn't do anything
for wired networks.

What specific settings do you want to save? If there's no Windows
program to save them, write them down on paper before you switch
things over.
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
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Steve Winograd said:
The Wireless Network Setup Wizard only saves the specific wireless
settings that I listed above. I'm sorry, but it doesn't do anything
for wired networks.

What specific settings do you want to save? If there's no Windows
program to save them, write them down on paper before you switch
things over.
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

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I also used the Network Setup Wizard to transfer some settings from my
desktop (wired) to my laptop (wireless).
Doesn't the documentation say somewhere to use both for a computer connected
via wireless networking to a computer connected via ethernet?
Jim
 
"Jim" said:
I also used the Network Setup Wizard to transfer some settings from my
desktop (wired) to my laptop (wireless).
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The regular (non-wireless) Network Setup Wizard doesn't save your
network settings and doesn't have a way to transfer settings from one
computer to another. The setup disk that it makes always contains the
same default network settings provided by Microsoft. It doesn't
contain your own personal settings. To verify that:

1. Run the Network Setup Wizard on the first computer.

2. Tell the Wizard to change the workgroup name to something other
than the default value of "Mshome".

3. Tell the Wizard to create a network setup disk.

4. Run the setup disk on another computer. It will show the default
workgroup name of "Mshome", not the name that you changed it to.
Doesn't the documentation say somewhere to use both for a computer connected
via wireless networking to a computer connected via ethernet?
Jim
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You can do that, but you don't have to. Running either Wizard is
completely optional. The regular Network Setup Wizard tells you to
run it on other computers, but you don't have to do that. You can
make all the settings, wired and wireless, manually, without using a
Wizard.
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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