How to manage home newtwork?

[Terry Pinnell]

Ages ago, on this XP SP1 Home PC, I managed to setup an old W98 PC in
my shed/workshop, and was occasionally able to transfer files between
the two. But I'd now like to get rid of it. However, I'm hazy about
how to do so! Could someone point me in the right direction please?

 

[Og]

Help us help you -- what is this "it" that you wish to get rid of?
? XP SP1 Home PC?
? W98 PC?
? shed/workshop?
? transfer files between the two?
Steve

 

[Terry Pinnell]

Help us help you -- what is this "it" that you wish to get rid of?
? XP SP1 Home PC?
? W98 PC?
? shed/workshop?
? transfer files between the two?
Steve

Thanks, sorry I wasn't clearer ;-)

My requirement is to get rid of the shed W98 PC on my network (and
then, in the interests of simplicity/reliability/performance, *remove*
the 'network', as that W98 PC is the only thing on it.

It is a wireless LAN network. I also have broadband via a router.

If I click My Network Places, and then Entire Network, I see 3
entries:
Microsoft Terminal Services
Microsoft Windows Network
Web Client Network

Opening the first gives an empty window.
Opening the last gives "Unable to browse the network.
The network is not present or not started."

Opening Microsoft Windows Network gives (after 20 seconds) the entry:
Mshome.
I *think* that, as its name implies, that's the name I gave the main
XP PC. R-clicking for Mshome Properties tells me nothing more. But in
that case, why would the network of this XP PC show itself as a
'component'?

Ideally, I'd simply like to remove the entire network at a stroke,
safely and with no other impact.

Happy to provide any other information that would be useful.

Any help greatly appreciated please.

 

[Og]

Start | Connect To | Show All Connections
Right-click the wireless connection
Click on "Disable"
Steve

 

[Terry Pinnell]

Start | Connect To | Show All Connections
Right-click the wireless connection
Click on "Disable"
Steve

Thanks Steve, appreciate the fast and succinct reply.

But won't that remove my broadband service too, as that is via the
wireless router?

 

[Og]

Yes, the phrases
"broadband service"
and
" *remove* the 'network',"
are, indeed, mutually exclusive.

Any / all computers that have networking "Disabled" will no longer have
access to _any_ network, _including_ the Internet. (The Internet is, of
course, a network.)

#1. If you want the shed/workshop computer to be networked to nothing,
disable networking as previously described.
#2. If you want the shed/workshop computer to be networked with the
Internet but _not_ networked with other PCs, then you are have to put put
the two computers on different sub-nets. You can accomplish that by placing
a Router between the shed/workshop computer and the Broadband router.

If #2. is what you desire, please visit one of the many networking
newsgroups for detailed instructions.
Steve