Internet Gateway

[Guest]

I'm running Windows XP Pro on a desktop with a DSL internet connection. I
recently got a DLink DI-624M wireless router. I have the desktop hardwired
to the router. I tried setting up a home network so that others in my
household can access the internet with their own computers and share file
among each other. I cannot get the network up and running. First of all, I
want each computer to get access through the router, but on the desktop, the
internet connection is an internet gateway. Does anyone know how to get rid
of the internet gateway and have the network be peer-to-peer? I cannot
disable the internet gateway and whenever I try to reconfigure the network,
it still defaults to the internet gateway.

 

[Lem]

I'm running Windows XP Pro on a desktop with a DSL internet connection. I
recently got a DLink DI-624M wireless router. I have the desktop hardwired
to the router. I tried setting up a home network so that others in my
household can access the internet with their own computers and share file
among each other. I cannot get the network up and running. First of all, I
want each computer to get access through the router, but on the desktop, the
internet connection is an internet gateway. Does anyone know how to get rid
of the internet gateway and have the network be peer-to-peer? I cannot
disable the internet gateway and whenever I try to reconfigure the network,
it still defaults to the internet gateway.

The "internet gateway" IS your router. That's what you want, not
"peer-to-peer." For more info, including how to remove the "internet
gateway" icon from Network Connections, read the earlier posts in this
thread that you hijacked.

 

[Guest]

How do I share files and folders among computers?

 

[Lem]

How do I share files and folders among computers?

From MS-MVP Malke:

Run the Network Setup Wizard on both computers, making sure to enable
File & Printer Sharing, and reboot. The only "gotcha" is that this will
turn on the XPSP2 Windows Firewall. If you aren't running a third-party
firewall or have an antivirus with "Internet Worm Protection" (like
Norton 2005/06) which acts as a firewall, then you're fine. If you have
third-party firewall software, configure it to allow the Local Area
Network traffic as trusted. I usually do this with my firewalls with an
IP range. Ex. would be 192.168.1.0-192.168.1.254. Obviously you would
substitute your correct subnet.

If one or more of the computers is XP Pro:

a. If you need Pro's ability to set fine-grained permissions, turn off
Simple File Sharing (Folder Options>View tab) and create identical user
accounts/passwords on all computers.

b. If you don't care about using Pro's advanced features, leave the
Simple File Sharing enabled.

Simple File Sharing means that Guest (network) is enabled. This means
that anyone without a user account on the target system can use its
resources. This is a security hole but only you can decide if it
matters in your situation.

Then create shares as desired. XP Home does not permit sharing of users'
home directories (My Documents) or Program Files, but you can share
folders inside those directories. A better choice is to simply use the
Shared Documents folder.

See also, from MS-MVP Jack, http://www.ezlan.net/wshare.html