Newbie help needed on network

[Graham Oldroyd]

Newbie help needed on network

I have three pc's which I want to network, one being a laptop

I have an Ethernet dsl modem, a 4 port router, a wireless access point and
laptop wireless card and nics in the other two desktop pcs.

I assume that I plug the router into pc ones nic, the modem into the router,
the wireless access point into the router and pc 2 into the router

My main questions are how do I setup each pc to use the modem connected to
the router and also the printer connected to pc1 and file sharing across all
pcs.

What protocol do I use and what ip addressing etc do I need to setup on
each pc.

The desktop pc's have win xp professional and the laptop has widows 2000
professional installed.

I also have another network connection of the laptop already set up by my it
department so I can plug into there network when I go to head office, I don'
t want to mess any of these settings up

 

[David Robbins]

Newbie help needed on network

I have three pc's which I want to network, one being a laptop

I have an Ethernet dsl modem, a 4 port router, a wireless access point and
laptop wireless card and nics in the other two desktop pcs.

I assume that I plug the router into pc ones nic, the modem into the router,
the wireless access point into the router and pc 2 into the router

My main questions are how do I setup each pc to use the modem connected to
the router and also the printer connected to pc1 and file sharing across all
pcs.

What protocol do I use and what ip addressing etc do I need to setup on
each pc.

The desktop pc's have win xp professional and the laptop has widows 2000
professional installed.

I also have another network connection of the laptop already set up by my it
department so I can plug into there network when I go to head office, I don'
t want to mess any of these settings up

the computer settings depend on the router setup you use. the router manual
should have a good description of how to set it up for just what you want.

the wireless card setup for the laptop will depend on the access point
settings. the manual for the access point should have a good description of
how to set up the access point, security, then connect a pc to it.

after you have all the machines setup on the router and able to talk to the
internet try asking again about the specifics of file and print sharing.
the easiest way is to have the same user name on all the machines, but since
you have a work machine that you probably can't do that on it will be harder
to get it to share the printer and files with the other machines. on the
home based machines (after you have them talking to the internet) you should
just be able to enable sharing on the drives, folders, or printers that you
want to share and then see them from the other machine.