Hi all

Today i got a CAT-5 cable to connect my PC downstairs with my brothers upstairs both running Windows XP but am connecting through a D-Link Wireless ADSL Router as my sister has a wireless internet laptopn she wanted to connect through it. Anyway please could someone kindly give me a detailed step by step walkthrough in setting this network up properly with settings etc and anything else i need know.

many thanks in advance.

Matt

What is the model number of the D-link router so we can see exactly what it's capabilities are. Please also clarify that you want to network three PCs. Two wired and one wireless.
You want to share the internet connection as well as access shared files on each PC? You may need more hardware to accomplish what you want.

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Thanks Richard.

It is a D-Link DSL-G604T i am using and yes i would like to share the internet connection from the main PC and its files with the other PC upstairs and the wireless laptop. I am using AOL Silver Broadband on the main PC which AOL do not offer support for but it is possible to run AOL Silver over a network they have told me. Please help me its driving me mad now.

Many thanks

Please can someone help me with this?

Many thanks

Sorry for not getting back to you sooner. Use the "Alert Me" button in future to let me know you need more help. See top right hand corner of my response?
Now as to configuring your system:
You need to connect the ADSL line to the appropriate router/modem port. Then you need a short cat5 patch cable to connect your main PC to one of the 4 available ethernet ports.
You have a longer cat5 patch cable to connect the upstairs PC to a second port.

In each PC you need to configure the network connection TCP/IP protocol to "Obtain IP Automatically" Read your router instruction manual. It will tell you how to log into the router to configure it. Usually you do this by starting up your web browser in your direct connected PC and go to ip 192.168.*.* as per the user manual. Log in using the default admin user name and password.
You may need to manually set the parameters for your ADSL connection. You may also need to enable the wireless part of your network and also set security so that wireless acess is restricted to only allow connection by correct password. Otherwise anyone within transmitting range could use your internet and access shared resources in your lan.

If you need guidance on adjusting settings then hit the alert me button or shoot me an email.

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Thanks Richard.

Yes i will need some help with configuring the settings etc. I had a look at the setup screen in IE but dont understand what its asking me and not sure what i need to do from here. I also dont understand how i get my other PC upstairs to connect to AOL though the main PC downstairs and use the DSL modem to dial in.

Thanks for this.

There is an excellent walkthrough in the XP help & support files. Press Start> Help & Support and scroll through the menu to find networking walkthrough.

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Thanks again. I have now got the network se up so i can see the main PC from the upstairs PC and access files but i can only see the upstairs PC from downstairs and keeps saying i dont have permission etc but i have made sure all files i need access to are shared etc. Also i can work out how to connect to AOL through the router and use the modem, any ideas?

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Each router is a bit different in the way it needs to be configured. You will need to read the operators manual to work out how to log in to the router. You may need to contact your ISP to obtain the necessary internet log-in details so that you can put them in the router settings. Plenty has been written elsewhere here about permissions for accessing shared resources/files etc.

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