In the Control Panel....Wireless Network Setup Wizard.... It Reads.... 1. Plug the flash drive into your wireless access point. 2. Plug the flash drive...etc... What wireless access point? What are they talking about anyway? What is a wireless access point? By the time you have come to the step above you have already picked up the info on your flash drive. But before you take your flash drive to the 2nd computer there is this one step and I can't figure out what they are talking about. Harold

A wireless access point is another name some people use to descibe a wireless switch or router.

My NETGEAR 108Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGT624 v2 Router does not have a USB port that a flash drive can plug into.... My second computer now shows (after playing for hours with it) in the lower task bar two little lcons and when you right click them and select REPAIR it now reads "Windows could not finish repairing the problem because the following action could not be accomplished: TCP/IP is not enabled for this connection. Cannot Proceed." Yet this little icon also reads when my cursor is placed over it..... 1394 Connection Speed: 400 Mbs Status: Connected I have tried in vain to "enable" this TCP/IP. I dont know where to go from here. This second computer seems to be picking up the signal from my main computer but I still cant connect to the Internet with it. Any help will be very much appreciated. Harold

Click on "Start" and go to "My network places" and click on view network connections and right click your local area connection. Then you will see a drop down menu and choose properties. Put a tick in the box by TCP/IP and click install. Then reboot your PC. You should also reboot your router or if that doesn't work. Hold down the reset switch on your router for 10 to 20 seconds to reset the router back to factory settings. Let me know if you then get the two computers to share files. Don't worry about the internet right now.

Like many/most of us when first dealing with wifi... your understanding of wifi is a little flakey...; it improves rapidly as you play/tweak... Possibly too your understanding of basic networking is also a little flakey...? Before you dive in again... and perhaps get even more confused... might be useful to have a good read of the manual etc. that came with your access-router (and the info on the netgear support/kb site). That will help you correctly install/setup that bit of kit. Also a good read of Jo Helmig's info at: www.wown.com specifically many of the sections at: http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/netgeneral/ also: http://www.wi-fi.org/OpenSection/design.asp?TID=2 and http://compnetworking.about.com/od/wifihomenetworking/ will help you understand the what/how etc. more clearly - especially the latter two links. Helmig's is more specific to actual OS etc. and good/useful to read nonetheless..... and http://kbserver.netgear.com/know_main.asp is the netgear kb site - useful guides on how to set up your wifi network... (Linksys usually have good tutorials too.) Otherwise you're just going to splash around and get nowhere fast... Initially one installs any hardwire network cards in appropriate PCs and configures them for tcp/ip; XP will more or less do this for you automtically, or at least prompt you along the way... Afterwhich one connects the router to a given PC via standard cat-5 cable in order to configure it properly; then one accesses the router's web-site - the manual should give you a standard tcp/ip (numerical-style) address and thus allow you to gain access to the router's config routines etc. You get the first PC working - talking to the router (and ideally accessing the www - but not esssential initially) via a cat-5 cable (hard-wire) connection - perhaps other PCs too(?); then enable/switch on wifi option. Afterwhich one configures the wifi module in each PC/laptop in turn (installed pci-card, or usb plug-in antenna, or in case of laptops enables the built-in wifi) so that it detects the wifi signal and is set to use it. Most/all wifi devices include some form of control "window" and there will be an option to scan/search for available networks - i.e. access-points... You identify/select yours - and there may be several detected from other wifi systems in your area... If you're not using a cat-5 connection and opt to use usb for this initial router setup - fine... XP has good tutorials on how to configure/use it for simple networking and connecting to a router is essentially part of a "simple" network...; and the sites above likewise have useful info in this regard... Although usb to a router is more or less automatic, the router manual will tell what you need to need anyway... You need a hardwire connection initially setup a router - be it cat-5 or usb style. Then you can enable wifi... Once wifi is up and running you can remove the hardwire connection if you wish...; restore/use it when you need to (re)configure the router - and if you lock yourself out via wifi security options the hardwire (cat-5/usb) path is your way back in... All things beng equal once a given wifi device has ben told which access-point to use you're more or less there - but no security! Security is a critical item to be across... Most wifi devices are configured to broadcast their i/d (aka ssid)...; this you disable - after first noting what it is. Then you tell each wifi device to look for/use that device by name. Then ideally you use the mac filtering option to allow only listed device you list to to have access... mac = media access-control = the "unique" physical address of each network device. This is still very limited security - but better than nothing... There are other steps to go to really secure your wifi system from intruders/hackers/snoopers/coasters... The majority of routers these days use cat-5 connections - usb being an extra option on some... That usb goes to one PC - only; and you can use it set up the router instead of using a cat-5 connection to a network card in a given PC. Remember too... wifi is slower than hardwire connection; and it is less secure than hard-wire... I strongly encourage you to do a little reading first so as to get some clearer understanding of what/why etc..? Also a decent XP manmual might be useful too? Bob Cowart (Que- books) has an excellent "tome" (book); worth the cash - and it can be obtained quite cheaply on the www... Othewise you're likely to go round in circles a few times; although folks here can/will help you reduce the frequency of trips...

Dave02..."Click on "Start" and go to "My network places" and click on view network connections and right click your local area connection. Then you will see a drop down menu and choose properties. Put a tick in the box by TCP/IP and click install. Then reboot your PC." When I try to install the TCP/IP it tells me that it cant find the drivers for it and thats as far as I can get. I have tried to find these drivers on everything I have but it keep saying drivers not found. I'm missing something very basic and just cant figure out what it is. Harold

UPDATE: A friend of mine approximately 75 feet from my RV is able to log onto the Internet using my router. Now all I need to do if figure out how to get my wife's computer doing the same thing. Harold