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Do you have a Windows 7 PC that asks for a user name and password when you try to connect to your wireless network? I was having the same issue with a friend’s Windows 7 laptop. I did some searching and finally found the answer. Listen to this post

Not sure why Apple did this. It’s still easy, but a little more hidden. Simply do this: Listen to this post

If you have one of those 2wire modem/wireless routers, and your signal is not strong enough for you. You can connect a wireless router like the Linksys WRT54G to it, and then have a wireless access point like the Linksys WAP54G be set up as a repeater to repeat the wireless signal of the WRT54G. [...]

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Make sure they are on the same network using the same Workgroup name. But the main tip that I wanted to mention was to make sure both XP PC’s are using Simple File Sharing. Here is how to switch it to Simple File Sharing if it is set to Advanced File Sharing: http://www.petri.co.il/enable_simple_file_sharing_in_windows_xp.htm NOTE: XP [...]

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Do you have a computer on your home network that has a lot of music that you wish you had access to from your other computers? Well, you can have access with just a few clicks. Make sure that you have your computers set to share files on your network. Then, all you have to [...]

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I just found out about www.boingo.com. They offer a free wireless configuration utility that works with most cards, and that supports WPA encryption. The link is at the bottom of the page. It’s great for older laptops. Listen to this post

Having problems connecting to a non-encrypted wireless network that everyone else is able to connect to? I just recently had this problem and found out that my firewall was corrupt. So, I uninstalled it and reinstalled it and was good to go! Listen to this post

It’s a bug in Windows XP Service Pack 2. Go here for the solution: http://www.pchell.com/support/limitedconnectivity.shtml Listen to this post

If you don’t have Windows XP, then you will need a wireless connection manager for your Wi-Fi connection so you can see what wireless networks are available, and choose the one to which you would like to connect. Well, T-Mobile offers a very cool (and very good) Wi-Fi connection manager client for free here: http://client.hotspot.t-mobile.com/ [...]