I've got a water-cooled rig, I've got the appropriate ports forwarded for various apps...but for the life of me I can't set up a basic wired/wireless network.
I've got a Buffalo WHR-54G-HP connected to a DSL modem; a WinXP Home desktop wired into the router; and a WinXP Home laptop connected wirelessly. Internet connections work fine. What I'd like to do is share files between the two systems, and print wirelessly from the laptop (printers are currently connected to desktop).
I've fooled around with the network configuration tools in WinXP for a while now, and before I get to the keyboard-through-the-monitor frustration stage, I thought I'd ask for some basic pointers.
So -- how am I stupid?
I've got a Buffalo WHR-54G-HP connected to a DSL modem; a WinXP Home desktop wired into the router; and a WinXP Home laptop connected wirelessly. Internet connections work fine. What I'd like to do is share files between the two systems, and print wirelessly from the laptop (printers are currently connected to desktop).
I've fooled around with the network configuration tools in WinXP for a while now, and before I get to the keyboard-through-the-monitor frustration stage, I thought I'd ask for some basic pointers.
So -- how am I stupid?