urrg how do i setup a wireless network? newb

[joethemole]

i just bought a netgear wireless 802.11g router and a netgear usb adapter. I currently have my laptop hooked up to the router via ethernet, and my desktop via the adapter. Question is, how do i set up a network so i can share files and the printer? i tried the windows setup wireless thing, which asks me to use a flash drive. Well i plugged the flash to my desktop, then used it on my laptop (nothing happened tho), and when i plugged it back on the desktop to proceed with the next step, it doesn't work.

 

[ThomasE66]

http://www.utexas.edu/its/wireless/install/ is one place that has some (site specific though) instructions.

Really, it's not hard. You should be able to follow the instructions with your router to set it up and it should just work.

 

[ThomasE66]

http://www.wkmn.com/newsite/newbie.html

 

[joethemole]

are you guys sure i can set up a wireless network with 1 wireless comp and 1 wired?

 

[ThomasE66]

Yes, you can.

 

[joethemole]

arrg but it still isn't working out for me!

 

[joethemole]

i keep getting this error when i try to do it in windows:

article 871122 on the microsoft knowledge database or something

I checked the article out, and apparantly it is due to incompatibilities with sp2, which i have installed.

help!