Any Network Techies? - Page 2

BMC123 · 7th February 2007, 12:32

..and sometimes a different modem

Just chucking my 10ps worth in, I have a D-link 604+ that has a hard job reaching my shed, mind you it does travel through one stud wall and then the house outside wall before getting to the shed.
I updated to the new bt home hub thingy and it uses a thomson wireless modem in a fancy case and the signal strength in the shed is now 2 solid bars instead of none or 1 on a good day.

The only difference I can see is the size of the hub means I had to re-site it and the antenna is slightly higher up (a huge difference of about 4 inches higher, but that's how fickle wireless can be

Mind you, my wireless is competing against a load of other antennas from my radio equipment, and the cordless CCTV cameras so i'm surprised it works at all

Keith · 7th February 2007, 22:08

I have a Dlink Router with Wifi in my office at one end of the Bungalow
The router also goes to my network Switch
I have the Bungalow flood wired with Cat5
At the other end of the Bungalow I get pretty poor wifi so I have a Belkin Wifi plgged into the Cat 5 network

My laptops simply can use whichever wifi connection I like

empsburna · 8th February 2007, 00:04

I've got mine in the loft with my DC and fileserver - get a solid 5 bars all through the house and i've been able to pick up the signal from the next street with a homemade yagi and and USB dongle :lol:

JohnDotCom · 8th February 2007, 07:40

Although it is obviously better to have maximum signal strength, (5 bars/dots or whatever) to Confirm MM's Post earlier the connection speed to Internet will be the same regardless if you have 1 or 5 indicators, this is governed by your line speed not the WI Fi or Router.

The_Monk · 9th February 2007, 12:26

Woo! Done it with some better antenna's and some shifting about, but now have another question. How can I set up the PC's to share files and a printer? I've tried the windows xp setup and it doesn't work. My laptop is able to see the PC but can't access it and the PC can't see a thing! Its mainly sharing the printer i'd like to do.

I've turned off all the firewalls on the computers and still nothing. I've run the wizard on each computer and have setup the printer as being shared. I can't even see the workgroup on my network places.

Anything else I should try?

Keith · 9th February 2007, 13:03

Lets start a the basics have you enabled file and print sharing for the active network card of the target PC?

GreyGhost · 9th February 2007, 13:08

Arrrrggggg Windows speak I'm off

The_Monk · 9th February 2007, 13:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Keith

Lets start a the basics have you enabled file and print sharing for the active network card of the target PC?

Yup already done that!

GreyGhost · 9th February 2007, 13:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by The_Monk

Yup already done that!

Will that setting automatically open the relevant ports in your firewall? Or do you have to do that manually in another control panel?
That is presuming you have a firewall running on the machine and not just on your router.

The_Monk · 9th February 2007, 13:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grey Ghost

Will that setting automatically open the relevant ports in your firewall? Or do you have to do that manually in another control panel?
That is presuming you have a firewall running on the machine and not just on your router.

I did check but incase I also turned them all off. The only one on is the router, would that stop internal connections?

7th February 2007, 12:32	#11
BMC123 Posted a thing or two 2004 1.8 Connoisseur SE, 1999 XJ8 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 1,163 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	..and sometimes a different modem Just chucking my 10ps worth in, I have a D-link 604+ that has a hard job reaching my shed, mind you it does travel through one stud wall and then the house outside wall before getting to the shed. I updated to the new bt home hub thingy and it uses a thomson wireless modem in a fancy case and the signal strength in the shed is now 2 solid bars instead of none or 1 on a good day. The only difference I can see is the size of the hub means I had to re-site it and the antenna is slightly higher up (a huge difference of about 4 inches higher, but that's how fickle wireless can be Mind you, my wireless is competing against a load of other antennas from my radio equipment, and the cordless CCTV cameras so i'm surprised it works at all __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

7th February 2007, 22:08	#12
Keith This is my second home ZT400 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ellesmere Posts: 5,948 Thanks: 0 Thanked 43 Times in 29 Posts	I have a Dlink Router with Wifi in my office at one end of the Bungalow The router also goes to my network Switch I have the Bungalow flood wired with Cat5 At the other end of the Bungalow I get pretty poor wifi so I have a Belkin Wifi plgged into the Cat 5 network My laptops simply can use whichever wifi connection I like

8th February 2007, 00:04	#13
empsburna Gets stuck in Other Manufacturer Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: The Black Country Posts: 716 Thanks: 0 Thanked 28 Times in 3 Posts	I've got mine in the loft with my DC and fileserver - get a solid 5 bars all through the house and i've been able to pick up the signal from the next street with a homemade yagi and and USB dongle :lol:

8th February 2007, 07:40	#14
JohnDotCom * Rover 75 FaceLift Tourer CDTi 170BHP Auto ConnSE 2005 Model Starlight Silver Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Abergele Posts: 28,735 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	Although it is obviously better to have maximum signal strength, (5 bars/dots or whatever) to Confirm MM's Post earlier the connection speed to Internet will be the same regardless if you have 1 or 5 indicators, this is governed by your line speed not the WI Fi or Router.

9th February 2007, 12:26	#15
The_Monk I really should get out more....... - Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: - Posts: 2,586 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Woo! Done it with some better antenna's and some shifting about, but now have another question. How can I set up the PC's to share files and a printer? I've tried the windows xp setup and it doesn't work. My laptop is able to see the PC but can't access it and the PC can't see a thing! Its mainly sharing the printer i'd like to do. I've turned off all the firewalls on the computers and still nothing. I've run the wizard on each computer and have setup the printer as being shared. I can't even see the workgroup on my network places. Anything else I should try?

9th February 2007, 13:03	#16
Keith This is my second home ZT400 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ellesmere Posts: 5,948 Thanks: 0 Thanked 43 Times in 29 Posts	Lets start a the basics have you enabled file and print sharing for the active network card of the target PC?

9th February 2007, 13:08	#17
GreyGhost Banned 180+ Sport Auto Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Bedford Middle Level Posts: 17,787 Thanks: 0 Thanked 18 Times in 5 Posts	Arrrrggggg Windows speak I'm off