local network

Local Networking Judging by the number of requests in this forum (mine included), it's not as straight forward as uSoft would have us believe to set up a local network in Windows 7. This is my solution to my problem which prevented me from accessing a newly purchased Laptop - unbeknown to me...

Hi. I have a little problem that is driving me insane. I have looked and looked on the net and through these forums with no luck. First, let me tell you my network setup. 1x Laptop with XP pro (using wireless) 1x Desktop with Win7 Ultimate (using wire) 1x DSL/WiFi router/modem combo (ISP is...

I've got two Windows 7 Pro machines that I'm trying to connect using a HomeGroup (partly just to see if it's useful, since I'm already pretty comfortable with normal windows network sharing), but this new, "easy" sharing system simply isn't working. Nor is it giving me any useful error message...

When I play 1080p video and there is lot of disk activity at the same time (virus database updates, someone copys something trough local network, DVD is burning...anyway - lot of hard disk activity) then the video shows very poor peformence - stops and starts for sec, then stops, slideshows and...

Tunngle for LAN over web tunnel... Just come across this app Link Removed due to 404 Error Basically does much the same thing as Hamachi however...seems to work better for a few titles that wouldnt work at all over hamachi/LAN modes... At the minute its German as its still in beta, but seems...

greetings all have done clean install on freshly formatted drive ( win7 premium upgrade from amazon ) now unable to connect to internet device manager shows: ..other devices: - ? unknown device...

Hi all, I have a problem that when I shut down windows 7 and then reboot at a later date, the network connection to my local network always fails (yellow triangle with exclaimation mark over the tray icon). I've tried using the troubleshooter to resolve the problem, i've tried releasing the IP...

Hi all, I have a problem that when I shut down windows 7 and then reboot at a later date, the network connection to my local network always fails (yellow triangle with exclaimation mark over the tray icon). I've tried using the troubleshooter to resolve the problem, i've tried releasing the IP...

Hello will now try to tell you my problem. I use VPN access to the internet before I was on XP I had problems with internet but since I am with Windows 7 in 15-20 minutes constantly lose my packages of local connection problem is not in my provider but somewhere in me fix this problem as you...

Hi, So I bought a crossover cable just to connect two laptops. Like, a network. Mine is running on windows 7 and the other laptop is running on Vista. So I configured both laptops to be in the same workgroup (left the homegroup in win7) and configured both NIC's to have an IP in the same class...

Hi all. I am trying to connect my notebook - HP Compaq 6730s to my desktop. I have ASUS Striker 2 Formula motherboard, nVidia 780i SLI chipset, 2 network adapters, and windows XP Pro SP3, x86 Edition. On my notebook I haveWindows 7 Ultimate RC 7100 Build. I couldn't find Win7 drivers for...

I bought this about a year ago, an APC battery backup surge protection, 350 es. Now I'm having problems with it. I get frequent power surges that when it does happen I can here a click in the battery backup. This happens when the PC is on or off. When PC is off and this happens and I turn my PC...

Hi All. This is the issue i'm having with W7 as a server... - connection to internet is fine for all clients - pinging outside world also works great - sharing is fine - i can not ping server by it's external IP from a PC on local network behind this server. But users on internet can ping my...

I wanted to do a p2p connection to my sister pc in the other room which is around 10m just using the cross cable without using hub ... Is this length gonna cause a lot of problem because I heard that if it's longer than 5m then the packet loss will be a lot ... Anyone ?

I recently purchased a new PC and decided to load it with the Windows 7 x64 RC. My only issue currently is that the PC isnt joining my Home Network Properly. If i open the Network Status i see my connection listed as Internet Only and not Local and Internet (screenshot below). Because of this...

I seems to have a problem getting my 2 computer to recognize each other. My first PC is running Windows XP My second .. running Windows 7 (64 bit) They are linked through a switch.. both PCs have 2 networking cards. Each PC has its own internet connection. (separate DSL modems..not that, I...

Hi there I have NO problem with an XP machine accessing shares on W7. The W7 machine can SEE the XP computer but can't access any of its resources (diagram 1) However if I choose Connect network drive and type the actual name of the share (for example Link Removed I get the password prompt...

At home, I get local and internet access when hover over the internet icon in the bottom right corner. At my friend's house, though, I only get internet access. When I go to Network, I can only see his router and my computer. His computer, however, can see the other 3 computers in his house AND...

running the 7 RC x64 at the moment and recently every time i boot up I get local connectivity only and i have to do a ipconfig release and renew before it will work has anyone else had this problem? Thanks, Jason

I am running windows 7 build 7022 beta. i purchased a dlink di-634m 2.4ghz airplus extreme 108g mimo router. Also a arris cable modem and my isp is comcast. the problem is when i connect my pc to my modem (via ethernet cable) i get full internet and it's all fine. but when i connect my pc to my...