network setup

I've just bought a new computer with a 64-bit Windows 7, and I can't get online with it because my old Retail Plus IEEE 802.11b/g Mini Wireless USB Adapter, which worked fine with my old Windows XP computer, doesn't seem to be compatible with my new one. I've plugged in the adapter and used the...

Hi I am trying to make a network between two machines. One is set with Windows 7 and other with Linux. When I make a Ping from Windows to Linux it works ok, in other hand from Linux to Windows it doesn't work. I set the Windows Firewall Down and the Ping from Linux to Windows worked good, but...

Hi all, my 1st post here. :) I'm trying to connect 2 PCs running win7 using a crosscable. They're both on the 64-bit version currently, but I'll be shifting to 32-bit soon. I've connected a cat-6 crosscable to the onboard NICs on both PCs. One has an asus M3A78-EM board, and the other is an...

I'm looking to do a little media distribution in my house and believe the Windows 7 will give me the ability to do what I want, but I'm not sure whether I want to use media center or media player or some combo of the two. Here's what I want to do. I have my media sitting on a windows home...

Hi, this was not an issue for me with vista, but now in windows 7 I just can't seem to get it right. My setup is as follows: Internet (DHCP) -> Pc (Windows 7) (Network card #1) (Network card #2) (Static IP) -> Airport express (DHCP) -> Mac...

I've got a deskjtop and a laptop and a DLink router. they were all linked happily a couple of years ago and still have their ip addresses. The desktop is hard-wired to the modem. the laptop has a wireless link. I've just upgraded both machines to windows 7 and am trying to link them. Windows...

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...

Problem: Can't get file transfer speeds over 12MB/sec...avg is around 7-8MB/sec..this happens system to system, or system to NAS, or NAS to system The setup: I have a 24 port linksys gigabit swith, 6 computers, 5 NAS devices....all gigabit every system on the network, other than the nas...

Forgive me if this is a duplicate post. I have looked around for a few hours and have yet to find anything dealing with this issue. I thought I had read a thread a couple of weeks ago dealing with the password/key not being accepted by windows 7 but cannot find it anywhere. Anyway. I have my...

Hi Guys, Windows 7 rules so far... I have one tiny problem left to solve... Before win 7 I had windows XP, using a firewire cable (1394 connection) I managed to create a direct link to my MacBook Pro laptop that's on my desk - I used Link Removed as a guide. Everything was great, I could copy...

Hi there, I have a server that connects to 2 routers, you may wonder why and here is my reason... I have 2 internet connections, a cable connection that i use primarily for downloading on the server and nothing else, then i have an ADSL connection that i use for browsing and any other net...

I have not had any problems with this operating system. From the download to burning a DVD and install, not a single problem. All the drivers were loaded properly. All the software I installed, no problem. I remember the days when it took hours finding drivers for hardware and installing...

I have just installed the evaluation copy edition 7100 onto an Acer Aspire One.It all went well and almost everything works that i have found so far. But...... This where it gets interesting, i have three other computers, A. laptop runs vista home premium [toshiba] B. pc runs xp pro C. pc runs...

W7 is installed but only sees itself and the internet thru the router. How do I get it to see my other XP computers???

Hello 7 users I too am suffering with wireless conection problems under win7 beta. I have beta7 on a test machine with the following spec: GIGABYTE GA 7N400L-1 M/B AMD 2400 CPU 1 GB RAM NVIDIA 7300 GT 40GB HDD D-LINK DWL-G122 WIRELESS G USB ADAPTER In device manager there are 3 devices with...

I have build 7000 installed and cannot get it to share files with any of my other computers running Vista. I can see both in the network tab but if I try to access it from my Vista machine it says" Logon failure: the user has not been granted the requested logon type at this computer." The...

I have an odd networking situation. our cable is indefinately out and we dont want to get a landline just for dsl. so we bought a router for our neighbor with cable internet and pay to use her network. but i cannot get enough of a signal on my powerbook to connect very well (probably because its...