I had a problem a number of months ago which has never been resolved, but I think I might have stumbled upon a reason.
The problem was that I was attempting to link a desktop and laptop together to file/printer share.

The problem was that having set it up via the network wizard it was OK in connectingh the two, but when the ethernet cable was removed (i.e. no network) and the desktop was connected to the internet via dial-up it refused to disconnect - needed to re-boot.

Now I setup, or at least tried to set up a couple of network connections last week ...

1) A desktop linked to the internt via broadband and I want to network a laptop..
I started the network wizard, and when through the usual stuff -
Is thes is printer connected to the internet yes, compurter name workgroup name. No problem.
The last part was create a diskette to run on the laptop.
No problem linked first time, printer OK, interenet OK, file sharing OK

2) A desktop linked to the internet via dial-up.
Went through the wizard, and got a different result - didn't ask for the diskette.
Then had to go through the wizard on the laptop.
Got the file share (didn't try printer).

What is the setup when connecting two PCs together when neither connects directly to the internet.

Regards,

Rannoch

The Windows XP Home Networking Wizard shouldn't need either PC to be connected to the Internet. Are you sure you weren't running the Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) wizard?

Sorry, let me re-phrase that. I've just run the Windows XP Network Setup Wizard. It does ask you how you connect to the Internet on the network and gives you two options. However, there is also a third option: "Other". If the first two statements for how your Internet connection is configured don't apply, then your configuration must be the "Other" one! When you select that and proceed to the next screen, it does give you an option along the lines of "my network has no Internet connection". Proceeding past that screen allows you to specify the workgroup name.

That's what I've done wrong

I must have taken the option that the dial-up PC was always linked to the internet, and that's perhaps why it refuses to disconnect when it finally links via dial-up.

I'll run the wizard again.

Thanks,

Rannoch

That would make a lot of sense actually. Windows might not let you disconnect the dial-up connection if you've told it that the dial-up is a network connection for a computer on your network through to the Internet - you're not allowed to cut it off on the main PC because the other PC might still be using it.

Made the change thorugh network wizard, and so far so good.

Thanks,

Rannoch

Cool - thanks for the update


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