When I opened the message, I found that Bill Hatcher had written:
> AFAIK, you only need a static IP if you need others to have public access INTO
> your system. E.g., you have a site hosted on your own server, or you are
> running
> something like an FTP or email server ON YOUR OWN SYSTEM.
That doesn't apply.
> On additional equipment for networking, the only thing you will need with a
> dynamic IP is a switch (preferable) or hub.
I have a hub or router somewhere around here that we used with
DSL. I expect that will do the trick, eh? We had FOUR machines
networked then. My wife, my son and I had two. It was wired.
> Re: your networking setting "disappearing," I really don't know. Never had any
> problems of that nature. I suggest that once you get the DW6000 installed and
> working with a single machine, then start by inserting a hub between that
> machine and the DW6000 and make sure it is working.
What about the DW7000 or 7200 or whatever it is?
Next, run the Win XP
Networking Wizard and set up your network, even though at that point the one
> machine is all that will be on it. Once that is done, if your other machine is
> also Win XP, run the Network Wizard on that too (after hooking it into the
> hub)
> and make sure you assign it to the same network and workgroup.
Never had any problem before, but since we hooked up here, it's
never "stuck". We are using "their" box, though. Both of us are
hooked into the wireless box.
> Finally, on each machine, in Windows Explorer (file manager, not browser) find
> the folders you want to share on the network, right-click each, select
> Properties, then the Sharing tab and make your selections. Mine stay as I set
> them until I go back and change them, with some of them having been set for
> several years.
Yep, we set it up using the Network Wizard in XP. Just checked.
I can't see her computer at all.
I'll worry about that later, I guess. It's not so urgent now that we
be networked except that we can both access the net at the same
time. Not worried about file sharing so much.
Thanks again for your help, Bill.
Have a great weekend!
Jim
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