Greetings everyone,
I've been trying to set up a network at home but can't seem to do it
I have 2 computers
both running Windows XP (one is home addition and the other is Media edition). I've recently signed up with a new Wireless company which is beta testing (I'm one of the testers, so my service is free for now). They provided me with a device that connects my main computer (office) to the service and have also provided me with a password so that it can act as a router for my other computer (son's room) to connect to the internet. I also have a cable modem (Comcast) physically connected to the office computer (main computer). I've connected the wirless device directly into an ethernet connection on the office computer. I bought a wireless card for the other computer (it connects into a USB port; looks like a flash drive). I have been able to connect to the internet on my son's computer using the wireless service but, can't seem to get the two computers to communicate with each other. Does the device (acting as router) have to be physically connected to the cable modem? I've run the networking wizard on both computers and made the printer and files available for sharing. I've also added the IP addresses of both computers on the firewall's accepted list on both computers and disabled Windows firewall.
I wanted to avoid plugging the router into the cable modem because if cable service goes out doesn't that mean I wouldn't have any connection to the internet? Or , would it still be possible to get wireless service?
Thanks
