- Joined
- Oct 22, 2003
- Location
- Canada, quebec, montreal
Hello.
I am in charge of my uncles home network and my own home network. He has recently moved into a new how and I needed to re-setup the entire network over again. Here is what happend and some problems I need to solve.
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Network Setup
Router Internet Port to Modem Port
Router Port 1 to Computer 1
Router Port 2 to Computer 2
Router Port 3 to Computer 3 N/A
Router Port 4 to Computer 4 N/A
Router Port W to Computer 5
Router Port W to Computer 6
FYI: Router Port W is a wireless connection. the connections with N/A means theres no computere connected to them.
Router Configuration
Wireless:
Wireless Network Mode: G-Only or Mixed (need advice on this)
Wireless Network Name (SSID): Linksys
Wireless Channel: 6 – 2.437 GHz
Wireless SSID Broadcast: Enabled
Security Mode: WEP
Default Transmit Key: 1
WEP Encryption: 128 bytes 26 hex digits
Steps Taken
- Verification of the physical connections. Wires, modem, router. OK
- Verification of the software and drives. OK
- Verify that all four computers are connected and can share files OK
- Verify that all four computers are connected to the internet. NO
- Verify that all four computers have a means of printing. NO
- Verify that the network is encrypted. OK
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OK, heres the problem.
1! There are four computers in this network and only one is able to access the web. The connection that can access the web is computer 2 on the table i posted above. I verified the internet connection settings and mimiced the settings to all other computers on the network but it still doesnt work.
2! There is two printers on the network. BUT my goal for the moment is to at least get one working! The printer is a canon model I550. Three computers are working on windows xp pro and one computer is running on windows 2000 pro. When I add a network printer it wont show me the printer that is connected to computer 2 on the table above even if that computer has file and printer shareing activated. I tried connecting the printer to an other machine but the same thing happens and it doesnt show up for the other three computers.
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Now for suggestions.
This is to ask if I did the network encryption properly since some files that will be put on these computers are very important and I would not want them to get in the wrong hands. I know now a days hardly any network is safe but I`d at least like to set a level of security for this one.
as stated above im useing "WEP" 128 bytes 26 hex digits. the passphrase is 15 digits longs, so thats one hell of a long key. and the network is set to G-only since all computers not connected to network with wires are connected with wireless G network cards.
any suggestions are welcome and appreciated.
thank you in advance
Msi.
I am in charge of my uncles home network and my own home network. He has recently moved into a new how and I needed to re-setup the entire network over again. Here is what happend and some problems I need to solve.
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Network Setup
Router Internet Port to Modem Port
Router Port 1 to Computer 1
Router Port 2 to Computer 2
Router Port 3 to Computer 3 N/A
Router Port 4 to Computer 4 N/A
Router Port W to Computer 5
Router Port W to Computer 6
FYI: Router Port W is a wireless connection. the connections with N/A means theres no computere connected to them.
Router Configuration
Wireless:
Wireless Network Mode: G-Only or Mixed (need advice on this)
Wireless Network Name (SSID): Linksys
Wireless Channel: 6 – 2.437 GHz
Wireless SSID Broadcast: Enabled
Security Mode: WEP
Default Transmit Key: 1
WEP Encryption: 128 bytes 26 hex digits
Steps Taken
- Verification of the physical connections. Wires, modem, router. OK
- Verification of the software and drives. OK
- Verify that all four computers are connected and can share files OK
- Verify that all four computers are connected to the internet. NO
- Verify that all four computers have a means of printing. NO
- Verify that the network is encrypted. OK
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OK, heres the problem.
1! There are four computers in this network and only one is able to access the web. The connection that can access the web is computer 2 on the table i posted above. I verified the internet connection settings and mimiced the settings to all other computers on the network but it still doesnt work.
2! There is two printers on the network. BUT my goal for the moment is to at least get one working! The printer is a canon model I550. Three computers are working on windows xp pro and one computer is running on windows 2000 pro. When I add a network printer it wont show me the printer that is connected to computer 2 on the table above even if that computer has file and printer shareing activated. I tried connecting the printer to an other machine but the same thing happens and it doesnt show up for the other three computers.
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Now for suggestions.
This is to ask if I did the network encryption properly since some files that will be put on these computers are very important and I would not want them to get in the wrong hands. I know now a days hardly any network is safe but I`d at least like to set a level of security for this one.
as stated above im useing "WEP" 128 bytes 26 hex digits. the passphrase is 15 digits longs, so thats one hell of a long key. and the network is set to G-only since all computers not connected to network with wires are connected with wireless G network cards.
any suggestions are welcome and appreciated.
thank you in advance
Msi.