Networking/laptop difficulties 1

[JHC1]

Hi all, I have a laptop which is slowing down,, noticealby. Done defrag, drive is less than half full. I assume it may be virus. problem is , My ISP only allows 2 network cards to have access online. Even if i go and purchase new Nortons from store, it has to be updated online. I have latest on home machine(XP Pro,) but cant seem to get the networking working, Laptop is ME, I think that if I can get home machine to recognize(thru "Linkysys" switch) laptop as another logical drive, I can scan and repair from there. any help to set this up. Pls. , I am only assuming this is prob.. Thanx all.

 

[linney]

If you type ICS (which stands for Internet Connection Sharing)in the search box of the Help and Support program you might find some help there.

These sites might help too.

http://www.wown.info/

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/

http://www.sohointer.net/

http://www.webdevelopersjournal.com/columns/greg1.html

Spybot

http://security.kolla.de/

Ad-aware

http://www.lavasoft.nu

The last two will check your computer for spyware and adware.

 

[JHC1]

Thanx all for the tips,, I shall pursure them, In repsonse to to suggestion that I go to the site which has adware etc,, I cannot access the net directly with my laptop, due to the fact that my ISP already has two network cards identified and registered,, I am not allowed any more.. If I could accesss the net, I would be able to install anti virus software and then update it..

 

[linney]

With Internet Connection Sharing (ICS), you can connect computers on your home or small office network to the Internet using just one connection. For example, you have one computer that connects to the Internet using a dial-up connection. When ICS is enabled on this computer, called the ICS host, other computers on the network connect to the Internet through this dial-up connection.

 

[JHC1]

Thanks Linney, I got that.. problem is , I cant get my laptop to be recoginzed on the network , something to do with XP on the home machine and ME on the laptop..

 

[linney]

Any firewalls interfering?

What Network? What message?

 

[JHC1]

Hey Linney, I appreciate your help, I am probably not making myself clear, or describing the situation as well as I might,, I have a sorta home network,, I am not an expert at this stuff, when my main machine upstairs here was 98, i could get the networking talking to my laptop , and also to the machine(kids) downstairs.. Now i have new OS upstairs on D drive (XP) with old files on C drive in 98, I can still get the 98 network neighborhood to see my laptop, but cannot get the XP to do so. If I could solve that prob, maybe I could use the ICS solution you suggested. .. My apologies if this all is taking too much of your time. Regards ..

 

[linney]

I can only advise that you use the Troubleshooting help at those links, they have very good, detailed and helpful advice. Look around the pages there.

It will probably turn out to be something similar to this quoted from an earlier post (substitute ME for 95).

"futuretech204 (TechnicalUser) Jun 2, 2002

Create a new user that coresponds to the user on the W95 machine.Set their password. This will allow the W95 machine access to any folders you have shared.
Goto the advanced options of the setting of TCP/IP on the NIC card, and in the wins tab enable NETBIOS over TCP.
Check the IP address on the XP machine by going to a DOS prompt (start/run/cmd and ipconfig /all)write that address down and then go to the W95 machine and start/run winipcfg
in the drop down box pick the ethernet card. Then look at the IP address, it has to be in the same subnet as the XP machine.[If XP is 169.254.1.x then the W95 machine has to have an address at least one number off of that address.]
An example would be.
XP= 169.254.2.14
W95= 169.254.2.16
When the setup is pretty well done, go to a DOS prompt and ping the IP address of the opposite machine.[example XP you go to DOS prompt and type in the IP address of the W95 machine again an example would be from the XP machine
ping 169.254.2.16
If the other machine receives the ping, you will get a response [reply from 169.254.2.16]
Then you should be able to share files, printers whatever.

Here is a link to a good site to explain network setup.

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/networking/"