network problem: internet sharing <ot>

[Keith Antoine]

On Monday 21 July 2003 07:56 am, Collins Richey wrote:

> Just an aside.
>
> I had to replace my wife's winders PC (always locking up) this weekend.
> The "back to school special" at my local PC store for $350 was a pretty
> decent Celeron machine (2Gz 256M 40G harddrive LAN card etc.) with WinXP
> Professional.
>
> The WinXP wizard for networking detected it's place on my LAN (Netgear
> router) automagically, setup for DHCP, and even enabled File and Printer
> Sharing without any of the screwing around I've had to do in the past.
> Only 1 reboot. <g>  I was able to copy all the necessary files from the
> ailing PC in short order.  We should have such a simple procedure for
> linux that stores all the parameters including Samba.
>
> I'm able to use Office97, but my CD writer software fails to install on
> XP (bummer).  My Lexmark Z53 software is only marginal under WinXP, but
> I was able to download the current drivers.
>
> I'm not rushing out to convert everything to WinXP, but from my
> perspective (occasional use) it's not really hosed at all, at least no
> more so than any M$ product.  It's still a virus waiting to happen.

That is what I do get normally. However if there has been a problem or it was 
an update to XP, one can and does get problems which do not seem to relate to 
what has gone before. I had it working then it just stopped after a reboot.

-- 
Keith Antoine (GANDALF) aka 'SKIPPY'
18 Arkana St, The Gap, Queensland 4061, Australia:: PH:61733002161
Practising Geriatric, Retired Electronics Engineer, Knowall, Brain in storage