I have three computers on a wireless network.  Originally I just wanted to
use the internet on all three, but now I would also like to share a printer
rather than buying another one.
My set up is:

Sorry if this is a FAQ; it's a one-time situation for me and I
hope to be able to find the answer quickly.
I have recently moved into a home that already has a small
Ethernet network consisting of a cable modem connected to a

I have a bunch of nortel baystacks 303's that I can't get in - they are all
password protecetd and I don't know the password. Does anybody in this
mailing list know how to reset the password or the defaul password on these
switches? The sofware version is 2.1.

I just got a Microsoft WiFi kit thinking that I could use the laptop
card to wirelessly talk to my new Canon iP4000R printer and eventually
set up the base station on a desktop.  But I don't have (or want) a
broadband internet connection.  I just want the computers and printer

I am kind of new to this, so bear with me. Anyway, the problem that I am
having:
I have a Linksys Wireless G Router that I have hooked on the bottom
floor of my friend's 3 story house. Reception on the top floor is poor

In attempting to set up a simple network between two XP machines for my son,
when I run the network setup wizard on the second machine, I receive an
error, which says, " Error Message: Spooler Subsystem App Has Encountered a
Problem and Needs to Close"  this is found on Microsoft ...

Can only get this to connect at 10Mbps. I know the port and lan cable
is OK because my colleague can use my connection and gets 100Mbps. And
I can also only get 10Mbps on his cable.
PC is an IBM Intellistation M Pro.

I have my laptop with a wireless card to connect to my wireless router.
   the system says it connected and thet the signal is excellent,
however, IE and netscape can't find it. If I remove the card and use the
ethernet cable it's the same thing.??

I am not sure if this is the right place to ask. But I am wondering if
anyone out there happens to know the packet loss ratio of ethernet. For
example, if machine A sends a packet using MAC layer multicast to
machine B and C, what's the chance that machine B receives this packet

just bought this router (origo brp-1400 4 port with usb printer server)
but i am baffald how to connect it to my modem if there is just 1 usb
and one phone socket on my bt voyager 100.
Im not even sure on the back of the router if the connection for wan is

I'm trying to connect two jacks together using a cat 5 cable. One
jack will be connected to a computer, the other a router. It'll be
like this; computer <-> patch cable <-> jack <-> cable <-> jack
<-> patch cable <-> router.

Currently, I have the following:
1, Win 2000 system networked to a Win 95 system using a crossover cable.
2. I connect to internet using dial-up modem
3. Win 2000 system uses a 3COM PCI 10/100 NIC: 3C905B-TX. This has only 1

I have an SDSL internet connection with several routable IP addresses.
Currently my network is very simple.. Every machine is assigned one
routable IP address.
I'd like to create a proper network with a DMZ and an Internal LAN segment

I have a WindowsXP Home Edition computer and a Windows98 computer. I
have a Linksys Wireless-B Broadband Router connected to the WindowsXP
and it's modem. I want my Windows98 to be able to go online and also
be able to see the WindowXP's shared documents. My ISP is Verizon.

I'am using the same copy of Windows 2000 Pro and Windows 2003 Standard
for 3 years, and a have installed them over a hundred times.
Suddenly, when I tried to install it again on a fresh system (both W2k
and W2k3) I noticed that the installation Wizard skips the step where