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   From: bcoryell@chesco.com   
      
   Louie Warren wrote:   
   >>>Sharing files... printers...   
   >>   
   >>In my experience, Netgear equipment is the most reliable and therefore the   
   >>most cost effective.   
   >>You'll want to use PCMCIA cards in laptops over USB wireless dongles   
   >>unless,   
   >>of course, a laptop already has wireless built in.   
   >   
   >   
   > I have a LAN port in both PCs.   I connect them with a crossover cable and   
   > both say a LAN connection is there, but I cannot ping the IP address of   
   > either from either.  I have set up shares on both and cannot see them.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
      
   Are you using DHCP or static addresses?   If you are using DHCP,   
   remember, only one of the boxes should have Internet Connection Sharing   
   enabled - this box acts as the DHCP host.  If both have it enabled,  you   
   will have a conflict with two hosts trying to run things.   
      
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