You'll be able to network any of your 3 pc's that are wireless network capable. Almost all laptops come with built-in wireless. For your other 2 pc's... the OS doesn't matter - the PC's themselves have to have a wifi card or chip in order to connect wirelessly. Of course, if they don't you can buy a little USB wifi adapter for as little $15. Plug it in and you've got wifi!
For the laptop, look for a little icon light somewhere near the keyboard that looks like radar beams. Or, go to Start, and type DVMGMT.MSC to open device manager. Look for the category Network Adapters. See if there's a wifi device installed (ethernet is not wifi). Or, go to Control Panel and look at the Network And Sharing section to see if there's a wifi connection available. Many laptops that do have wifi have a little switch somewhere on the case to turn wifi on or off (be sure it is "on"). Look at the 2 PC's as above to see if they have wifi. Most PC's in the past 5 or 6 years come with wifi built into the motherboard chipset. Once you get all the computers connected to the Uverse router, it should handle the sharing of files, etc. between all the machines it sees. If not, repost and we can help you set up the LAN between your 3 computers. Donk On 8/11/2013 5:45 PM, Ray F wrote: > actually 3 and different OS. 1 XP 1 Vista and 1 Win 7. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ray F" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 5:32 PM > Subject: [A-1-Computer_Tech] network help > > >> Now that I have wifi via U Verse is it possible to set up home network? I >> have a desktop and a laptop. Nothing major just access files and maybe >> transfer one to other. Printer connected to either. >> >> Thanks for any help >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> ------------------------------------ If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [email protected] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [email protected] Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
