MY error, I did not mean wireless in the forst sentence.. OK???? . Correction: My goal is to do with cables... The wireless is in another room and I don't want to connect them (cause I could) with wires to that router-- cause it can work also.
On Nov 19, 4:50 pm, John Niven <sense...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I don't understand what you want at all. One minute you say that you want to > create a hardwired local only network, then you speak of wireless routers..... > > Is your DYNEX router giving out DHCP address to your local network? > I asked this before, but you seem determined not to give clear answers. > > --- On Thu, 11/19/09, MacDiva <newri...@gmail.com> wrote:> yes, I know that. > But my goal is to > > do it wireless. The wireless > > router is in another room, so I cannot connect > > the 3 PCs with wires > > unless I ran them through the floor, etc to that room, > > which I dom't > > want to do, hence, the DYNEX ethernet router. > > > Now, with some twicking of parameters and > > resetting the DYNEX > > router, the G4 can see the XP, but I have only one > > remaining > > connection that is not working: > > > The XP cannot see the iMac. > > > I added the iMac to ”Network Places“ in the > > Windows XP and it shows > > up, but I can only see FAXES and PRINTERS. The > > setting of the Imac > > allows it to be seen by the G4, and I don't see anything > > else I can > > change in the iMac or the XP to make it ”shareable“. > > > On Nov 19, 1:48 pm, John Niven <sense...@yahoo.com> > > wrote: > > > WAN = wide area network (the internet) > > > LAN = Local area network (your home network) > > > > Both can be wireless or hardwired. > > > > --- On Thu, 11/19/09, MacDiva <newri...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > I do not want to connect to the > > > > DSL... wireless. I want to create a > > > > physical LAN -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
