Before you do any of that - check your friend's laptop network neighborhood property and see if her mini-bridge thingy is turned on and if your friend's ethernet and wireless adaptor are connected to it (not physically, of course). If so, disconnect them and disable the bridge. It is probably the cost for non internet access. It's one of those Microsoft thing that seems like a good idea in theory but doesn't work 100% in practice.
Sherman On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 14:37:17 -0700, Ryan Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > My friend's laptop (running Windows XP) is having problems connecting > to the internet. She was using a wireless connection, but she can now > no longer connect to the internet. After trying to adjust various > settings, with no luck, I plugged the computer directly into the cable > modem we are using. Still no luck. I've decided that reinstalling the > system software might work, but as she is unable burn CD's, we tried > hooking her laptop into my eMac (running Panther) via ethernet. I > turned on Windows Shaing in System Preferences on my eMac and it said > at the bottom of the window that windows could connect by connecting to > \\mmyip\myusername\. I went to the start menu on her laptop and chose > run. I typed in \\myipaddress\myusername\ like it said in Sharing > Preferences, and it let me get to my home folder on the eMac via her > computer. I started copying stuff to my computer, but it went very > slowly. Thinking it should be going very quickly considering it was a > direct connection, I disabled the wireless connection (thinking that > was slowing it down), and the transfer of files stopped, meaning it was > transferring through the wireless connection, instead of through the > Ethernet cable. > > So the question is, why did it not use the Ethernet cable, and how do I > transfer files from Windows XP to Panther via Ethernet cable? > > I would appreciate a response as soon as possible, my friend is getting > impatient :) > > Thanks, > Ryan Butler > > -- > The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | > - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > >The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
