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Do you have a Windows 7 PC that asks for a user name and password when you try to connect to your wireless network? I was having the same issue with a friend’s Windows 7 laptop. I did some searching and finally found the answer.

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Not sure why Apple did this. It’s still easy, but a little more hidden.

Simply do this:
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If you have one of those 2wire modem/wireless routers, and your signal is not strong enough for you. You can connect a wireless router like the Linksys WRT54G to it, and then have a wireless access point like the Linksys WAP54G be set up as a repeater to repeat the wireless signal of the WRT54G. This will make your wireless signal a fair amount stronger, and it will reach farther.

The way to do that is by setting the 2wire modem/wireless router to “Bridge Mode.” It’s a pretty simple process to do this. It’s just one setting that needs to be changed. Call your ISP and have them walk you through it. Then, simply hook up the Linksys WRT54G to the 2wire unit, enter the PPPOE info if you have DSL into the Linksys router, and then set up the Linksys access point to repeat the Linksys router’s signal.

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Forbes magazine has a search engine for Free Wi-Fi Hotspots:

http://forbes.anchorfree.com/

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Make sure they are on the same network using the same Workgroup name. But the main tip that I wanted to mention was to make sure both XP PC’s are using Simple File Sharing. Here is how to switch it to Simple File Sharing if it is set to Advanced File Sharing:

http://www.petri.co.il/enable_simple_file_sharing_in_windows_xp.htm

NOTE: XP Home is only capable of Simple File Sharing.

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Great tutorial here:

http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/3020.html

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Do you have a computer on your home network that has a lot of music that you wish you had access to from your other computers? Well, you can have access with just a few clicks.

Make sure that you have your computers set to share files on your network. Then, all you have to do is on the computer that has all of the music, do the following:

01. Open iTunes on the machine that has the music you want to share
02. Go to EDIT>PREFERENCES (PC) or iTUNES>PREFERENCES (Mac)
03. Click on the SHARING tab
04. Check the box next to SHARE MY LIBRARY ON MY LOCAL NETWORK
05. You can opt to share your entire libary or just certain playlists
06. You can even require a password if you want by clicking the box next to REQUIRE PASSWORD and entering the password
07. Click OK
08. On the computers that you want to access this library, go into PREFERENCES above via Step 2, and check the box next to LOOK FOR SHARED LIBRARIES
09. Click OK

*iTunes must be open on the machine that has the music library that you are sharing in order for the other machines to be able to view and access it.
10. Done!

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Go here:

http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/3015.html

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I just found out about www.boingo.com. They offer a free wireless configuration utility that works with most cards, and that supports WPA encryption. The link is at the bottom of the page. It’s great for older laptops.

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Having problems connecting to a non-encrypted wireless network that everyone else is able to connect to? I just recently had this problem and found out that my firewall was corrupt. So, I uninstalled it and reinstalled it and was good to go!

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It’s a bug in Windows XP Service Pack 2.

Go here for the solution:

http://www.pchell.com/support/limitedconnectivity.shtml

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If you don’t have Windows XP, then you will need a wireless connection manager for your Wi-Fi connection so you can see what wireless networks are available, and choose the one to which you would like to connect. Well, T-Mobile offers a very cool (and very good) Wi-Fi connection manager client for free here:

http://client.hotspot.t-mobile.com/

Here’s a screenshot:

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It not only tells you what wireless connections are available where you are located, but it also has a constantly updated directory of T-Mobile’s Hotspots worldwide, which is cool if you are a T-Mobile Hotspot subscriber.

This software is a private version of PCTel’s highly commended Segue Wi-Fi Roaming Client. It is supposedly better than WinXP Pro’s Wi-Fi connection manager, as it has more features.

If you do have Window XP, and you want to check it out, you will have to disable Windows XP’s Wi-Fi connection manager:

1. Click on your START button
2. In Windows XP, go to CONTROL PANEL, and in Windows 2000, go to SETTINGS => CONTROL PANEL
3. In Windows XP, if the CONTROL PANEL that just popped up is all blue, then click on “view in classic mode” on the left”; Windows 2000 users don’t need to do this
4. Double-click on ADMINISTRATION TOOLS in CONTROL PANEL
5. Double-click on SYSTEM
6. In the window that pops up, scoll down the list until you see the program called WIRELESS ZERO CONFIGURATION
7. RIGHT-click on it and select PROPERTIES
8. In the middle of the window that pops up, under SERVICE TYPE, select MANUAL from the drop down menu
9. Below that, under Service Status, if it says STARTED, then click on the STOP button below it (make sure no pop-up ads created with this program are open when doing this)
10. Click OK
11. Close the SERVICES window and the ADMINISTRATIVE TOOLS windows
12. DONE!

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