re: Passwording WiFi network w/ XP? Monday, August 21, 2006 at 12:30 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Abram (381 messages posted) Thanks for the reply. Sounds like it has to be set w/ the browser. I'll have to dig out the manual. So, will Windows prompt machines connecting the the network for a password? Any tutorials you can recommend about sharing the printers? They are locally attached. Thanks. On Monday, August 21, 2006 at 10:37 am, twoclones wrote: >You're going to have to set up *passwording* in the router or AP by turning on your >security settings [WEP or WPA]. Using an ASCII key is the easiest in my opinion. > >You should be able to share the printer over wireless unless it's connected to your >wired LAN. In that case you'll have to bridge the wired and wireless networks. >I prefer to use a AP [access point] over a router because the AP bridges the two >networks. A work around, if you are using a wifi router is to use an XP computer >as a software bridge between the two networks. Not idea but it works. > > > > > >align="right"> >Butch >~~~~~~ >Win Server 2003 Admin > Written in response to: re: Passwording WiFi network w/ XP? (twoclones: Monday, August 21, 2006 at 10:37 am) Responses to this message: re: Passwording WiFi network w/ XP? (twoclones: Monday, August 21, 2006 at 12:36 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] Passwording WiFi network w/ XP? (Abram: Mon, Aug 21, 2006, 8:42 am) re: Passwording WiFi network w/ XP? (twoclones: Mon, Aug 21, 2006, 10:37 am) re: Passwording WiFi network w/ XP? (Abram: Mon, Aug 21, 2006, 12:30 pm) re: Passwording WiFi network w/ XP? (twoclones: Mon, Aug 21, 2006, 12:36 pm) re: Passwording WiFi network w/ XP? (Abram: Mon, Aug 21, 2006, 2:03 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum