Need help in networking for DSL

[pd123]

I joined the modern world and just got DSL. The DSL modem is hooked up directly to the main computer, the SMC wireless router is in another room . My main computer can see the other computer (Dell notebook) and it also sees my 3 ReplayTV's. All that equipment works find and the Dell notebook uses the printer on the main computer. I don't have a print server so the main computer stays on for the printer to work. My SMC router has great signal 97%. For the life of me, I can't get the Dell notebook to see the main computer. I tried going to "My Network Places", I tried various places in Control Panel, with no luck. Any advice would be appreciated.

[bachviet]

Why don't you hook up the DSL modem to the wireless router? Are both computers in the same workgroup?

[pd123]

Hi bachviet, the reason the modem is not hooked up to the router is because Verizon couldn't make my DSL work because I was too far from their central office so they made it work by stepping me down from 3meg to 750kb and they gave me a dedicated phone line so I don't need filters but they located the phone line at an inconvenient spot, no where near the router. I can't move the router location easily because I ran cat-6 all over the house going to the router, the only place I don't have cat-6 is the 30 or so feet from the router to the computer. Up until now, everything worked great, my 3 ReplayTv's and two computers all saw each other fine. All Replays can be played on either of the two computers just fine or on any Replay. I can get a router/modem combo from Verizon for only $15 but I'm afraid to disrupt my current systme since it runs so smoothly and it means that I would have to relocate the modem and move all those cat-6 wires, that would be a lot of work. I thought the easiest solution was to leave the main computer on and network through the wireless connection to the router. That's how I share printers with the two computers, through the router and without using a print server.

Why don't you hook up the DSL modem to the wireless router? Are both computers in the same workgroup?

[bachviet]

Can you run another CAT5 or CAT6 cable from the modem to the router?

[pd123]

I can run another cat-6 from the modem to the router but how would it be hooked up? The modem only has one ethernet port and that is an out to the computer.

[Thesifer]

Do you have anything shared on the main computer? :shrug: And is sharing enabled.

[pd123]

I don't know if I have anything shared, I must because my computer and my daughters laptop interact with each other. How can I check to see if sharing is enabled?

[_=DeltaForce=_]

Control panel > Network Connection > Internet connection or the Network adapter Properties.. Then select the advanced tab.. In that you should have sharing checked..

[pd123]

DeltaForce, I don't see Internet Connections in Control Panel, but I do see "Internet Options" but when I go to properties>Advanced tab, I don't see anything about sharing.

[Markel]

In the Control Panel, double click on "Network Connections". By "Internet connection", I think DeltaForce meant the network adapter. Right click on it and select Properties. Rather than the "Advanced" tab, look in the General tab under "This connection uses the following items:" - there is a check box for "File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks".

[pd123]

Hi Markel, I did find sharing another way, like this, Network connections>Wireless Network Connections>Properties>Advanced then I put a check into "Internet Connection Sharing" and that said "Allow others network users to connect through this computer's internet connection" I then went to Network Connections on my remote computer and created a new connection manually. The remote computer couldn't connect and neither could my host (main) computer connect. I then took that sharing check out of my host computer and can then connect on my host computer. I tried numerous times, each time I put a check in that sharing area my host computer stopped connnecting, when I took the check out it could connect again. This is maddening.