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  1. Posts : 1,506
    W7 Ult. x64 | OS X
       #31

    In regards to workgroups and setting them up. If you set up your workgroup properly and join it with each and every computer, you shouldn't have issues with computers not showing up in the Network portion of explorer. There are exceptions, but it'll work 10 times better than trying to configure the Homegroup portion. Once you set it up, you can share files/folders with others in your work group by right clicking on the item and going to Share with...

    7: Join or create a workgroup
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    Generalized installation instructions for your router:
    How to Install a Belkin N1 Wireless Router | eHow.com

    How to set up a WPA secured network on a Belkin Router:
    Belkin : Support : Protecting your network with WPA/WPA2 security

    Your settings in your router shouldn't effect your network, as long as you're not using any specialized settings.

    PS... Make sure you're on a "Home Network" not a "Work Network". The work network will cause certain features to be locked by default.
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  2. Posts : 11,990
    Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit
       #32

    seekermeister said:
    CarlTR6 said:
    seekermeister said:
    Is workgroup different than having "work" as the type of network? I'm not sure about the primary, since it has been a while since I set it up, but I do recall something in the original setup for the adapter (I think), asking for a workgroup, and I left it at the default (mshome). However, when I just reinstalled the software for the adapter a bit earlier, I didn't see anything like this.
    Work, Home and Public are types or kind of groups and the selection sets the sharing. Work and home essentially use the same sharing. Public is what you would use in an internet cafe or a public wi-fi hotspot. It tightens sharing down to protect you since you are no longer behind your own router. It keeps someone else from seeing what is on your computer.

    Homegroup and workgroup define your actual local group. Homegroup designed is for machines all running Win7. Workgroup makes it easier to set up machines of various OS's.

    Am I clear as mud?
    You may be crystal clear, and it is my understanding that is muddy. When I go to Network And Sharing Center, and go to the link where you set the type of network, does that determine the workgroup also? In other words, I'm confused as to definitions of network vs workgroup. As I said, my network is set at work on the primary, and unknown on the secondary, because I have not found a means of configuring it in the wireless utility.
    Go with WORK as the TYPE of NETWORK. The GROUP you create will be a WORKGROUP. Or you can go with HOME as the type or location of the NETWORK. But still go with WORKGROUP for your GROUP.
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  3. Posts : 11,990
    Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit
       #33

    Thank you Kari and Robert for stepping in. I appreciate it.

    Kari and Robert both know what they are doing.
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  4. Posts : 17,545
    Windows 10 Pro x64 EN-GB
       #34

    Most of the time I'm absolutely not sure what I'm doing It's just that I have exactly the same devices than Seekermeister, Belkin N1 Vision router and Belkin N+ USB adapter.
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       #35

    And I was just letting some pictures do the talkin ...

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  6. Posts : 11,990
    Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit
       #36

    Kari said:
    Most of the time I'm absolutely not sure what I'm doing It's just that I have exactly the same devices than Seekermeister, Belkin N1 Vision router and Belkin N+ USB adapter.
    iseeuu said:
    And I was just letting some pictures do the talkin ...

    Not only do you two know what you are doing, but you are modest, too!
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  7. Posts : 17,545
    Windows 10 Pro x64 EN-GB
       #37

    I would like to show that statement to some co-workers... Could you print it out and sign it, then fax it to me? Please use your full military rank when signing
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  8. Posts : 11,990
    Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit
       #38

    Kari said:
    I would like to show that statement to some co-workers... Could you print it out and sign it, then fax it to me? Please use your full military rank when signing
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  9. Posts : 833
    Windows 7 x64 HP, Windows 7 HP, Windows 7 Ult
       #39

    Kari said:
    I would like to show that statement to some co-workers... Could you print it out and sign it, then fax it to me? Please use your full military rank when signing
    I would gladly second that statement.

    My rank is General Failure, and I am reading your hard drive. Does that help? :)
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  10. Posts : 6,618
    W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE
    Thread Starter
       #40

    Your mention of letting Windows install driver made me remember that I had disabled WLAN on the secondary rig in services long ago, before I had even considered a network at all. I reenabled it and checked it in the primary services also, which was still enabled. On reboot, Windows opened the new hardware wizard, and I pointed it to the driver on the CD, since it failed to find anything on it's own. There were two choices, one for Vista and one for XP/2000. I chose the latter, since XP is the OS of the secondary.

    I then reinstalled the wireless utility, because the connection wizard that Window opened ask for a network ID, which I was not sure of. Still, in the Belkin utility, I get the same results as before.

    Shouldn't the router's display show wireless devices, even before making a connection>
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