I am trying to network my sisters laptop to her desktop PC. Laptop is WinXP pro and desktop is WinMediaCenter. I ran Network Wizzard and named each PC and assigned an identical Workgroup name to each ...

Ethernet is practically useless in my house.

I can't access the LAN with a w2k PII 400mhz box because the computer thinks the "network cable unplugged." Switched the 3com NIC out with a Netgear NIC. Same problem. Moved computer to main computer ...

This simple switch allowed my smart TV achieve faster Internet speeds.