HI,

I see you have experienced one of the new DELL lower cost, selling
feature/benefits.

I ran into a similar problem a few months back setting up a home
network, a machine with no floppy, and I put the information on a USB
thumb drive (flash drive, pen drive, etc) and then transferred it to the
other machine and had no problems doing it.

Thanks and have a Great Day!

Joe Lore

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Hello readers,

I set up a home network with two machines, one Dell running XP Home with
a nic card, the other machine, generic running WME with a nic card. Both
machines are connected to a Belkin 4 port Gateway Router connected to a
Motorola surfboard SB4100 cable modem. Both machines will connect to the
internet fine, and both machines seem to recognize each other, but I
come to a dead end when attempting to share files and a printer.
(printer is connected to the XP machine via USB) The help index on the
XP machine refers to making an easy install floppy to more easily make
all the proper connections, but the XP machine did not come with a
floppy drive to make the disk, and I've attempted to make a CD(RW) with
the proper files to accomplish this but the XP machine doesn't seem to
want to send that info to that drive. Also, the index also refers to
installing a hub and sharing a single internet connection through the
host machine, and at this point, I am beginning to get confused. Can the
file and peripheral sharing be done through the router, or must a hub be
installed as well?

I was wondering if there were any relatively easy to understand articles
on these snags available to those of us who are somewhere between novice
and average with regard to knowledge in this area.

TIA

Dean Kiley

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