On 12 Mar 2003, at 8:58, Marilyn Wilson wrote:

> I'm setting up a wireless network for a friend.  She has a Dell desktop
> running Windows98se and a Dell laptop running WindowsXP.  She bought a
> Linksys Wireless Access Point Router and an Orinoco PC card for the
> laptop.  When I come to installing the PC card it asks me to Select Type
> of Network and the choice is between peer to peer or base station.  Which
> one should I choose?

  Peer-to-peer would allow the laptop and desktop to talk directly to each
other, without going through the router.  But going through the router is
almost certainly what you want, so "base station" is the configuration to
choose.

David Gillett

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