From: "Stanley Sidlov" Received: from [192.168.100.201] (HELO mail.2rosenthals.com) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.3) with ESMTP id 1582339 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:07:38 -0500 Received-SPF: none (secmgr-ny.randr: 216.107.0.120 is neither permitted nor denied by domain of cybernex.net) client-ip=216.107.0.120; envelope-from=stanleys@cybernex.net; helo=admin.nni.com; Received: from admin.nni.com ([216.107.0.120]) by secmgr-ny.randr with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JBtTX-0000NV-IT for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:01:20 -0500 Received: from [67.81.232.202] (account stanleys@cybernex.net) by admin.nni.com (CommuniGate Pro POP 4.1.8) with XMIT id 52398079; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:05:03 -0500 To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:59:55 -0500 (EST) Reply-To: "Stanley Sidlov" Priority: Normal X-Mailer: PMMail 2.20.2300 for OS/2 Warp 4.5 In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] Seeking help understanding networking Message-ID: X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: _SUMMARY_ On Sun, 06 Jan 2008 20:53:44 -0800, Mark Henigan wrote: >Since I first attempted to build small home >networks and later to connect to a DSL "modem" >I have been frustrated by an inability to >fully grasp the essentials of networking, >especially how to set up connections based on >the most important standard, TCP/IP. I'm >fairly good at math and think I understand >how TCP/IP is intended to map signal paths >using IP addresses but find myself unable to >turn this into a practical ability to connect >my various PCs and notebooks to the Internet >as well as through a wireless router I >purchased a couple of years ago and have >never gotten to work. There are only two things that you really really need to 'know' and that is: 1. How does network addressing affect my finding another computer on the net? And what effect does masks have on it. 2. How do I turn on DHCP Server and Client on my router/server and clients? 3. How do I share files between computers on the same or different network? If these ARE what you are really asking, then we can all point you in the right direction. If you just want to get your network up and running, try this old presentation of mine: http://www2.warpstock.org/library/2003/StanSidlovNetworking.zip and this from Lewis: http://www2.warpstock.org/library/2003/LewisRosenthalWIrelessNetworking.zip