| Subject: location type for networking? |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing |
| Date: 5/8/2008 12:32:00 PM |
| From: =?Utf-8?B?VGlkdXNDbG91ZFphY2s=?= [Email Address Protection] |
why is my computer asking me to choose a location type for "network 2" when i dont even have any other computer in the house..this is my one and only computer ... and i have two accounts on my computer which is one the admistrator...and second one is the guest account which i use most of the time for internet browsing...is the second account the network 2 its askin about? and i have a printer which is connected to this computer ..i really dont get this network thing...im just worried that maybe someone from other computers around the neighborhood is trying to access my network or computer? and no i dont have wireless internet..i just have regular ethernet cable plugged in my computer and the cable modem box that the guy installed when we got comcast triple play..in the modem it has the wires from the cable phone and ethernet... one more thing...whenever i go to my administrative account and look at the network center..in the network map..it has ofcourse icon showing my computer name for the administrator..and a second icon for a network 2 it was asking about...ahh im sorry if this is confusing but i just really dont know about network thing type stuff.. |
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| Subject: Re: location type for networking? |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing |
| Date: 5/8/2008 6:32:36 PM |
| From: "John Wills" [Email Address Protection] |
You need to get a router to sit between you and that cable modem. It is possible the modem is also a router but the only way to check is for you to check the IP address. if it starts with 192.168.x.x, then you are behind a router with little to worry about. Just change the default password on the router to something with number, CAPS, and specials. "TidusCloudZack" <TidusCloudZack@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5EDD25F3-B741-41C1-8BE1-893B59735815@microsoft.com... > why is my computer asking me to choose a location type for "network 2" > when i > dont even have any other computer in the house..this is my one and only > computer ... > and i have two accounts on my computer which is one the admistrator...and > second one is the guest account which i use most of the time for internet > browsing...is the second account the network 2 its askin about? and i have > a > printer which is connected to this computer ..i really dont get this > network > thing...im just worried that maybe someone from other computers around the > neighborhood is trying to access my network or computer? and no i dont > have > wireless internet..i just have regular ethernet cable plugged in my > computer > and the cable modem box that the guy installed when we got comcast triple > play..in the modem it has the wires from the cable phone and ethernet... > > one more thing...whenever i go to my administrative account and look at > the > network center..in the network map..it has ofcourse icon showing my > computer > name for the administrator..and a second icon for a network 2 it was > asking > about...ahh im sorry if this is confusing but i just really dont know > about > network thing type stuff.. |
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