Phil

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  1. -->> CABLE MODEM

    ------->> Voice Terminal/Router #1

    ------------------------------------->> ROUTER #2

    ---------------------------------------------------->>COMPUTER #1 (VISTA)

    ---------------------------------------------------->>COMPUTER #2 (XP)

    ---------------------------------------------------->> WIRELESS ROUTER

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------>> LAPTOP

    Yeh, you have the issue there with NAT. Laptop will be able to make connections to the computer (providing that, its gateway is set as the wireless router) i.e. it will be able to ping, ftp, smb etc.

    However, because of the NAT of the wireless router, the computer won't be able to connect to the laptop.

    Your setup boggles me somewhat however. Usually, multiple routers are used like this to divide the network up into subnets however you want the laptop to talk to the computer. Shanenin's suggested setup is more sensible for your needs. That is, router #2 connects via one of its switch ports to a switch port on the wireless router (or visa versa).

    ~Phil~

  2. I think it depends on where you live.

    I live in the middle of nowhere surrounded by a few old people and lots of sheep. There's little chance that anyone would have the hardware to connect to my network let alone abuse it however I still secure it in the best way I can, (WPA + MAC Address Filtering + Hidden SID). I realise WPA2 is clearly a better encryption system but until N is released as a real standard I'll wait to upgrade my hardware.

    ~Phil~

  3. You'd be better just using a client on each PC and syncing it with a public NTP server since they can keep the time a hella lot better than your average PC.

    The public NTP server I use to sync my servers clocks is ntp0.nl.uu.net

    This is an NTP sync client tool for Windows that I've used before. It worked well.

    ~Phil~

  4. This is a problem I encountered the other day. I removed a drive from a box and took the files from it as it was heavily infected with malware and wouldn't boot. I put it back into the box - however, being 2am, I forgot to plug it in. I turned the box on and it clearly didn't detect it. Turned the box off and spent hours trying to get it to redetect the drive once I plugged it back in. Turned out that the drive had to be manually configured in the BIOS, i.e. enter number of sectors, heads etc. rather than it having the sense to auto detect it.

    This could be your problem.

    ~Phil~

  5. Would XML be a right choice for this? or could i do this with a .dat or .txt file.

    XML is a markup language and .txt/.dat are file extensions. They are only related in such that they are both concerned with computers.

    The best and easiest way to store this data would be in a database. However, if you want to use a flat file method, then XML isn't a bad start. This is because it can easily be put through regex matches to get out the data you need. The actual storage of the data in a flat file is irrelevant. You can name the file myfile.qwerty if you really wanted to. The computer will care not what the extension is. It'll read the contents of it no matter what extension it has.

    ~Phil~

  6. It is connected to a router, and the to my ethernet port on my computer. The cable works fine, as I am able to connect to the internet via my laptop, so it is most likely some type of software problem.

    Doubt it. If the cable works then it's likely one of your ports. If you're on the same router port with the laptop then it's likely your desktop's port. Blow it out to remove dust etc. and check the cable is going in securely. If this doesn't help, it's likely you'll need a new card.

    ~Phil~

  7. I have had this problem before on xp home. The cause was that there were no shared files for it to access so it errors in a nice windows style way, telling you nothing about what has caused it.

    All i did was to right click a single folder somewhere, go to the sharing tab, and clicked share this folder.

    And all was ok.

    Check you are sharing files and see if that helps

    ~ihth~