On Apr 29, 11:46 am, yksmir <yks...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I happen to live next to a wireless hotspot so two computers, two usb
> wireless adapters and away I go with no probs. But the main computer
> has the only printer (my other printer just died). I wanted to access
> it remotely from the second computer so I got a netgear wireless
> router and hooked it up to the main computer. I had to do it manually
> because there is no internet ethernet connection to allow it to be
> installed by the netgear wizard. Anyway, I created a network, shared
> the printer, used wep, and viola I can see the printer and print
> remotely. Cool, but now the main computer loses it's wifi internet (or
> it crawls at snails pace.) It has to do with the LAN or local area
> connection being on with the wireless router. If I disable the LAC the
> wifi internet works great. Enable it wifi sucks but I can print
> remotely. Is this conflict normal? Is there anything that can be done
> to have both up and running?
>
> Thanks
> yks

Windows xp by the way