jwramc
08-18-2006, 10:43 AM
I have a brand new Toshiba Satellite with built-in 802.11g wireless…oh, and it actually seems to work right. I’m already shocked. :eek:
Silly ol’ me would like to perform what should be a very simple task. I want to transfer files (no, not using some ridiculous wizard process or Briefcase) between my mini-tower home system and the notebook…and I want to do it wirelessly.
Stop. You’re already imagining a far more involved process than I’m talking about.
Imagine you have Windows Explorer open. You see a folder on your C drive that you want on your D drive. You click, you drag…it copies over……… done. Now, replace the D drive in this scenario with the C drive of a second computer. Drag and drop that file.
THAT is the whole thing…it’s all I want. But it seems the world has decided I’m never to be allowed such luxury. But, for the umpteenth time in a dozen years, I’ve made another attempt. Prior attempts involved internal PCI adapters in two desktops, and despite the well-intentioned suggestions of scores of people I’ve contacted online (many of them here), I’ve never transferred a byte.
So, I went out and bought what is supposed to make the task possible (and ‘easy’, too… bwahahahaha)….a Belkin wireless G router and a matching USB adapter for the home system. I made sure both were the same 54Mbps config as the notebook’s built-in unit…I didn’t grab G+ or any other ‘different’ type.
Seems to me this should be a straight-forward operation, but as with all my attempts to ever make any 2 PCs communicate, the process is cluttered by pointless jargon and a myriad of steps that in the end renders the entire project a bust (and both systems so ‘tweaked’ that I have to bomb them and start with a fresh OS install again.
Seems somehow, the powers-that-be decide that to use this gear, it must be installed using their wizard…because they want to screw up every setting on my computer before telling me I can’t finish the project. And what does the wizard want to play with first? My internet connection. But I’m not looking to share internet….so the wizard says if I don’t hook-up to a properly-working ISP (their standards, not mine), the install will not continue.
Called Belkin and, as expected, their brains melted at the suggestion that the internet would not be part of this setup. ‘Wha?? That makes no sense! How will you illegally share MP3s or download your porn?!? It’s crazy talk!!’
My big mistake was using the term 'file sharing'. BAM...the tech guy instantly assumed I meant permissions setups in XP. 'Gee, call Microsoft'. Sure thing....I've got Bill on speed-dial right here. He'll know exactly what's required to install products made by Belkin. How the heck am I setting permissions for gear not yet installed?
Word DOC is here.
Want Word DOC there.
Click, drag, release.
What a dreamer.
End result: If I’m not signing up for broadband with someone, I’m not allowed to move a picture of my dog from my office system to my laptop. Yet *I* paid for this equipment… who am *I* to decide how they’ll be used??? Ludicrous. :mad:
Anyone feel like troubleshooting brand new Belkin gear that Belkin doesn't know how to setup?
Silly ol’ me would like to perform what should be a very simple task. I want to transfer files (no, not using some ridiculous wizard process or Briefcase) between my mini-tower home system and the notebook…and I want to do it wirelessly.
Stop. You’re already imagining a far more involved process than I’m talking about.
Imagine you have Windows Explorer open. You see a folder on your C drive that you want on your D drive. You click, you drag…it copies over……… done. Now, replace the D drive in this scenario with the C drive of a second computer. Drag and drop that file.
THAT is the whole thing…it’s all I want. But it seems the world has decided I’m never to be allowed such luxury. But, for the umpteenth time in a dozen years, I’ve made another attempt. Prior attempts involved internal PCI adapters in two desktops, and despite the well-intentioned suggestions of scores of people I’ve contacted online (many of them here), I’ve never transferred a byte.
So, I went out and bought what is supposed to make the task possible (and ‘easy’, too… bwahahahaha)….a Belkin wireless G router and a matching USB adapter for the home system. I made sure both were the same 54Mbps config as the notebook’s built-in unit…I didn’t grab G+ or any other ‘different’ type.
Seems to me this should be a straight-forward operation, but as with all my attempts to ever make any 2 PCs communicate, the process is cluttered by pointless jargon and a myriad of steps that in the end renders the entire project a bust (and both systems so ‘tweaked’ that I have to bomb them and start with a fresh OS install again.
Seems somehow, the powers-that-be decide that to use this gear, it must be installed using their wizard…because they want to screw up every setting on my computer before telling me I can’t finish the project. And what does the wizard want to play with first? My internet connection. But I’m not looking to share internet….so the wizard says if I don’t hook-up to a properly-working ISP (their standards, not mine), the install will not continue.
Called Belkin and, as expected, their brains melted at the suggestion that the internet would not be part of this setup. ‘Wha?? That makes no sense! How will you illegally share MP3s or download your porn?!? It’s crazy talk!!’
My big mistake was using the term 'file sharing'. BAM...the tech guy instantly assumed I meant permissions setups in XP. 'Gee, call Microsoft'. Sure thing....I've got Bill on speed-dial right here. He'll know exactly what's required to install products made by Belkin. How the heck am I setting permissions for gear not yet installed?
Word DOC is here.
Want Word DOC there.
Click, drag, release.
What a dreamer.
End result: If I’m not signing up for broadband with someone, I’m not allowed to move a picture of my dog from my office system to my laptop. Yet *I* paid for this equipment… who am *I* to decide how they’ll be used??? Ludicrous. :mad:
Anyone feel like troubleshooting brand new Belkin gear that Belkin doesn't know how to setup?