wireless network working on mandriva linux but not on windows

[salomeq]

first of all, i am not good with computers so... i dont know a lot about them

i have mandriva linux on one computer and windows xp on another. the wireless network works on linux but doesnt work on windows? why is that? cant i fix it?

[Alan2273]

Are you trying to network the Linux and XP computers together.

I presume you are using Samba on the Linux box, as you say it works, what is it networked to ?.

[salomeq]

what do you mean by what is it networked to?

[Alan2273]

You said that the network in Mandriva is working, how do you come to that conclusion.

[salomeq]

i use the internet and when i click manage networks, it sees the wireless connection, but on windows, it doesnt even see it

[Alan2273]

So you can connect to the internet using wifi on the Linux box but not on the XP box, is that correct .

[salomeq]

yes :D

[Alan2273]

http://compnetworking.about.com/od/windowsxpnetworking/a/automaticwifixp.htm

[salomeq]

yes :D

[salomeq]

yes :D

[salomeq]

yes :D

[Alan2273]

I will take it that from your last three posts that everything is working now. :lol:

You say you do not know much about computers, but you have got your Linux box working OK, which the majority of Windows users would have a problem with, so give yourself a pat on the back.