Home networking with two different Operational Systems

I have Internet Fios and am using now two computers wirelessly. One is PC and the other one is Mac. If I create a network would it stop me from losing my connection? If so, how to? At Verizon website, under network, the solutions refer only to Windows OS. I appreciate any help,
Sergio

What are you trying to accomplish. When you connect your computer to the router whether its wired or wireless you are on a network. What do you mean "create a network".
I have all sorts of devices on my network (PCs, smart phones, TVs, Blue Ray Players, Apple Devices etc.) and all access the internet or other devices on my network without issue.
Jim

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This is the HP notebook forums. I would recommend posting this in the printer forums for better coverage.
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Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
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In my macbook, I was using Server 2003, installed through Bootcamp. For some reason I urgently needed to install Windows XP on another partition i.e, I needed two operating systems natively without being used VMware.
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When I got my first mac this ( http://macs.about.com/cs/tipstutorials/a/xposxsharing.htm ) article helped me enormously.
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import java.io.File;
import com.sleepycat.bind.serial.StoredClassCatalog;
import com.sleepycat.je.Database;
import com.sleepycat.je.DatabaseConfig;
import com.sleepycat.je.Environment;
import com.sleepycat.je.EnvironmentConfig;
import com.sleepycat.je.EnvironmentLockedException;
import com.sleepycat.je.SecondaryConfig;
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import com.svi.tools.gfs3v10domain.objects.GFS3v10DomainElementKey;
import com.svi.tools.gfs3v10domain.views.utils.ElementByPrimaryKeyCreator;
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environmentConfig.setTransactional(true);
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     } catch(EnvironmentLockedException ele) {
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                         Thread.sleep(500);
                    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
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public class sample {
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          MethodsSample forEnvironment2 = new MethodsSample(environment2); //Opens the Databases
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// same error happens no matter what sequence for closing
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