Wireless connection between to laptops

My girlfriend and I have the same laptop, powerbook g4 15 inch. Without being connected to the internet, i can use my built in airport extreme to creat my own wirelss network. I click the "create network..." button and the box comes up asking me to name the network and then I click okay and voila, the network is created. Now when my girlfriend chooses to connect to my computers network, it asks her for a login on name and I usually have to log on as my name. Now I wanted to know if I could create a logon name and password for her to use without creating a whole new account on my computer. I would just like to add that this network has nothing to do with connecting to the internet, or using a airport extreme base of any sort. I just want to be able to create and account for her to logon too to access the share folder from her laptop. This is purely using the two powerbook. Thanks.

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Hi , I saw your post regarding the problems you are having with your LaserJet Pro P1102w Printer not showing on your Macintosh computer. I may have found some resources for you.
I have a few questions for you, so I can offer some additional assistance:Before you upgraded to the Apple AirPort Time Capsule, was the printer working wirelessly without any issues?
When you say; 'I reset the printer to factory settings', how where you trying to do this?
I found some instructions from this post: How do I reset my Laserjet p1102w to its defaults, copied here for you:
To restore the printer back to factory settings, turn the printer off, hold down the wireless button and the cancel button (x button) then turn the printer back on and don't release the two buttons until the printer stops making noise. (When they say turn the printer off, I think they mean unplug the power cable.)
"I've checked to make sure both computer and printer are on the same network." Do you know if you are able to access the printers Embedded Web Server (EWS)?To access the EWS - Make sure that the Ready light () is on and that the printer is idle and silent.Press and hold the Cancel button (), and release it when the Ready light () begins blinking.The configuration page prints.Type the IP address or host name of the product in the address field of a supported Web browser, and then press Enter on your keyboardLet me know if this page loads
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router#show run
Building configuration...
Current configuration : 11776 bytes
version 12.4
service timestamps debug datetime msec
service timestamps log datetime msec localtime show-timezone year
service password-encryption
hostname xxx
boot-start-marker
boot-end-marker
logging message-counter syslog
logging buffered 4096
no logging console
enable secret 5 xxxx
aaa new-model
aaa authentication login default local
aaa authorization exec default local
aaa session-id common
crypto pki trustpoint TP-self-signed-1083484987
enrollment selfsigned
subject-name cn=IOS-Self-Signed-Certificate-1083484987
revocation-check none
rsakeypair TP-self-signed-xxxx
dot11 syslog
dot11 ssid xxxx
vlan 44
authentication open
authentication key-management wpa
wpa-psk ascii 7
dot11 ssid xxxx
vlan 144
authentication open
authentication key-management wpa
guest-mode
wpa-psk ascii 7
ip source-route
no ip dhcp use vrf connected
ip dhcp excluded-address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
ip dhcp excluded-address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
ip dhcp excluded-address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
ip dhcp pool xxx-LAN
networkxxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 255.255.255.0
domain-name xxxx
dns-server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
default-router xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
lease 0 2
ip dhcp pool VLAN44
network xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 255.255.255.0
default-router xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
domain-name xxxx
dns-server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
lease 4
ip dhcp pool VLAN144
network xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 255.255.255.0
default-router xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
domain-name xxxx
dns-server 12.127.16.67 12.127.16.68
lease 4
ip cef
ip domain name xxxx
ip name-server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
ip name-server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
ip inspect tcp reassembly queue length 24
ip inspect name IPFW tcp timeout 3600
ip inspect name IPFW udp timeout 15
ip inspect name IPFW ftp
ip inspect name IPFW realaudio
ip inspect name IPFW smtp
ip inspect name IPFW h323
ip inspect name IPFW ftps
ip inspect name IPFW http
ip inspect name IPFW https
ip inspect name IPFW icmp
ip inspect name IPFW imap
ip inspect name IPFW imaps
ip inspect name IPFW irc
ip inspect name IPFW ircs
ip inspect name IPFW ntp
ip inspect name IPFW pop3
ip inspect name IPFW pop3s
ip inspect name IPFW radius
ip inspect name IPFW sip
ip inspect name IPFW sip-tls
ip inspect name IPFW ssh
ip inspect name IPFW telnet
ip inspect name IPFW telnets
ip inspect name IPFW vdolive
ip inspect name IPFW webster
ip inspect name IPFW dns
no ipv6 cef
multilink bundle-name authenticated
password encryption aes
file prompt quiet
username admin password n
username laneadmin password n
crypto isakmp policy 1
encr aes
authentication pre-share
group 2
crypto isakmp policy 2
encr 3des
authentication pre-share
group 2
crypto isakmp key 5122662533fedcbabcdef address 12.97.225.232
crypto isakmp key 5122662533fedcbabcdef address 12.97.224.120
crypto isakmp key 5122662533fedcbabcdef address 12.97.225.152
crypto isakmp key 5122662533fedcbabcdef address 12.97.230.154
crypto isakmp key 5122662533fedcbabcdef address 12.97.225.226
crypto ipsec security-association lifetime seconds 28800
crypto ipsec transform-set ESP-AES256-SHA esp-aes 256 esp-sha-hmac
crypto ipsec transform-set ESP-3DES-SHA esp-3des esp-sha-hmac
crypto ipsec transform-set ESP-AES256-SHA-LZO esp-aes 256 esp-sha-hmac comp-lzs
crypto ipsec df-bit clear
crypto ipsec profile SITE-to-SITE-DMVPN-Profile
set transform-set ESP-AES256-SHA
crypto ipsec client ezvpn ezvpn-client
connect auto
mode client
xauth userid mode interactive
archive
log config
logging enable
notify syslog contenttype plaintext
hidekeys
path scp://cisco:wrs-.o#d8Au8M@fs00/$h-$t
write-memory
ip ssh version 2
bridge irb
interface Loopback0
ip address 1.1.1.5 255.255.255.252
interface Tunnel0
ip address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 255.255.255.0
no ip redirects
ip nhrp map xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 12.97.230.154
ip nhrp map multicast 12.97.230.154
ip nhrp map xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 12.97.225.226
ip nhrp map multicast 12.97.225.226
ip nhrp network-id 1
ip nhrp nhs xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
ip nhrp nhs xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
tunnel source 12.97.225.234
tunnel mode gre multipoint
tunnel protection ipsec profile SITE-to-SITE-DMVPN-Profile
interface Dot11Radio0
no ip address
no dot11 extension aironet
encryption vlan 44 mode ciphers tkip
encryption vlan 144 mode ciphers tkip
ssid XXXX
ssid XXX-guest
speed basic-1.0 2.0 5.5 6.0 9.0 11.0 12.0 18.0 24.0 36.0 48.0 54.0
channel 2437
station-role root
no cdp enable
interface Dot11Radio0.44
encapsulation dot1Q 44
bridge-group 44
bridge-group 44 subscriber-loop-control
bridge-group 44 spanning-disabled
bridge-group 44 block-unknown-source
no bridge-group 44 source-learning
no bridge-group 44 unicast-flooding
interface Dot11Radio0.144
encapsulation dot1Q 144
bridge-group 144
bridge-group 144 subscriber-loop-control
bridge-group 144 spanning-disabled
bridge-group 144 block-unknown-source
no bridge-group 144 source-learning
no bridge-group 144 unicast-flooding
interface Dot11Radio1
no ip address
speed basic-6.0 9.0 basic-12.0 18.0 basic-24.0 36.0 48.0 54.0
station-role root
interface FastEthernet0
description 604 AT&T static IP
ip address 12.97.225.234 255.255.255.248
ip access-group IPFW-ACL-outside-A in
no ip redirects
no ip proxy-arp
ip nat outside
ip inspect IPFW out
ip virtual-reassembly
duplex auto
speed auto
interface FastEthernet1
no ip address
shutdown
duplex auto
speed auto
interface FastEthernet2
switchport access vlan 4
spanning-tree portfast
interface FastEthernet3
description phone system
switchport access vlan 4
spanning-tree portfast
interface FastEthernet4
switchport access vlan 4
spanning-tree portfast
interface FastEthernet5
switchport access vlan 4
spanning-tree portfast
interface FastEthernet6
switchport access vlan 4
spanning-tree portfast
interface FastEthernet7
switchport access vlan 4
spanning-tree portfast
interface FastEthernet8
switchport access vlan 4
spanning-tree portfast
interface FastEthernet9
description switchport uplink
switchport access vlan 4
interface Vlan1
no ip address
interface Vlan4
ip address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 255.255.255.0
no ip redirects
no ip proxy-arp
ip nat inside
ip virtual-reassembly
ip tcp adjust-mss 1200
ip policy route-map NONAT-LAN
interface Vlan5
no ip address
interface Vlan10
no ip address
interface Vlan44
description nnn private WLAN
no ip address
ip nat inside
ip virtual-reassembly
ip policy route-map NONAT-LAN
bridge-group 44
bridge-group 44 spanning-disabled
interface Vlan144
description nnn Guest WLAN
no ip address
ip nat inside
ip virtual-reassembly
ip policy route-map NONAT-LAN
bridge-group 144
bridge-group 144 spanning-disabled
interface Async1
no ip address
encapsulation slip
interface BVI44
description Bridge to nnn private WLAN
ip address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 255.255.255.0
ip nat inside
ip virtual-reassembly
interface BVI144
description Bridge to nnn Guest WLAN
ip address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 255.255.255.0
ip nat inside
ip virtual-reassembly
router eigrp 1
network xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
network xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
no auto-summary
ip forward-protocol nd
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 12.97.225.233
no ip http server
no ip http secure-server
ip nat inside source list NAT-ACL interface FastEthernet0 overload
ip nat inside source static tcp xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 22 interface FastEthernet0 22222
ip nat inside source route-map NO-NAT interface FastEthernet0 overload
ip access-list standard VTY-ACL
permit 192.168.0.0 0.0.63.255
ip access-list extended IPFW-ACL-outside
permit udp any any eq isakmp
permit udp any eq isakmp any
permit esp any any
permit tcp any host 12.97.225.234 eq 23232
permit icmp any any administratively-prohibited
permit icmp any any echo-reply
permit icmp any any packet-too-big
permit icmp any any time-exceeded
permit icmp any any traceroute
deny ip any any
ip access-list extended IPFW-ACL-outside-A
permit tcp any host 12.97.225.234 eq 22222
permit udp any any eq isakmp
permit udp any eq isakmp any
permit esp any any
permit tcp any host 12.97.225.234 eq 23232
permit icmp any any administratively-prohibited
permit icmp any any echo-reply
permit icmp any any packet-too-big
permit icmp any any time-exceeded
permit icmp any any traceroute
deny ip any any
ip access-list extended NAT-ACL
deny ip 192.168.4.0 0.0.0.255 192.168.3.0 0.0.0.255
deny ip 192.168.4.0 0.0.0.255 192.168.5.0 0.0.0.255
deny ip 192.168.4.0 0.0.0.255 192.168.2.0 0.0.0.255
deny ip 192.168.4.0 0.0.0.255 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.255
permit ip 192.168.4.0 0.0.0.255 any
deny ip 192.168.44.0 0.0.0.255 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.255
deny ip 192.168.44.0 0.0.0.255 192.168.2.0 0.0.0.255
deny ip 192.168.44.0 0.0.0.255 192.168.3.0 0.0.0.255
deny ip 192.168.44.0 0.0.0.255 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.255
deny ip 192.168.44.0 0.0.0.255 192.168.5.0 0.0.0.255
permit ip 192.168.44.0 0.0.0.255 any
deny ip 192.168.144.0 0.0.0.255 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.255
deny ip 192.168.144.0 0.0.0.255 192.168.2.0 0.0.0.255
deny ip 192.168.144.0 0.0.0.255 192.168.3.0 0.0.0.255
deny ip 192.168.144.0 0.0.0.255 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.255
deny ip 192.168.144.0 0.0.0.255 192.168.5.0 0.0.0.255
permit ip 192.168.144.0 0.0.0.255 any
ip access-list extended NONAT-LAN-RETURNING-ACL
permit ip 192.168.4.0 0.0.0.255 192.168.3.0 0.0.0.255
permit ip 192.168.4.0 0.0.0.255 192.168.5.0 0.0.0.255
permit ip 192.168.4.0 0.0.0.255 192.168.2.0 0.0.0.255
permit ip 192.168.4.0 0.0.0.255 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.255
permit ip 192.168.44.0 0.0.0.255 192.168.3.0 0.0.0.255
permit ip 192.168.44.0 0.0.0.255 192.168.5.0 0.0.0.255
permit ip 192.168.44.0 0.0.0.255 192.168.2.0 0.0.0.255
permit ip 192.168.44.0 0.0.0.255 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.255
permit ip 192.168.144.0 0.0.0.255 192.168.3.0 0.0.0.255
permit ip 192.168.144.0 0.0.0.255 192.168.5.0 0.0.0.255
permit ip 192.168.144.0 0.0.0.255 192.168.2.0 0.0.0.255
permit ip 192.168.144.0 0.0.0.255 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.255
ip access-list extended VTY-ACL-A
deny ip 192.168.160.0 0.0.0.255 any
permit ip 192.168.44.0 0.0.0.255 any
permit ip 192.168.144.0 0.0.0.255 any
permit ip 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.255 any
permit ip 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.255 any
permit ip 192.168.2.0 0.0.0.255 any
permit ip 192.168.3.0 0.0.0.255 any
permit ip 192.168.4.0 0.0.0.255 any
permit ip 192.168.5.0 0.0.0.255 any
permit tcp any any eq 22
deny ip any any
logging trap notifications
logging source-interface Vlan5
logging 192.168.0.225
route-map NONAT-LAN permit 10
match ip address NONAT-LAN-RETURNING-ACL
set interface Loopback0
route-map NO-NAT permit 10
match ip address NAT-ACL
snmp-server community XXXsnmppub RO
control-plane
bridge 44 route ip
bridge 144 route ip
banner login ^C
Unauthorized access is prohibited and will be monitored and prosecuted.
If you are not explicitly authorized to access this device, you must
disconnect now.
^C
banner motd ^C
Unauthorized access is prohibited and will be monitored and prosecuted.
If you are not explicitly authorized to access this device, you must
disconnect now.
^C
line con 0
line 1
modem InOut
stopbits 1
speed 115200
flowcontrol hardware
line aux 0
line vty 0 4
access-class VTY-ACL-A in
password 7 nnn
transport input ssh
line vty 5 15
webvpn gateway webgateway
ssl trustpoint TP-self-signed-1083484987
no inservice
webvpn gateway sslvpn.xxx
hostname www.nnn
ssl trustpoint TP-self-signed-1083484987
inservice
end
router#

It was a two fold problem. There is another stronger Wi-Fi signal that exists at the facility from another entity on a different domain that the two laptops were trying to associate to in lieu of the network signal from our 1811. This could only be seen while watching the Intel wireless Proset app NOT the Windows wireless management app. Then by deleting all other old Wi-Fi networks listed in the Intel Proset app except ours it connected. Also set devices to never connect to the other signal. This was not an issue when I brought the laptop to another faciIity without a competing Wi-Fi signal becuase they would connect using the strongest and ONLY Wi-Fi network signal which was ours.

Wireless connection between D-Link WiFi router and Time capsule stopped working

We have an ISP provided D-Link wireless router (DIR-615) to which we wirelessly connected our 2Tb Time Capsule for back up and to connect a USB printer to out network. This worked perfectly for 3 1/2 years, until about a month ago, when the time capsule suddenly decided to go "off line". ie we could no longer access it or the printer via our wireless network. We had changed nothing - just one day it stopped working.
We tried to get it back online with no success. As the 2Tb Time Capsule was almost 7 years old and had had some HDD issues in the passed, we figured it had got old and died and that it was time to replace it; so we bought a new 3Tb Time Capsule, thinking this would get everything back to normal.
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At the end of the day we got fed up with trying to add the 3Tb Time Capsule to the D-Link wireless network, and connected it via a LAN cable to the D-Link router instead. We then set it up as its own network. Worked gerat. Having done that we thought maybe the old 2Tb Time Capsule might not have been the problem after all, so we tried extending our new 3Tb Time Capsule wireless network using the 2Tb Time Capsule wirelessly. This worked perfectly! And we are now almost back to what we wanted.
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1. Why the original wireless network connection between the D-Link router and the 2Tb Time Capsule just stopped working? Was there some software change from Apple that "decided" D-Link wireless routers were no longer secure; and therefore the TCs could no longer connect to them?
2. Why it was not possible to extend the existing D-Link wireless network using the the new 3Tb Time Capsule?
3. Is there is anyway that we can get back to a single wireless network based around the D-Link wireless router as the primary router connecting to the modem, where the 2 Time Capsules connect as "wireless satellite base stations"?

1. Why the original wireless network connection between the D-Link router and the 2Tb Time Capsule just stopped working? Was there some software change from Apple that "decided" D-Link wireless routers were no longer secure; and therefore the TCs could no longer connect to them?
A firmware update to the TC came along and you agreed to it without perhaps even noticing.. it then smashed your setup because Apple do not recommend the setup you were using and it is very poor.
2. Why it was not possible to extend the existing D-Link wireless network using the the new 3Tb Time Capsule?
Because it is such a poor setup that Apple have taken away your ability to choose it unless you know exactly what you are doing.
3. Is there is anyway that we can get back to a single wireless network based around the D-Link wireless router as the primary router connecting to the modem, where the 2 Time Capsules connect as "wireless satellite base stations"?
Yes, this I can help you with.
I have several ways around the problem.. but the first one is.. why use the DIR-615 at all.. it is not a modem.. it is a very ordinary bottom end, poor single band slow wireless router.
Why don't you simply remove the DIR-615 from the network completely.. plug whatever it is the ISP supplies you.. an ethernet connection from whatever that modem is you mentioned into the WAN port of the Time Capsule. And use the TC in some router mode.. same as the DIR-615 was setup.. dhcp or pppoe or whatever.. I doubt the TC cannot match it.
If you have issues please post a few screenshots from the DIR-615 to show how it is setup from the WAN side.. and as long as you are given the username and password or whatever the ISP uses to authenticate then chuck out the DIR-615.
Tell me if that is a goer.. if not we can work out a few other methods..
eg. Simply turn off the wireless in the DIR-615. It is poor cf the TC and there is no need for it.. with the TC in bridge only use the TC for wireless as well as wireless extend with your old TC.
Or setup roaming network where everything uses the same SSID.
Then you will have one wireless network. And it won't matter what as long as it connects.. although IMHO this is not right as the TC is such a superior router now you are wasting your new TC.

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Hello chasseur,
Welcome to the HP Support Forums!
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I work on behalf of HP
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