Wifi at home - intranet + internet?

At home I have a wifi network, and when I set my wireless network to connect
to the Internet, that's fine. However, when I try to access a local machine
(that is, no dots in the name), I get a message stating that I have to set
up a VPN server.

How can I set up my network so that I can access machines both locally and
out on the Internet without setting up a VPN server?

I've also tried setting up a Work network and omitting the proxy server, but
that fails too.

Any ideas?

Hi I had a similar problem with a Ipaq 5550 recently...
The way I got around the problem (I think) is as follows:
1) Set your WIFI connection's "Connects to" drop down
to "Work" ( its under
Settings/connections/connections/advanced/network card->
(Select WiFi card for editing)
2) under the "select networks" section set both option to
connect to my work network and edit the settings under
both to ensure that the proxy settings "This network
connects to the internet" check box is set. (its under
Settings/Connections/Connections/advanced)

Regards,
Myles
>-----Original Message-----
>At home I have a wifi network, and when I set my wireless
network to connect
>to the Internet, that's fine. However, when I try to
access a local machine
>(that is, no dots in the name), I get a message stating
that I have to set
>up a VPN server.
>
>How can I set up my network so that I can access machines
both locally and
>out on the Internet without setting up a VPN server?
>
>I've also tried setting up a Work network and omitting
the proxy server, but
>that fails too.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>
>.
>