hi,

 

i have a dimension 8300 and an inspiron 4150.  recently i switched over to verizon dsl.  came with a westell versalink modem/gateway.

 

i recently did a clean install of the 8300 and setup the network.  each computer is able to see the other and i can share files and printer (the printer is attached to the 8300).

 

i was noticing some connectivity issues after first booting up the 8300 and then the 4150, so i ran nbtstat -n and found out that the inspiron is the base computer. 

 

now, i understand that the more powerful computer should be the base, and i followed MS's network guide to set it up, with the 8300 as the base. 

 

how do i go about changing the base?

 

ps.  the ip address of the 8300 is .....45 and it is ......44 for the 4150