John
Wed Aug 06 17:46:22 PDT 2008
"Kardon Coupé" <prefer.to@readon.newsgroups> wrote in
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> "John Wunderlich" <jwunderlich@lycos.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns9AF2AB9EEB264wunderpsdrscray@138.126.254.210...
>> "Kardon Coupé" <prefer.to@readon.newsgroups> wrote in
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>>> Dear All,
>>>
>>> I have a machine upstairs right next to my laptop that is
>>> wirelessly connected to my router, I've tried to use a cross
>>> over cable between the two machines, but everytime I 'Enable'
>>> the LAN (even when the wireless has the correct IP and is
>>> enabled) I can't access the internet on my laptop. Disable the
>>> LAN and the internet comes back....
>>>
>>> I must be doing something wrong...
>>>
>>> my Ip Range is 192.168.1.x, Default Gateway being 192.168.1.2.
>>>
>>> I've read various posts, some mentioning using 10.0.0.1 etc, but
>>> I was confused, as I have never had to use this before, as far
>>> as I was aware any device on the network has to be within the
>>> same ip ranges, I'm sure I've read somewhere that the subnet can
>>> make alterations to the numbers you can go up to, but as I've
>>> never needed more that 255 machines, I've always stayed with
>>> 255.255.255.0 (clasping at straws there)
>>>
>>> Is there anyway I can set up the laptop, so the wireless on the
>>> laptop still calls my router for internet, but shares the
>>> connection it receives over the lan port (cross over cable) and
>>> the 'other machine' can access the internet?
>>
>> You need to setup Window's "Internet Connection Sharing" (ICS)
>> feature on your laptop to do this. See:
>>
>> <
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_ics/>
>>
> I did set up the ICS, the LAN port is enabled, and it gets
> allocated an ip of 192.168.0.1, which as far as I was aware if I'm
> using 192.168.1.x on every other device on my network (which would
> be a pain if I changed everyone) the 192.168.0.1 can't talk to the
> network?
>
> if I change the LAN port to 192.168.1.1 and leave everything else
> the same I then have problems with the wireless on the laptop not
> being able to see the internet, so both then don't work...
>
> I'm stumped.
That is the way it is supposed to work. The laptop will create a
192.168.0.x network for your local network and ICS takes care of
translating internet requests over to the 192.168.1.x network for
internet connection (Network Address Translation, NAT). So internet
traffic is relayed by your laptop to/from your hardwired computer.
This should provide internet connectivity for your hardwired computer
but it may have problems Windows-networking with other machines on your
192.168.1.x network because Windows networking does not work well
through routers (particularly NAT routers) and ICS makes your laptop
look/act like a NAT router... but your initial request was for internet
access, not networking amongst local computers.
What you really need is a Wireless Bridge.
Go to the Linksys website:
<
http://www.linksys.com>
and search for their WET54G product.
It's not the only product out there, but it's a place to start.
HTH,
John