networking issue (no. 2)

[lenny109]

Hi,
Earlier I posted about a networking issue. I wanted to connect 2 computers
together using a cable but also have both computers using their idependent
wireless connections too so that they accessed the internet wirelessly. One
of the programs where the data is shared between the computers should be
shared via the cable and not via the wireless. I followed these instructions
from Alister (Copied Below). The problem that I am having now is the 2
computers connect to each other OK but they are both regularly loosing their
internet connections even though the connection says that it is connected
and I can ping the router but not any websites. Have I got a setting wrong
and what can I do to change this? It seems that the routing is going wrong
somewhere when they want to connect to the internet.

Below is how I have setup the network using a network hub and a couple of
cables between 2 PC's from Alister's post.

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Lenny

You need to set the Wired network to a different subnet from the wireless,
and then add persistant routes to control traffic.

Example:

PC1 Wireless (default DHCP, probably 192.168.1.*)
PC1 Wired (assign fixed IP 192.168.50.1)

PC2 Wireless (default DHCP, probably 192.168.1.*)
PC2 Wired (assign fixed IP 192.168.50.2)

On both PC's add a persistant route:

Open command prompt, type the following for PC1

route add -p 192.168.50.0 mask 255.255.255.0 192.168.50.1

type the following in PC2

route add -p 192.168.50.0 mask 255.255.255.0 192.168.50.2

[lenny109]

P.S. I forgot to mention that the emails still work OK so it is only the
webpages that don't seem to be loading.


"lenny109" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
> Earlier I posted about a networking issue. I wanted to connect 2 computers
> together using a cable but also have both computers using their idependent
> wireless connections too so that they accessed the internet wirelessly.
> One of the programs where the data is shared between the computers should
> be shared via the cable and not via the wireless. I followed these
> instructions from Alister (Copied Below). The problem that I am having now
> is the 2 computers connect to each other OK but they are both regularly
> loosing their internet connections even though the connection says that it
> is connected and I can ping the router but not any websites. Have I got a
> setting wrong and what can I do to change this? It seems that the routing
> is going wrong somewhere when they want to connect to the internet.
>
> Below is how I have setup the network using a network hub and a couple of
> cables between 2 PC's from Alister's post.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
> Thanks
> Lenny
>
> You need to set the Wired network to a different subnet from the wireless,
> and then add persistant routes to control traffic.
>
> Example:
>
> PC1 Wireless (default DHCP, probably 192.168.1.*)
> PC1 Wired (assign fixed IP 192.168.50.1)
>
> PC2 Wireless (default DHCP, probably 192.168.1.*)
> PC2 Wired (assign fixed IP 192.168.50.2)
>
> On both PC's add a persistant route:
>
> Open command prompt, type the following for PC1
>
> route add -p 192.168.50.0 mask 255.255.255.0 192.168.50.1
>
> type the following in PC2
>
> route add -p 192.168.50.0 mask 255.255.255.0 192.168.50.2
>
>
>
>