Chuck, voila the route report!
Does this help?
Cheers.

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Interface List
0x1 ........................... MS TCP Loopback interface
0x2 ...00 0c f1 b6 4e 7d ...... Intel(R) PRO/100 VE
Network Connection - Packet Scheduler Miniport
0x10004 ...00 0c 41 de 49 ef ...... Linksys Wireless-G USB
Network Adapter #2 - Packet Scheduler Miniport
0x20005 ...00 53 45 00 00 00 ...... WAN (PPP/SLIP)
Interface
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Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway
Interface Metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 81.185.98.19
81.185.98.19 1
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 81.185.98.39
169.254.41.163 21
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1
192.168.0.1 31
81.185.98.1 255.255.255.255 81.185.98.19
81.185.98.19 1
81.185.98.19 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1
127.0.0.1 50
81.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 81.185.98.19
81.185.98.19 50
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1
127.0.0.1 1
169.254.0.0 255.255.0.0 169.254.41.163
169.254.41.163 20
169.254.41.163 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1
127.0.0.1 20
169.254.255.255 255.255.255.255 169.254.41.163
169.254.41.163 20
192.168.0.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.1
192.168.0.1 30
192.168.0.1 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1
127.0.0.1 30
192.168.0.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.0.1
192.168.0.1 30
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 169.254.41.163
169.254.41.163 20
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 192.168.0.1
192.168.0.1 30
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 81.185.98.19
81.185.98.19 1
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 169.254.41.163
169.254.41.163 1
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.0.1
192.168.0.1 1
Default Gateway: 81.185.98.19
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Persistent Routes:
None

-----Original Message-----
On Thu, 8 Apr 2004 11:00:08 -0700, "EricB"

wrote:

Chuck, our ADSL modem is attached by a cable to the
Ethernet port. The Linksys Wifi apadter is connected to
a USB port. I can access the Internet no sweat from the
host and I enabled ICS on the LAN adapter, not the PPP
adapter (which appears as a dial up connection in
Network
Connections for some reason!).
ICF is on the LAN adapter.
The Wifi network appears in the tool bar on noth
computer
with an Excellent signal strength.
I will try and send the report in a bit, as I need to
log
on remotely...
EB

Eric,

There are two possible reasons for "can't ping either PC
from the other".

1) They are on a different subnet (logically). The host
wireless connection
is on 192.168.0/24 because ICS was enabled on it. The
client wireless
connection is on 169.254/16, because it is not getting an
ip address from the
ICS DHCP server, and is self-assigning an address.

2) There is no connectivity between the host and
client. The client is failing
to associate with the host in the ad-hoc wireless
network. This, of course,
will cause the above condition.

If you had a wireless router and were unable to associate
with it, the router
log (on some brands) might indicate an unsuccessful
attempt to associate, and,
in some cases, the cause of the failure (bad WEP key, bad
MAC address, ...).

Do the drivers for either wireless adapter (host or
client) have a log option?
Check the Event Log on both computers (Control Panel -
Administrative Tools -
Event Viewer) too.

When attempting to associate the host and client, and
seeing "Excellent signal
strength", try disconnecting / disabling the adapter on
the host, then on the
client, while watching the signal strength indicator on
the other. Does the
"Excellent signal strength" condition still show on each
adapter, when connected
and enabled, with the adaptor on the other disabled or
disconnected? How far
apart are the host and client when trying to associate?

I note that the host adapter is described as "Linksys
Wireless-G USB Network
Adapter", and the client adapter as "IEEE802.11B Wireless
USB". Have you setup
the host adapter as "B mode only"?

Are both the host and client adapters setup on the same
channel? Try a
different channel. If currently on 1, move to 11; if
currently on 11, move to
1; if in middle, move to 1 then 11.

Remove all security devices for diagnosis. Disable ICF.
Turn MAC filtering and
WEP / WPA off on both wireless adapters.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a
bad thing.
.