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Wifi network recognised but can't share Internet
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. |
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Wifi network recognised but can't share Internet
Yes, I found it strange that the DSL modem "dials", so it
must be PPPoE. I will send the Route report tomorrow, 'cause I can't seem to get the remote access service I am testing to work this evnning. Have a good one! EB -----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 OK, Eric, I think I'm getting the picture. Is your internet service PPPoE? That is, when you startup, does it "dial" and ask for an account and password? If so, you might do well to get a wireless NAT router. NAT routers (those I'm aware of anyway) are PPPoE compatible, and do so much better a job of running the PPPoE client, maintaining your connection, sharing the connection, and protecting the client computers. And infrastructure wireless (as opposed to ad-hoc) is easier to secure, and more reliable. But continue with the analysis anyway. We might be able to get this working. Cheers, Chuck Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing. . |
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Wifi network recognised but can't share Internet
PS By the way Chuck, I can't seem to execute "route print
c:\route.txt". Am I mistyping the command? -----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 OK, Eric, I think I'm getting the picture. Is your internet service PPPoE? That is, when you startup, does it "dial" and ask for an account and password? If so, you might do well to get a wireless NAT router. NAT routers (those I'm aware of anyway) are PPPoE compatible, and do so much better a job of running the PPPoE client, maintaining your connection, sharing the connection, and protecting the client computers. And infrastructure wireless (as opposed to ad-hoc) is easier to secure, and more reliable. But continue with the analysis anyway. We might be able to get this working. Cheers, Chuck Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing. . |
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Wifi network recognised but can't share Internet
On Thu, 8 Apr 2004 13:40:16 -0700, "EricB"
wrote: PS By the way Chuck, I can't seem to execute "route print c:\route.txt". Am I mistyping the command? Eric, Try "route print" from the command window. Then "route print c:\route.txt", again from the command window. When you do "ipconfig" or "route print" from Start - Run, it opens a window ever so briefly. Some mistake that for a problem, and get confused. So do it from an open window. Cheers, Chuck Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing. |
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Wifi network recognised but can't share Internet
Chuck, voila the route report!
Does this help? Cheers. ================================================== ========= ================ 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 ================================================== ========= ================ ================================================== ========= ================ 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 ================================================== ========= ================ 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. . |
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Wifi network recognised but can't share Internet
Chuck, voila the route report!
Does this help? Cheers. ================================================== ========= ================ 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 ================================================== ========= ================ ================================================== ========= ================ 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 ================================================== ========= ================ 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. . |
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Wifi network recognised but can't share Internet
On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 03:04:38 -0700, "EricB"
wrote: Chuck, voila the route report! Does this help? Cheers. Eric, Verrry interesting indeed. I've not to date seen such an intricate table. Checkout the other suggestions in my numerous posts please. There's a lot of diagnosis to do. Cheers, Chuck Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing. |
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Wifi network recognised but can't share Internet
Will do but that will be for next week when I am at the
office location with both computers in hand! Have a Happy Easter! EB -----Original Message----- On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 03:04:38 -0700, "EricB" wrote: Chuck, voila the route report! Does this help? Cheers. Eric, Verrry interesting indeed. I've not to date seen such an intricate table. Checkout the other suggestions in my numerous posts please. There's a lot of diagnosis to do. Cheers, Chuck Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing. . |
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Wifi network recognised but can't share Internet
Will do but that will be for next week when I am at the
office location with both computers in hand! Have a Happy Easter! EB -----Original Message----- On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 03:04:38 -0700, "EricB" wrote: Chuck, voila the route report! Does this help? Cheers. Eric, Verrry interesting indeed. I've not to date seen such an intricate table. Checkout the other suggestions in my numerous posts please. There's a lot of diagnosis to do. Cheers, Chuck Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing. . |
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Wifi network recognised but can't share Internet
On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 07:51:03 -0700, "EricB"
wrote: Will do but that will be for next week when I am at the office location with both computers in hand! Have a Happy Easter! EB You too, bro! |
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Wifi network recognised but can't share Internet
On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 07:51:03 -0700, "EricB"
wrote: Will do but that will be for next week when I am at the office location with both computers in hand! Have a Happy Easter! EB You too, bro! |
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Wifi network recognised but can't share Internet
Will do but that will be for next week when I am at the
office location with both computers in hand! Have a Happy Easter! EB -----Original Message----- On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 03:04:38 -0700, "EricB" wrote: Chuck, voila the route report! Does this help? Cheers. Eric, Verrry interesting indeed. I've not to date seen such an intricate table. Checkout the other suggestions in my numerous posts please. There's a lot of diagnosis to do. Cheers, Chuck Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing. . |
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Wifi network recognised but can't share Internet
Will do but that will be for next week when I am at the
office location with both computers in hand! Have a Happy Easter! EB -----Original Message----- On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 03:04:38 -0700, "EricB" wrote: Chuck, voila the route report! Does this help? Cheers. Eric, Verrry interesting indeed. I've not to date seen such an intricate table. Checkout the other suggestions in my numerous posts please. There's a lot of diagnosis to do. Cheers, Chuck Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing. . |
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Wifi network recognised but can't share Internet
Will do but that will be for next week when I am at the
office location with both computers in hand! Have a Happy Easter! EB -----Original Message----- On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 03:04:38 -0700, "EricB" wrote: Chuck, voila the route report! Does this help? Cheers. Eric, Verrry interesting indeed. I've not to date seen such an intricate table. Checkout the other suggestions in my numerous posts please. There's a lot of diagnosis to do. Cheers, Chuck Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing. . |
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Wifi network recognised but can't share Internet
On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 07:51:03 -0700, "EricB"
wrote: Will do but that will be for next week when I am at the office location with both computers in hand! Have a Happy Easter! EB You too, bro! |
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