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Wireless Network - Internet Connection Sharing
I can't get my laptop to use my mai PC's network modem.
Adaptor manufacturers are also puzzled - can anyone here please help? 1. The set up is peer-to-peer; 2. Firewalls are turned off; 3. both machines are on the same domain; 4. IP address are the same (bar the last digit); 5. Sending PING requests works fine; 6. The ADSL modem is set as shared on main PC; 7. shared folders are visible and accessible over network; 8. signal strength is v-good (both machines are side-by- side) What else can I try please? |
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"Jannoth" wrote in message ... I can't get my laptop to use my mai PC's network modem. Adaptor manufacturers are also puzzled - can anyone here please help? 1. The set up is peer-to-peer; 2. Firewalls are turned off; 3. both machines are on the same domain; 4. IP address are the same (bar the last digit); 5. Sending PING requests works fine; 6. The ADSL modem is set as shared on main PC; 7. shared folders are visible and accessible over network; 8. signal strength is v-good (both machines are side-by- side) What else can I try please? have you setup "internet connection sharing (ICS)" ? you could run the network wizard on the "other" computer and tell it to connect to your main computer " connect to the internet through another computer on the network" (or similar) |
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On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 05:02:47 -0700, "Jannoth"
wrote: 3. both machines are on the same domain; Jannoth, you sure? They connect to a domain controller? Hans-Georg -- No mail, please. |
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Jannoth,
You need to make sure that the other computer knows which computer it is supposed to be connecting through. I have noticed that although you may enable ICS on one machine, other machines do not always recognise it as a gateway. To do this, on the properties for the wireless network connection (on the non-internet PC), search through the protocol/service list until you find "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)", select this and click properties. If the option "Obtain an IP address automatically" is selected, change it to the option below... "IP Address" - this computers IP Address. "Default gateway" - the IP of the other computer. You may need to restart that computer to see if the changes have had an affect. Hope it helps, |
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In article , "Matt
Abbott" wrote: Jannoth, You need to make sure that the other computer knows which computer it is supposed to be connecting through. I have noticed that although you may enable ICS on one machine, other machines do not always recognise it as a gateway. To do this, on the properties for the wireless network connection (on the non-internet PC), search through the protocol/service list until you find "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)", select this and click properties. If the option "Obtain an IP address automatically" is selected, change it to the option below... "IP Address" - this computers IP Address. "Default gateway" - the IP of the other computer. You may need to restart that computer to see if the changes have had an affect. Hope it helps, Obtaining an IP address automatically should work fine on an ICS client computer. If you configure the IP address manually, be sure to make all of these settings: IP Address: 192.168.0.x (1x255) Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway: 192.168.0.1 DNS Server = 192.168.0.1 or your ISP's DNS server -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program http://mvp.support.microsoft.com |
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