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| Thread ID: 81060 | 2007-07-14 11:00:00 | Home Networking Headache - Can Share Files But Not The Internet | Term_X (560) | Press F1 |
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| 569027 | 2007-07-14 11:00:00 | Hi Team i have a d-link 502t which runs into my pc's built in lan. That's my main internet connection. Just scored myself a laptop with built in wireless so wanted to wireless access the main pc's files and internet. Got a usb wireless adapter for the main pc. Set up an ad hoc connection between the laptop and the main, connected fine. Went through the set up network wizard on both the main pc and the laptop, with the main pc as "connect other pc's through this computer" and the laptop as " connect to another pc". tested network by sharing folders on the pc and can access media from the laptop. fine all good! :) Now this is where ive found it fustrating! the laptop cant access the internet. ive enabled ICS on the main pc's lan properties. the main pc's details are as follows address type = assigned by dhcp ip address = 10.1.1.2 subnet mask = 255.0.0.0 default gateway = 10.1.1.1 main pc wireless details address type = automatic private address ip address = 169.254.3.34 subnet = 255.255.0.0 laptop's wireless details are as follows address type = automatic private address ip address = 169.254.197.196 subnet mask = 255.255.0.0 tried to search the forums and from what i gather, the main pc's wirless and the laptop wireless address is supposed to be in the same range as the main pc, ie it should be 10.1.1.x?? tried refreshing the ip's and no luck, how do change the main pc wireess and laptop's ip so it isnt 169.x.x.x? xp pro sp2 running on both helppppppppp |
Term_X (560) | ||
| 569028 | 2007-07-14 11:13:00 | You need to change the IP addresses on the wireless PC to the same range as the router, and you'll need to specify the gateway address which is the address of the router. | Pete O'Neil (6584) | ||
| 569029 | 2007-07-14 11:14:00 | Your main PC and the rest of the LAN are in different networks. They should all be using the 10.1.1.x network. | johnd (85) | ||
| 569030 | 2007-07-14 11:56:00 | okayyyy i gave the wireless on the pc an address of 10.1.1.3 the laptop an address of 10.1.1.04. now for some reason, the wireless on the pc changed its address to 192.168.0.1. why did it do this?? the laptop remains 10.1.1.4 result is still the same |
Term_X (560) | ||
| 569031 | 2007-07-14 14:28:00 | Give this a go! www.crn.com ;) |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 569032 | 2007-07-14 14:57:00 | Or this! compnetworking.about.com |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 569033 | 2007-07-15 02:52:00 | thanks feers, some of the last post did help me!! as of right now im surfing the net on my laptop. okayyyyy this is what i did. i set a manual ip of 10.1.1.3 for the wireless on the pc so it's in the same range as the router. my mistake was manually setting an ip for the laptop wireless to 10.1.1.4. the correct thing to do was to set the laptop wireless to be assigned an address automatically after enabling ics on the pc lan, a message comes up saying that that the pc wireless ip will change to 192.x.x.x and other connected adapters will be adjusted automatically. thanks to all who posted, the information was all correct it was just the finer instructions i needed in between! :) cheers Term X |
Term_X (560) | ||
| 569034 | 2007-07-15 02:56:00 | Its a common issue, I had the same one a while ago... Bought the DSE cards and they advertised that Internet couldnt be shared in Ad-Hoc mode. It can, I tried two different ways: 1) Proxy server on the 'gateway' machine 2) Bridge the Lan / Wireless adapters :) Bridging was the easiest for me. Glad you got it sorted thou! Cheers Chill. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 569035 | 2007-07-15 03:21:00 | heyyy chill bridging the adapters was my next option. in the options for the pc wireless was option to change to "soft access point" mode at which point, the wireless and the lan on the pc can be bridged. thanks for dropping by my thread! |
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