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| Thread ID: 64836 | 2005-12-30 03:38:00 | Wireless from the kitchen table | Quiet (8950) | Press F1 |
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| 416555 | 2005-12-30 03:38:00 | Hi there: have a pc with an external modem connected to the Internet....also connected to a D-link DI-724P+.....and have a late model HP lap top with built in wireless. Things are going swimmingly well in all respects except Internet connectivity. That is I can share files between lap top and PC and print from the lap top to the printer connected to the the D-link. I can think of no way to tell the lap top to use my dial up connection to go to the Internet. I even set up a gateway on the lap top and can actually see the connection speed going through the modem, just not use it. Am wondering if it is a configuration setting on the D-link device?? or something else. (interestingly I took the lap top to work and was able to surf in the blin k of an eye connected to a Cisco wireless access point) Any ideas? (go on make my wife's day :nerd: ) |
Quiet (8950) | ||
| 416556 | 2005-12-30 04:50:00 | What Windows version on the PC with the dial-up connection? At a fist guess I would say the PC with the internet connection would need to be set to "bridge" the two networks, as you do not have a router in the dial-up setup that would do this as happens in a LAN based router system. Not even certain that its possible, as both "networks" (dial-up connection and wireless) are totall separate. But XP does have a bridging function, just not sure it works for a dial-up connected device. |
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| 416557 | 2005-12-30 10:30:00 | HI there: May be something in what you say. Have wondered if the D-Link device is what is blocking access. The desktop is running XP SP2 | Quiet (8950) | ||
| 416558 | 2005-12-30 10:52:00 | If the computer connected to the modem and wireless is running XP, you can setup internet sharing (ICS) by running the networking wizard on that computer. [Start / All Programs / Accessories / Communications / Network Setup Wizard]. Your network connection (to the wireless) will be allocated an IP of 192.168.0.1, so you may have to reconfigure the wireless. | wuppo (41) | ||
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