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mikemonaco
08-25-2004, 03:36 PM
My house has a linksys wrt54g wirless-g router sharing our adsl internet connection

Router:
IP: 192.168.1.1
SUBNET: 255.255.255.0

The router has DHCP disabled, so all computers need a static ip.

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My desktop computer:
Linksys Wireless-G PCI Card
IP: 192.168.1.6
SUBNET: 255.255.255.0
GATEWAY: 192.168.1.1
DNS: 192.168.1.1

Also has an Onboard Ethernet Port

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My Problem:
I have a laptop in my room that doesnt have wifi, I want to connect laptop to the internet through the ethernet card on my desktop pc. I have a crossover cable ran from the desktop to the laptop. What is the correct way to set up the laptop and desktop ethernet port for this to work. Remember if i turn on ICS my wireless-g card's settings will be changed to 192.168.0.1 and it will loose its internet connection.

What can I do?
JackMDS
08-25-2004, 08:17 PM
It can not work since you already have a NAT in the Linksys Router.

Option 1. Connect the Laptop to the Router directly using Cable.

Option 2. Buy PCMCIA Wireless card for the Laptop.

Option 3. Put a second NIC in t the Desktop and use WinXP Bridging.

Link to: Configuring Windows XP as a Network Bridge. (http://www.wown.info/articles_tutorials/wxpbrdge.html)

The above link uses USB LAN as part of the example, it will work with regular second NIC as well).


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cszeto
09-06-2004, 04:15 PM
Multiple "incorrects" across both sides...

1. Multiple NATs can be nested.
2. Enabling ICS on an adapter will not change the adapter's IP, just the other available adapters (e.g. the unused on-board NIC).

With the "incorrects" corrected, you can attached both computers with the cross-over cable and enable ICS on the wireless NIC. It will then assign 192.168.0.1 onto the on-board NIC as well as enable it as a DHCP server which will serve an IP to the laptop's NIC.

If the desktop is running XP or 2003, then you may be able to bridge the wireless NIC onto the the on-board NIC. The laptop will then need a Static IP assigned to it from your existing 192.168.1.x network.