Nothlit
10-18-2002, 04:16 AM
Okay, here's the situation. :)
I have two computers, a laptop and a desktop, both running XP Pro. Most of the time I am away at college, and only have the laptop with me there. But when I come home on breaks, I would like to be able to have a wireless network for internet access on the laptop around the house. I ran the Network Setup Wizard on both computers to share my PPPoA DSL connection, making sure they were both set to the same workgroup, etc. No luck. On the laptop (client) it keeps prompting me to establish a dial-up connection whenever I open IE, as if it does not recognize the wireless network. The only thing is, I know the two computers are definitely "seeing" each other across the wireless link. I can ping each one from the other. Also, from the laptop, I can successfully reach a test Apache server that I have running on the desktop by typing http://192.168.0.1 into IE. But when I try to go out to the internet, it either gives me DNS errors or prompts to dial up. Also, neither computer shows the other one under the "View workgroup computers" listing.
I have done everything I can think of...enabling and disabling various protocols, running the wizards a variety of different ways. Still no luck. I'm hoping somebody can help me out. Do you think it might have to do with the fact that the laptop is "accustomed" to the wired campus LAN at college and for some reason can't make the switch to the wireless network here at home?
I am not knowledgable enough to solve this problem on my own, although anything you tell me, I will definitely be able to figure out. I just need a nudge in the right direction. Let me know if any more info would help...I can certainly provide it. :)
I have two computers, a laptop and a desktop, both running XP Pro. Most of the time I am away at college, and only have the laptop with me there. But when I come home on breaks, I would like to be able to have a wireless network for internet access on the laptop around the house. I ran the Network Setup Wizard on both computers to share my PPPoA DSL connection, making sure they were both set to the same workgroup, etc. No luck. On the laptop (client) it keeps prompting me to establish a dial-up connection whenever I open IE, as if it does not recognize the wireless network. The only thing is, I know the two computers are definitely "seeing" each other across the wireless link. I can ping each one from the other. Also, from the laptop, I can successfully reach a test Apache server that I have running on the desktop by typing http://192.168.0.1 into IE. But when I try to go out to the internet, it either gives me DNS errors or prompts to dial up. Also, neither computer shows the other one under the "View workgroup computers" listing.
I have done everything I can think of...enabling and disabling various protocols, running the wizards a variety of different ways. Still no luck. I'm hoping somebody can help me out. Do you think it might have to do with the fact that the laptop is "accustomed" to the wired campus LAN at college and for some reason can't make the switch to the wireless network here at home?
I am not knowledgable enough to solve this problem on my own, although anything you tell me, I will definitely be able to figure out. I just need a nudge in the right direction. Let me know if any more info would help...I can certainly provide it. :)