For years I've had home network with ICS between desktop and laptop, they
are connected directly through a cross cable. I have no highspeed
available in my area so I still work with 56k modem
I bought a new laptop which has wireless.
I've now also bought a wireless router (LinkSys BEFW11S4) and tried to
get the laptop connected wireless, so I'm not restricted to the cross
cable. The desktop is plugged into port 1 on the router. (obviously the
Internet plug stays empty because I need the desktop modem to get online)
Followed the setup wizards, and I do get a signal on the laptop (I "see"
the SSID as available network) but I can't see the desktop in the My
Network Places (only the laptop itself) and in the desktop My Network
Places I don't see the laptop but only the desktop itself. Also can't get
online with the laptop. Ran the HomeNetwork Wizard several times, no
luck. Usually running the wizard gets everything working (I setup
homenetwork for family and friends, but this is my first attempt at
wireless)
All this stuff worked perfectly with just the cables, I thought the
wireless would let me get rid of at least the laptop cross cable, but I
can't get it to work at all, getting very frustrated!!

Anyone who can give me some ideas where to look for the answers (I know
it CAN work, I just haven't been able to figure it out yet)

LMB
ON CANADA

There's no particular reason that a remote computer should appear in My
Network Places UNLESS you have mapped resources (e.g., drives). All you'll
typically see is either YOUR network connections (adapters, from which you
can right-click to Properties and configure) or mapped drives. So My
Network Places isn't all that useful except for insuring you have those
adapter(s) configured properly.

In most cases, these wireless devices are designed to install w/ security
disabled and dhcp enabled, likewise w/ the router, so successful connections
are almost guaranteed out-of-the-box. Almost too easy. But you've
introduced one little twist, and this is what I think is messing you up,
you're NOT using the router's broadband capabilities, you continue to use
ICS.

What I suspect is that your ICS firewall is up and blocking the laptop,
perhaps because now, being connected to the router, and using *it's* DHCP
services (whereas before it used ICS's dhcp server), is being assigned a
different IP than what you used w/ ICS! You either need to drop the ICS
firewall, OR (and perhaps better), change the ICS firewall to allow the IP
address assigned to the laptop by the router, IN!

HTH

Jim


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> For years I've had home network with ICS between desktop and laptop, they
> are connected directly through a cross cable. I have no highspeed
> available in my area so I still work with 56k modem
> I bought a new laptop which has wireless.
> I've now also bought a wireless router (LinkSys BEFW11S4) and tried to
> get the laptop connected wireless, so I'm not restricted to the cross
> cable. The desktop is plugged into port 1 on the router. (obviously the
> Internet plug stays empty because I need the desktop modem to get online)
> Followed the setup wizards, and I do get a signal on the laptop (I "see"
> the SSID as available network) but I can't see the desktop in the My
> Network Places (only the laptop itself) and in the desktop My Network
> Places I don't see the laptop but only the desktop itself. Also can't get
> online with the laptop. Ran the HomeNetwork Wizard several times, no
> luck. Usually running the wizard gets everything working (I setup
> homenetwork for family and friends, but this is my first attempt at
> wireless)
> All this stuff worked perfectly with just the cables, I thought the
> wireless would let me get rid of at least the laptop cross cable, but I
> can't get it to work at all, getting very frustrated!!
>
> Anyone who can give me some ideas where to look for the answers (I know
> it CAN work, I just haven't been able to figure it out yet)
>
> LMB
> ON CANADA
>