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Kent
I am having the same problems as below and wondered if
anyone has found a solution????
Thanks,
Kent
anyone has found a solution????
Thanks,
Kent
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Why does your laptop 'connect' through your desktop?
If you have a wireless/wired router, then the router should be the only box responsible for internet connection to either. When you state "This is not the problem", well.. you're both right and wrong.
Once your laptop can hit the net without needing your desktop, then im sure we'll be at least 1 step closer.
It appears that your laptop is indeed 'wired' in, through your desktop. It appears it is using the 192.168.0.x local addressing block to do it, on subnet 255.255.255.0 . Now, Your router also chooses to use the same scheme. This isn't good at all, and shouldn't work what-so-ever (hence the reason for subnetting).
Please, let me know EXACTLY how everything is setup physically. That is, what method you use to route the laptop through the desktop (i.e. 2nd network card in desktop, plugged into a wireless access point).
Here is what I'd do:
If your router doesn't have wireless capability, then buy an access point, which can plug into one of the wired ports in the router (thus, making it a make-shift wireless router as well). From that point, I'd just re-configure the laptops wireless connection to a normal/network connection, and the router can pass you the IP , the same way the desktop got its.
Best setup would be:
Wall Jack to
DSL/Cable Modem to
Router to
- Laptop PC, VIA Access Point plugged into router.
- Desktop PC, VIA Wire
Once you got an access point setup on one of the ports, Using it is exactly the same, as if it were a wired connection. The only down-side to this is wireless security, which you can choose to lock down,via router settings (like MAC filtering).
If you really want to route through the desktop PC, however, You would want to use Internet Connection Sharing, based off a connection between laptop/desktop, but this is also a horrible solution, if the previously mentioned solutions is viable.
To sum up: Let me know , physically, what you're dealing with (network cards/routers/how they connect) and what you're trying to accomplish (i.e. File/Print sharing, etc), and we'll work it out.
- Zhoul
P.S. If you want to give me a ring, shoot me an e-mail to (e-mail address removed) (remove the NOSPAM portion), and we can determine the best time for it.
If you have a wireless/wired router, then the router should be the only box responsible for internet connection to either. When you state "This is not the problem", well.. you're both right and wrong.
Once your laptop can hit the net without needing your desktop, then im sure we'll be at least 1 step closer.
It appears that your laptop is indeed 'wired' in, through your desktop. It appears it is using the 192.168.0.x local addressing block to do it, on subnet 255.255.255.0 . Now, Your router also chooses to use the same scheme. This isn't good at all, and shouldn't work what-so-ever (hence the reason for subnetting).
Please, let me know EXACTLY how everything is setup physically. That is, what method you use to route the laptop through the desktop (i.e. 2nd network card in desktop, plugged into a wireless access point).
Here is what I'd do:
If your router doesn't have wireless capability, then buy an access point, which can plug into one of the wired ports in the router (thus, making it a make-shift wireless router as well). From that point, I'd just re-configure the laptops wireless connection to a normal/network connection, and the router can pass you the IP , the same way the desktop got its.
Best setup would be:
Wall Jack to
DSL/Cable Modem to
Router to
- Laptop PC, VIA Access Point plugged into router.
- Desktop PC, VIA Wire
Once you got an access point setup on one of the ports, Using it is exactly the same, as if it were a wired connection. The only down-side to this is wireless security, which you can choose to lock down,via router settings (like MAC filtering).
If you really want to route through the desktop PC, however, You would want to use Internet Connection Sharing, based off a connection between laptop/desktop, but this is also a horrible solution, if the previously mentioned solutions is viable.
To sum up: Let me know , physically, what you're dealing with (network cards/routers/how they connect) and what you're trying to accomplish (i.e. File/Print sharing, etc), and we'll work it out.
- Zhoul
P.S. If you want to give me a ring, shoot me an e-mail to (e-mail address removed) (remove the NOSPAM portion), and we can determine the best time for it.