Co-worker wants to share her DIRECWAY internet wirelessly

[Guest]

so my co-worker lives out in the cuts and uses direcway.

apparently her satelite equivalent of a broadband modem only hooks up to her
computer via USB only (doesn't have an ethernet port), and direcway is going
to charge her $200 to upgrade her to a modem with an ethernet port.

Seems pretty ridiculous to me.

So I'm looking at diagrams like this:
http://www.homenethelp.com/ics/images/ics-diag-ethernet.gif
which I found here:
http://www.homenethelp.com/ics/ics-install-arch.asp
and I'm wondering, can I replace the hub in that diagram with a wireless
router (which I already have), and thus share the connection wired and
wirelessly? The router would need to pick up it's "WAN" connection from the
ICS host I presume?

I'm having a difficult time figuring out how I'd set up the software config
/ settings for this to all work right. Specifically, I don't see how the
router would see the ICS PC as a WAN connection.

Would this be a reliable setup? Or is it worth it to just pay direcway for
the new DW6000?

Thanks in advance,
Ethan

 

[Chuck]

so my co-worker lives out in the cuts and uses direcway.

apparently her satelite equivalent of a broadband modem only hooks up to her
computer via USB only (doesn't have an ethernet port), and direcway is going
to charge her $200 to upgrade her to a modem with an ethernet port.

Seems pretty ridiculous to me.

So I'm looking at diagrams like this:
http://www.homenethelp.com/ics/images/ics-diag-ethernet.gif
which I found here:
http://www.homenethelp.com/ics/ics-install-arch.asp
and I'm wondering, can I replace the hub in that diagram with a wireless
router (which I already have), and thus share the connection wired and
wirelessly? The router would need to pick up it's "WAN" connection from the
ICS host I presume?

I'm having a difficult time figuring out how I'd set up the software config
/ settings for this to all work right. Specifically, I don't see how the
router would see the ICS PC as a WAN connection.

Would this be a reliable setup? Or is it worth it to just pay direcway for
the new DW6000?

Thanks in advance,
Ethan

Ethan,

Sure, what you want to do is pretty standard. You just turn the wireless router
into a WAP (a wireless hub essentially).
- Connect the host and all clients as peers, to the LAN (wired or wireless
connections) on the wireless router. Leave the WAN connection open.
- Change the LAN address of the wireless router to 192.168.0.2 (192.168.0.1 is
used for the ICS host).
- Disable the DHCP server on the router.
- Enable ICS on the host (with the USB modem as the Internet feed, and the
Ethernet / wireless card as the connection shared).
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/using-network-setup-wizard-in-windows.html#ICSHost>

Normally (if this was an Ethernet or dialup Internet service), I'd recommend a
proper NAT router. For $200 savings, this is probably a good solution though.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/ics-is-ok-but-you-can-do-better.html>

Make sure you secure the ICS host (lock Windows Firewall down). And make sure
you secure the wireless LAN too.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/setting-up-wifi-lan-please-protect.html>

 

[hupjack]

thanks a bunch chuck.. that description was fantastic..

really helped straighten me out..

 

[Chuck]

thanks a bunch chuck.. that description was fantastic..

really helped straighten me out..

Ethan,

Excellent. Thanks for the update, and the feedback.