Creating a wifi and crossover cable network connection.

[Guest]

I currently have wi fi b installed in my laptop and desktop. Everything
works great. The only thing is file transfers are quite slow (obviously due
to 11Mps Xfer rate). Is it possible to set up an extra network connection for
the crossover cable as well as keeping my existing connection for wifi. So
then i can quickly switch between each one ( wifi for surfing any where in
house, and crossover cable for file transfers), as at the mo i have to go
through the network connection wizard everytime i want to switch, which is
time consuming and boring.

 

[Chuck]

I currently have wi fi b installed in my laptop and desktop. Everything
works great. The only thing is file transfers are quite slow (obviously due
to 11Mps Xfer rate). Is it possible to set up an extra network connection for
the crossover cable as well as keeping my existing connection for wifi. So
then i can quickly switch between each one ( wifi for surfing any where in
house, and crossover cable for file transfers), as at the mo i have to go
through the network connection wizard everytime i want to switch, which is
time consuming and boring.

Andy,

Absolutely. It's easy under Windows XP, where you can tweak the Static Route
table from TCP/IP Properties.

After setting up the wired connection from both computers, you go to both
connection properties on both computers, and tweak the Interface metric (TCP/IP
Properties - Advanced - IP Settings tab) so the metric for the wireless is
higher than for the wired connection. Maybe set each wired metric to a 1, and
each wireless metric to a 2.

For non XP systems, you have to tweak the Static Route table, manually.
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/cableguy/cg1201.mspx>

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[Guest]

Hi, still having trouble. How do i configure the connections. As i said i
have the wi fi set up great, the desktop has the direct connection to the
net(broadband). The problem is i think that i have to disconnect the ethernet
broadband connection from my desktop to connect the xover cable. When i then
do the wizard i lose my previous wifi setup. Is there a complete idiots
guide for doing this??

 

[Chuck]

Hi, still having trouble. How do i configure the connections. As i said i
have the wi fi set up great, the desktop has the direct connection to the
net(broadband). The problem is i think that i have to disconnect the ethernet
broadband connection from my desktop to connect the xover cable. When i then
do the wizard i lose my previous wifi setup. Is there a complete idiots
guide for doing this??

Andy,

I guess I'm confused. What network interfaces do you have on each computer?

Provide ipconfig information for each computer.
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" into the command
window - Open c:\ipconfig.txt in Notepad, copy and paste into your next post.
Identify operating system (by name and version) with each ipconfig listing.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[Guest]

This is my desktop os: win xp ver 2002 sp1
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : homepc
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8180 Wireless LAN (Mini-)PCI
NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-FC-BD-FB-AE
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : Ethernet adapter Local Area
Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast
Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-40-2B-44-A9-17
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 82.1.23.61
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 82.1.23.254
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 80.3.160.20
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 194.168.4.100



This is my laptop
windows xp home edition 2002 version service pack 1
Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Andy_n_clair

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No



Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : mshome.net

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : PRISM 802.11g Wireless Adapter
(3890)

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-60-B3-9E-4D-EF

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.21

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 06 October 2004 15:46:19

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 13 October 2004 15:46:19



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast
Ethernet NIC

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0A-E4-4F-90-30



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:



Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth LAN Access Server Driver

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-03-C9-2F-46-95

 

[Chuck]

Andy,

OK, I am starting to see.

Is your internet service NTL cable broadband? Are you connecting Homepc
directly thru Ethernet to the cable modem? And running ICS on Homepc?

You need to connect the cable modem to the router, and have both Homepc and
Andy_n_Clair connect to the router wirelessly. Get rid of ICS on Homepc. Once
that is done, then the RT8139 adapters on both computers will be free, and you
can permanently connect them by the crossover cable.

Here are a few websites with useful tutorials on how to setup the modem - router
- computer connections:
http://www.cablesense.com/
http://www.homenethelp.com/
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/
http://www.wown.com/

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.