joing a wireless LAN to a wired LAN

[fm_london]

Hi guys

Sorry if this is the wrong group but I have been searching on this for
a while and not getting anywhere. Basically this is what I have.

A laptop with a wireless card and a network card. The laptop gets
internet through the wireless card which is connected to the wireless
router. The laptop is also connected to a local hub via the network
card. Also connected to that hub is another machine which does not have
a wireless card. so its something like this.

Desktop -> Hub -> Laptop -> Wireless internet.

Basically what I want to be able to do is have the desktop connect to
the internet via the laptop using the laptops wireless connects to the
router. The wireless router is in the other buiding so can not add it
to the hub. Now the laptop and desktop can talk to each other (ping and
file/printer sharing is working), The laptop has two IP address, on the
wireless connection it gets an IP address from the wireless router and
on the networks card it has a static IP address and so does the
desktop.

So desktop and laptop can ping each other, and laptop can ping the
internet but the desktop can not. I have tried a few setups but its
just random quess's so I am hoping someone can tell me how to do this,
if you need more information then please do let me know.

Both machines are running XP.

Thank you in advance.

F

 

[Doug Sherman [MVP]]

The easiest way is to bridge the connections on the laptop, but you would
have to change the ethernet adapters to obtain IPs dynamically:

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-
us/hnw_bridge_install.mspx?mfr=true

Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

 

[Jim]

Hi guys

Sorry if this is the wrong group but I have been searching on this for
a while and not getting anywhere. Basically this is what I have.

A laptop with a wireless card and a network card. The laptop gets
internet through the wireless card which is connected to the wireless
router. The laptop is also connected to a local hub via the network
card. Also connected to that hub is another machine which does not have
a wireless card. so its something like this.

Desktop -> Hub -> Laptop -> Wireless internet.

Basically what I want to be able to do is have the desktop connect to
the internet via the laptop using the laptops wireless connects to the
router. The wireless router is in the other buiding so can not add it
to the hub. Now the laptop and desktop can talk to each other (ping and
file/printer sharing is working), The laptop has two IP address, on the
wireless connection it gets an IP address from the wireless router and
on the networks card it has a static IP address and so does the
desktop.

So desktop and laptop can ping each other, and laptop can ping the
internet but the desktop can not. I have tried a few setups but its
just random quess's so I am hoping someone can tell me how to do this,
if you need more information then please do let me know.

Both machines are running XP.

Thank you in advance.

F

What I would do is install a wireless adapter in the desktop and connect it
to the wireless network. I would disconnect both desktop and laptop from
the hub. I would put the hub out to pasture.

There may be reasons that you can't do this. However, you need a system
that can act as a router. You need to look into what it takes to add
routing capability to the laptop.
Jim