Sharing my wireless Internet connection

[Guest]

I'm receiving an Internet connection through a wireless LAN card. I got
another Ethernet LAN card in which I have created a residential network. I
want to share the Internet connection that I'm receiving through the wireless
LAN card with my network. The problem is that when I configure the system to
share an Internet connection receiving it through the wireless card with a
network through a normal LAN card, the system appears to get confused and
simply doesn't detect the Internet connection while the network is enabled.
As soon as I disable the local connection, the wireless Internet connection
is detected again and I can use it normally. Is there a way to be able to
have both network and wireless Internet connection active in my computer at
the same time? Can I also share this connection with the network as I would
do with a normal Ethernet connection?

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

I'm receiving an Internet connection through a wireless LAN card. I got
another Ethernet LAN card in which I have created a residential network. I
want to share the Internet connection that I'm receiving through the wireless
LAN card with my network. The problem is that when I configure the system to
share an Internet connection receiving it through the wireless card with a
network through a normal LAN card, the system appears to get confused and
simply doesn't detect the Internet connection while the network is enabled.
As soon as I disable the local connection, the wireless Internet connection
is detected again and I can use it normally. Is there a way to be able to
have both network and wireless Internet connection active in my computer at
the same time? Can I also share this connection with the network as I would
do with a normal Ethernet connection?

Yes, you can share a wireless Internet connection.

What IP address does the wireless Internet connection have? There
will be a problem if it's in the 192.168.0.x range (as is common with
D-Link and Netgear wireless routers), since ICS uses that range for
the LAN connection.

If that's the case, configure the wireless router to use a different
range, such as 192.168.1.x.

Here's an alternative to using ICS: create a network bridge between
the wired and wireless network connections. I've written a web page
with details:

XP ICS - Network Bridge
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_ics/networkbridge.htm
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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