Wireless and LAN

[Terry]

I have two machines connected via a 100MB switch, the main machine is
192.168.0.1 with ICS and an ethernet connection to a cable modem. I have
added a wireless card configured as AdHoc so that I can connect a laptop via
wireless. the wireless cards are connecting.

How do I configure the wireless network in regards to IP addressing? If the
cards are to have an IP do they need to be on a separate net, say
192.168.1.0 with perhaps routing enabled in WinXPpro on the ICS machine. Or
is there a better way.

Network is two PC's with Static IP's.
Main PC with ICS @ 192.168.0.1, ethernet connection to cable modem, wireless
card.
#2 PC @ 192.168.0.2
Laptop only has a wireless card

Regards

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

I have two machines connected via a 100MB switch, the main machine is
192.168.0.1 with ICS and an ethernet connection to a cable modem. I have
added a wireless card configured as AdHoc so that I can connect a laptop via
wireless. the wireless cards are connecting.

How do I configure the wireless network in regards to IP addressing? If the
cards are to have an IP do they need to be on a separate net, say
192.168.1.0 with perhaps routing enabled in WinXPpro on the ICS machine. Or
is there a better way.

Network is two PC's with Static IP's.
Main PC with ICS @ 192.168.0.1, ethernet connection to cable modem, wireless
card.
#2 PC @ 192.168.0.2
Laptop only has a wireless card

Regards

To use a static IP address on the laptop, make all of these settings:

IP Address: 192.168.0.x (1<x<255)
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.0.1
DNS Server = 192.168.0.1 or your ISP's DNS server

If possible, I recommend using a wireless router to share the cable
modem between both computers and doing away with ICS, because:

1. It's easier to set up an Infrastructure network using a router than
an Ad-Hoc network.

2. With ICS, the host computer must be running and connected to the
Internet whenever the client computer wants Internet access. A router
makes the two computers independent of each other.
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[Terry]

Thanks Steve,

Got everything there, except the DNS setting. Wondered why I could browse
from the laptop but not get to the internet. Setting the DNS to 192.168.0.1
did the trick. Still might get the wireless router as it does give me a more
secure network other than the Ad-Hoc wep setup and will allow the full
108MBs.

Regards
Terry

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

Thanks Steve,

Got everything there, except the DNS setting. Wondered why I could browse
from the laptop but not get to the internet. Setting the DNS to 192.168.0.1
did the trick. Still might get the wireless router as it does give me a more
secure network other than the Ad-Hoc wep setup and will allow the full
108MBs.

Regards
Terry

You're welcome, Terry.

Remember that advertised speeds (11 Mb for 802.11b, 54 Mb for 802.11g,
108 Mb for souped-up 802.11g or pre-n) are the highest rated speed
under ideal lab conditions. Actual speeds are much lower. I
typically see 3-4 Mb for 802.11b and around 20 Mb for 802.11g.
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

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