Wireless Network - Internet Connection Sharing

[Jannoth]

I can't get my laptop to use my mai PC's network modem.
Adaptor manufacturers are also puzzled - can anyone here
please help?

1. The set up is peer-to-peer;
2. Firewalls are turned off;
3. both machines are on the same domain;
4. IP address are the same (bar the last digit);
5. Sending PING requests works fine;
6. The ADSL modem is set as shared on main PC;
7. shared folders are visible and accessible over network;
8. signal strength is v-good (both machines are side-by-
side)

What else can I try please?

 

[Haggis]

I can't get my laptop to use my mai PC's network modem.
Adaptor manufacturers are also puzzled - can anyone here
please help?

1. The set up is peer-to-peer;
2. Firewalls are turned off;
3. both machines are on the same domain;
4. IP address are the same (bar the last digit);
5. Sending PING requests works fine;
6. The ADSL modem is set as shared on main PC;
7. shared folders are visible and accessible over network;
8. signal strength is v-good (both machines are side-by-
side)

What else can I try please?

have you setup "internet connection sharing (ICS)" ?


you could run the network wizard on the "other" computer and tell it to
connect to your main computer " connect to the internet through another
computer on the network" (or similar)

 

[Hans-Georg Michna]

3. both machines are on the same domain;

Jannoth,

you sure? They connect to a domain controller?

Hans-Georg

 

[Guest]

Jannoth,

You need to make sure that the other computer knows which computer it is
supposed to be connecting through. I have noticed that although you may
enable ICS on one machine, other machines do not always recognise it as a
gateway. To do this, on the properties for the wireless network connection
(on the non-internet PC), search through the protocol/service list until you
find "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)", select this and click properties. If the
option "Obtain an IP address automatically" is selected, change it to the
option below...

"IP Address" - this computers IP Address.
"Default gateway" - the IP of the other computer.

You may need to restart that computer to see if the changes have had an
affect.

Hope it helps,

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

Jannoth,

You need to make sure that the other computer knows which computer it is
supposed to be connecting through. I have noticed that although you may
enable ICS on one machine, other machines do not always recognise it as a
gateway. To do this, on the properties for the wireless network connection
(on the non-internet PC), search through the protocol/service list until you
find "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)", select this and click properties. If the
option "Obtain an IP address automatically" is selected, change it to the
option below...

"IP Address" - this computers IP Address.
"Default gateway" - the IP of the other computer.

You may need to restart that computer to see if the changes have had an
affect.

Hope it helps,

Obtaining an IP address automatically should work fine on an ICS
client computer. If you configure the IP address manually, be sure to
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
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