Wireless lan

[Pino]

Ok i'm looking at connecting my laptop and Desktop together but do not want a wireless router etc, will most likly try using the internet connection sharing since i am allready using a router (not wireless though and not possible to upgrade :( )

I'm looking at this (http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1302480220.1104004051@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccdcadddekgldhdcflgceggdhhmdgmj.0&page=Product&sku=369188&category_oid=-9976&fm=undefined&sm=undefined&tm=undefined)now if i had one of them on my laptop and one on my desktop would that work? anyone got any experiances with these items?

[Pino]

in other words can i do this,

[dglienna]

As I recall, you cannot use a lan card as a router, ie. set it to 192.168.0.1, which is needed for the other card. They both need a wireless router to work. I had the problem a few years ago.

[Ideas Man]

I thought you could. Don't you just bridge the two network connections in Windows XP/2000 and they can access the data across the two networks (not tested).

My understanding is if the router is your DHCP server, simply bridge your LAN card and the wireless network adapter together, and all computers can access each other, only when that computer is turned on.

[dglienna]

I didn't have XP back then., but if you turned on ICS on a different subnet, and set the ip address on both cards, it *MAY* work. I'm not sure.

[Ideas Man]

I didn't have XP back then., but if you turned on ICS on a different subnet, and set the ip address on both cards, it *MAY* work. I'm not sure.

You can't adjust the ICS settings. It's either an on and in a working state or off. You can't set the range or subnet or anything like that for it. He said he has a router and that would/should be handling it anyway.

Yey! My 1000th post!

[dglienna]

Congrats on the 1K posts.

I meant that he could change the subnet on the Router, and still use ICS on the computer.

[plenderj]

Without using any weird and wonderful proprietary things;

1) Use a dual-homed system - i.e. put in a 2nd network card and route through first.
2) Just buy a wireless router. Its a lot less hassle in the long run, and they're dead handy :)

[Pino]

Without using any weird and wonderful proprietary things;

1) Use a dual-homed system - i.e. put in a 2nd network card and route through first.
2) Just buy a wireless router. Its a lot less hassle in the long run, and they're dead handy :)

it works on the wired one i've connected laptop to wireless router, but i'm with aol so they only have a few routers avalible which work

[dglienna]

does that mean that you have a wireless router, or you got the wireless card to send data to the laptop over the wireless connection?

[Pino]

does that mean that you have a wireless router, or you got the wireless card to send data to the laptop over the wireless connection?

no i have a wired router, which is connected up to 2 pc's and if i plug my laptop in it works as well,

[dglienna]

OIC. Did you realize that you can use another (wireless) router in addition to yours? Just plug the new one into yours, and change the IP to 192.168,1.1, and have it distribute addresses starting at 192.168.1.100, and the wireless will be connected. As long as they're in the same workgroup, you'll be able to see all machines.

[Pino]

OIC. Did you realize that you can use another (wireless) router in addition to yours? Just plug the new one into yours, and change the IP to 192.168,1.1, and have it distribute addresses starting at 192.168.1.100, and the wireless will be connected. As long as they're in the same workgroup, you'll be able to see all machines.

hmm, interesting, well i'm trying to find an alernative without buying a wireless router, allthough i wonder if i could buy a non compatible aol one because it would be going into the aol one....

[Ideas Man]

You could also get a wireless access point which just acts as a bridge between your wired and wireless networks. Plug the WAP into your router and it should be fine, though they are a bit pricy (here anyways).

[dglienna]

hmm, interesting, well i'm trying to find an alernative without buying a wireless router, allthough i wonder if i could buy a non compatible aol one because it would be going into the aol one....


That's why I mentioned it. I had a hub connected to a dsl, and a wireless connected to the hub, to keep the other network separate, but accessible to the main one. it worked out well.