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Finding the IP address of a bridged computer

alevasseur14

alevasseur14

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Hey everyone! I have an issue where I need to find the IP address of my WHS machine. My desktop machine in my room is connected with wireless to my landlord's router, which is downstairs. From there, I run an ethernet cable to a switch in the livingroom, which I then run another cable to the WHS box. Then I bridged the wireless connection with the wired.

The backups work and if I leave my desktop machine running, I can access the server from outside the network as well. My issue is my occasional desire to log in through Remote Desktop from my desktop in my room. I can't remember how I did it the first time, but I was able to come up with the IP address so I could remote into it. When I changed my dual core out for my new quad, for some reason the IP address changed. Now, I can't find that IP address again to save my life.

What do I need to do, aside from hooking a monitor up to the WHS box, to find it again?

BTW: Vista Ultimate x64
 
Great! I'll try that when I get home from this night class!

I can't wait to move next fall and have my regular network set up again!!!
 
Just an FYI, won't don't you just get a wireless bridge, configure it for your wireless internet and then connect it to a router for your internal machines to connect to? They do cost some money but are definitely worth it. Just an idea.
 
If you have already a spare Router buy this one, http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16833320023

Flash it with DD-WRT and set it as Client Wireless, it would serve as the Wireless card to connect to the Landlord's Wireless source.

Plug one of the Client Router's switch port to the WAN port of your spare Router and you can have a private real Network that would be isolated from the Landlord system.

If you do not have a spare Router you would have to buy two Router. However the second Router can be a real cheappo.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16833127091

I.e. for about $70 you can have a real Network and a very good Wireless Router (the Asus) for future use.
 
I messed around with DD-WRT for a little bit but didn't have a lot of luck connecting it to my D-Link DI-655. I got things working this way and it works well enough. I'm back in school now and really don't have much money for my hobby anymore. It just wasn't important.

I wouldn't mind trying to get the bridge working again but right after I went back to school, a couple of my friends needed a router and I let them use it for the time being.
 
Exactly which router did you try with DDWRT? Not all routers are DDWRT compatible. Please see this DDWRT database for compatible routers as the DI-655 you mentioned is not DDWRT compatible: http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv3/dd-wrt/hardware.html

Also, if your are connecting two routers together, you need to make sure their IP's are not in the same subnet (Ie, if both routers IP's are 192.168.1.1, they won't route traffic as both interfaces on one of the routers will be in the same subnet) so you need to change one of them to 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.2.1 and leave the other one as 192.168.1.1
 
Originally posted by: kevnich2
If you know the WHS name, just ping the box name - start > run > cmd > ping "whateveryourwhsboxnameis"
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That worked like a charm! Thanks so much!

I have no idea how I found it the first time. All I know is that the address it has now is completely different than the one it had before I reinstalled Vista.

All's well though - thanks again!
 
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