Having trouble with small wireless lan

[HeXploiT]

I'm trying to set up a small wireless lan between my main rig and my laptop but I can't get these computers to see each other. Both computers can see other networks in range but they fail to see each other. I'm using a D-link airplus G DWL-GL22 on my main computer and a broadcom 802.11g on my laptop. Also I'm not using the software from either just the windows wireless connection wizard. Not sure what I'm doing wrong or if possibly these devices might be incompatible. Any help is appreciated.

 

[her209]

Are you attempting to create an ad-hoc wireless network?

 

[HeXploiT]

Originally posted by: her209
Are you attempting to create an ad-hoc wireless network?

I haven't tried that yet. Should I? What I want to do is share my internet connection from my main rig to my notebook.

 

[HeXploiT]

still getting nothing bump.

 

[jlazzaro]

without a router, youll need to create a wireless ad-hoc connection with ICS...

see here

 

[HeXploiT]

I've tried that but when I attempt to enable internet connection sharing I get the message "Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) cannot be enabled due to an IP address conflict on the network. ICS requires the host be configured to use 192.168.0.1. Please ensure that no other client on the network is configured to use 192.168.0.1.".
I have my main computers wireless connection ip set to 192.168.0.1. and the only other hardware on the network is one other computer with an automatically assigned address(which is not using wireless) and a router(or hub).

Also...what should my default gateway be for the wireless device?

Edit: ok now I just changed my ssid to default(I was using another network name) and now the device has completely disappeared from my device manager. ???
Why the heck does it do that?

 

[HeXploiT]

Still in dire need of assistance. I'd really hate to be forced to fall back on the internet service providers high-speed, unencrypted, non-password protected wifi located right down the street from me but I will if I have too. 😕

 

[JackMDS]

What is the IP of the NIC that is connected to the Internet.

 

[HeXploiT]

My IP address or do you mean the network address under the nic properties? Currently my ip address is 206.223.216.234 but that's always changing(I think). The network address for the nic is "not present".

 

[JackMDS]

Ok, I just wanted to check what is the nature of the connection. It seems that you are connected directly to the Internet.

If you have a 3rd party Firewall you have to take it out, and switch ICS Off.

Make an Ad-Hoc connetion, set file sharing, and see if you can trnsfer files through the Ad-Hoc connection.

Only when the transfer work switch On and configure ICS.

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_ics/

 

[HeXploiT]

Originally posted by: JackMDS
Ok, I just wanted to check what is the nature of the connection. It seems that you are connected directly to the Internet.

If you have a 3rd party Firewall you have to take it out, and switch ICS Off.

Make an Ad-Hoc connetion, set file sharing, and see if you can trnsfer files through the Ad-Hoc connection.

Only when the transfer work switch On and configure ICS.

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_ics/

My setup is, wall-->router-->Main computer-->Notebook(in progress)
Are you saying eliminate the router or are you talking about a software firewall? Sorry if a stupid question.😕

 

[JackMDS]

I did not asked for the IP of the Internet IP but for the IP of the NIC that is connected to the Router (I did not know that you have a Router).

In any case if you have already have a Router you do not use ICS.

After establishing a working Ad-Hoc connection and use WinXP Pro Bridging capacity.

http://technet.microsoft.com/e.../library/bb457038.aspx


BTW. Why you do not a have a regular Wireless instead on an Ad-Hoc (that is Quirky and unsafe). Any cheap Wireless Router configured as an Access Point would do better than Ad-Hoc.

 

[HeXploiT]

Originally posted by: JackMDS
I did not asked for the IP of the Internet IP but for the IP of the NIC that is connected to the Router (I did not know that you have a Router).

In any case if you have already have a Router you do not use ICS.

After establishing a working Ad-Hoc connection and use WinXP Pro Bridging capacity.

http://technet.microsoft.com/e.../library/bb457038.aspx


BTW. Why you do not a have a regular Wireless instead on an Ad-Hoc (that is Quirky and unsafe). Any cheap Wireless Router configured as an Access Point would do better than Ad-Hoc.

The router is not wireless. Just trying to make due with the hardware I have. I was only trying the ad-hoc because nothing else was working.