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Is It Possible To Use Your Computer As A Router?

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apemanttt

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I doubt it's possible but is there a way for me to hook a CAT-5 from my PS2 to my computer on a wired NIC and route the network from my wireless NIC card which is connected to my wireless router.

What I want to do is put my PS2 in my room and try to take it online by hooking it up to my computer which is connected to a wireless network. It would go like this:

Wireless Router ----> Wireless NIC in Computer ----> Wired NIC which would connect through a crossover cable or whatever ----> PS2

Probably not possible... Just wondering if I can avoid buying a wireless USB adapter.
 
Sure. Windows Internet Connection Sharing can do it if you need to use Windows. Otherwise I'd recommend some version of linux or *nix.
 
before the advent of consumer grade broadband routers, this was how it's done -- windows ICS. 🙂 i believe this was circa 1999 although i've known people who hv done it in 1996-1997.

its amazing how the tools we use shapes the way we think.
 
yup, windows internet connection sharing wizard etc. one network card extra per comp u want to share with.
 
Thanks a lot guys. I'm stuck with Windows XP Corp for now. I found this in Windows help:

To enable Internet Connection Sharing on a network connection:

1. Open Network Connections.

2. Click the dial-up, local area network, PPPoE, or VPN connection you want to share, and then, under Network Tasks, click Change settings of this connection.

3. On the Advanced tab, select the Allow other network users to connect through this computer's Internet connection check box.

4. If you want this connection to dial automatically when another computer on your home or small office network attempts to access external resources, select the Establish a dial-up connection whenever a computer on my network attempts to access the Internet check box.

5. If you want other network users to enable or disable the shared Internet connection, select the Allow other network users to control or disable the shared Internet connection check box.

6.Under Internet Connection Sharing, in Home networking connection, select any adapter that connects the computer sharing its Internet connection to the other computers on your network.

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I'm unable to figure out #6. I can't find Internet Connection Sharing where I would select the adapter to share the connection.

Any ideas?

Thanks.
 
Do you have both the wireless and wired NIC installed? I don't use ICS so I don't know exactly how to set it up, but you might have to have them both installed before you can have the options for ICS.
 
Okay I replied a little too fast. I found what I was looking for.

I enabled all of the accesses (ie ftp, http, pop3, etc.). Which one is going to allow my PS2 to connect online? Seems a little akward. Maybe those settings have nothing to do with it and all I have to do is click share Internet connection. Yeah, that's probably right.

Oh no... Having Internet connection troubles now. After I enabled the sharing and all of the settings my Internet connection seemed to die and now its working a little but images and such are not coming up and I'm getting a bunch of boxes with red X's in IE.

I just turned it off and I'll see if it works... If it works I'll be able to reply this time.

Yep, my internet connection dies whenever I add the extra NIC.

I don't think you can use ICS with an existing router... No?
 
don't think you can use ICS with an existing router... No?
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Yeah, you can, but you have to be careful with your settings, because IIRC, you can't route on the same subnet. You might also look at the "Brigde Connection" option. That may work better. Good luck.
 
This has been possible with linux for a LONG time ... it used to be called "IP Masquerading" nowadays everyone calls it NAT.

I've been doing this for several years, IMO it is a lot better than ICS for windows.

I remember wingate .. from like 96 97, that worked for many things, but was a pain in the neck.


EDIT: well i haven't been bridging to wireless, since my network is wired, you should be able to acomplish this with XP though ... it way just take a while to get it working. Best of luck to yah
 
Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
This has been possible with linux for a LONG time ... it used to be called "IP Masquerading" nowadays everyone calls it NAT.
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I think its because people had a hard time spelling 'Masquerading' 😉
 
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