Internet Sharing
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:25 am
I'm having problems setting up internet sharing. I have a small office setup in my pole barn. For internet, I connect to my wireless router in my home via a dell truemobile 1150 card (flashed to orinoco firmware) and an external antenna. I have a second laptop attached with a crossover cable.
[Laptop2]-->crossover cable-->[Laptop1]-->antenna-->[wireless router]
Both machines run on XP SP2. I'd like to have internet access on Laptop2.
So far, Laptop1 get's a decent signal and can access the internet just fine. Laptop1 and Laptop2 communicate perfectly for file sharing (crossover cable works fine).
I think that my internet can be shared pretty easily without having to spend any more money for another wireless nic and antenna. I've heard that ICS is a little funky and I would prefer not to use it. There are other options. No problem right? WRONG!
My first attempt was to use XP's bridging (on Laptop1) to bridge my wireless connection with my local area connection (crossover to Laptop2). This killed my wireless on Laptop1. It wouldn't connect, or even try to connect.
My next attempt was trying NAT32 on my host computer (Laptop1) to use network address translation to pass the packets over to Laptop2. The same problem occured. I could no longer access the internet on Laptop1. The icon says it's connected, but it doesn't work. If I pull my nic card out and reinsert it, it doesn' work at all (big ugly "X" over the wireless icon). I also tried 602Lan Suite, but encountered the same problem.
I'm not the geek that I wish I was, and don't know enough about what's happening to diagnose the problem. Does it have to do with promiscuous mode? I tried netsh to force compatibility mode, but it didn't help.
Any thoughts?
[Laptop2]-->crossover cable-->[Laptop1]-->antenna-->[wireless router]
Both machines run on XP SP2. I'd like to have internet access on Laptop2.
So far, Laptop1 get's a decent signal and can access the internet just fine. Laptop1 and Laptop2 communicate perfectly for file sharing (crossover cable works fine).
I think that my internet can be shared pretty easily without having to spend any more money for another wireless nic and antenna. I've heard that ICS is a little funky and I would prefer not to use it. There are other options. No problem right? WRONG!
My first attempt was to use XP's bridging (on Laptop1) to bridge my wireless connection with my local area connection (crossover to Laptop2). This killed my wireless on Laptop1. It wouldn't connect, or even try to connect.
My next attempt was trying NAT32 on my host computer (Laptop1) to use network address translation to pass the packets over to Laptop2. The same problem occured. I could no longer access the internet on Laptop1. The icon says it's connected, but it doesn't work. If I pull my nic card out and reinsert it, it doesn' work at all (big ugly "X" over the wireless icon). I also tried 602Lan Suite, but encountered the same problem.
I'm not the geek that I wish I was, and don't know enough about what's happening to diagnose the problem. Does it have to do with promiscuous mode? I tried netsh to force compatibility mode, but it didn't help.
Any thoughts?