Wireless to LAN

[Koitenshin]

I have a wireless router in one room running into a windows XP machine.
In the other room I have a Windows XP machine with a Linksys Wireless PCI Card 802.11g connected via crossover cable to a Windows 2k Pro machine. I can browse the network and files shared between the two but for the life of me I cannot access the internet on the 2K pro system. Can someone tell me what settings I need to use?

I have a crossover cable(yes I checked it), Linksys 802.11g wireless pci card.
I tried going into properties under the wireless card and checked the box to allow other computers to use this connection but no luck.

[mgmcc]

If the Windows 2000 PC cannot connect wirelessly directly with the router, then you need to enable "Internet Connection Sharing" on the XP PC's wireless connection to the router. Any firewall software needs to be configured to allow access to the networked computers and, in particular, if your ICS "host" PC is running Zone Alarm, the Internet Zone Security level must be reduced from "High" to "Medium" or ICS traffic will be blocked.

[Koitenshin]

Originally Posted by Koitenshin

I tried going into properties under the wireless card and checked the box to allow other computers to use this connection but no luck.

I also turned my firewall off but when I turn on ICS I cannot connect using my wireless connection.

[mgmcc]

It is the Wireless Network Connection in the XP PC that you need to enable ICS on - is that what you have done? It shouldn't have any effect on the ability of the Wireless Adapter to communicate with the router.

[Koitenshin]

Originally Posted by mgmcc

It is the Wireless Network Connection in the XP PC that you need to enable ICS on - is that what you have done? It shouldn't have any effect on the ability of the Wireless Adapter to communicate with the router.

Yes I enabled ICS on the wireless connection but when I did it blocked my xp wireless access.

This is all I am trying to do
Internet=> Wireless Router Hooked to other comp=> XP Pro machine with wireless pci card=> Crossover=> Windows 2k

[mgmcc]

In the XP PC, can you run ipconfig /all in a Command Prompt window, then place the mouse pointer in the Command Prompt window, right click and "Select All", press Enter to copy the contents to the clipboard. Then paste the details into a forum reply. Do this after enabling ICS on the Wireless Network Connection then, if necessary, disable ICS to be able to get online again.

[Koitenshin]

I read on the microsoft website that xp and 2k pro are kind of iffy with each other so It wont work like that. Pity.

[johnwill]

Actually, I have no problems at all networking 2K and XP, they're very compatible. I'm not clear on the configuration here. If you have a router, why in the world would you want to screw around with ICS? How about telling us what your network configuration looks like?

[Koitenshin]

I don't want to have to run all that wire because my router is on the other side of the house. But let me post my config with ICS enabled.

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Master
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : gateway.2wire.net

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : gateway.2wire.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Linksys Wireless-G PCI Adapter with
SpeedBooster #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-41-63-C7-0B
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.66
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, July 24, 2006 2:27:55 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, July 25, 2006 2:27:55 PM

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connecti
on
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-E0-18-91-1B-69
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.200

Tunnel adapter Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : C0-A8-00-01
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.0.1%2
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : gateway.2wire.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : C0-A8-01-42
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.1.66%2
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

[mgmcc]

It appears that you have Microsoft TCP/IP version 6 installed and, unless you have a particular reason for requiring it, uninstall it. Go to "Start > Run", type ipv6 uninstall and click OK.

Also, I don't understand why the Local Area Connection (the adapter connecting by crossover cable to the ICS client) has a Default gateway address of 192.168.0.200 or where that came from. This is the connection that is hosting internet access for the client PC and is the client's Default Gateway, but it doesn't connect directly to the internet itself and wouldn't normally have a Default Gateway address specified.

As "johnwill" has suggested, the much better solution would be to install a Wireless Network Adapter in the Win 2000 PC and connect directly with the router.

[Koitenshin]

nvm, thanks for trying to help me but I found a workaround. And you can't install a network adapter without pci slots. The 2k pro machine is a thin hp e-vectra. currently typing this up on the e-vectra so i know it works...for now.