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ICS to both a wireless and wired network.

Apr 28, 2005 10:35PM PDT

Hi all,

I have a broadband connection connected to me PC using the USB Port.

I have a wired network and the ICS worked great! However, my father recently purchased a laptop with built in wireless LAN card. He also had to buy a 3COM USB Wifi adapter to connect his laptop to the host machine (host machine is DIRECTLY connected to the broadband connection). This is where the problems start. I can share the internet with ONLY 1 computer. I searched on Google for answers and found out that I much Bridge the wired and wireless connection. So i did that. Both are connected well. Now, when I enable ICS, the wireless connection stops working (says "Not Connected") but the wired still works (sometimes vice versa).

Can someone please assist?

Thank you all and have a good day Happy

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Why don't you just buy an accesspoint?
Apr 29, 2005 1:55AM PDT

Using ICS, mean.. your host computer have to be ON..

And I suspected that, what you experience is what its supposed to be...

So, get an access point router (an access point with router capability) .. . this way, many more computer can access internet independently...

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Already bought the USB adapter.
Apr 29, 2005 3:14AM PDT

I already bought the USB adapter for around $50. Before i bought it, i did some research (on Google) about ICS with wired and wireless connection. All the results were positive. Thus, i said to my self, why pay $100 for an AccessPoint when i can pay $50 to do the same job.

But, as it turns out... you get the idea.

Thanks anyway.

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I might simplify this mess by....
Apr 29, 2005 8:45AM PDT

ditching the USB modem for an ethernet model (ask your ISP for this), and add a wireless router (with or without your switch). Let the router do the work and turn off ICS.

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My modem is cable of both USB and ethernet output.
Apr 29, 2005 7:42PM PDT

The ethernet PCI card is used for the wired network. Therefore, I had to use the USB output.

I used to have only two computers, thus, I didn't need a switch. But as you recall, I mentioned that I did some research and all results where positive.

If it's any help, I have an extra ethernet card lying around doing nothing. Can it help?

Thanks.

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It's good that your modem can go....
Apr 29, 2005 9:46PM PDT

either way. Now get yourself a wireless 4 port router and connect the modems ethernet port to the Wide Area Network port of the router using CAT5 cabling. Then connect the wired PCs to the router(also with CAT5) and any wireless PCs can connect that way.

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Ok, lets start over, by telling us the type of modem
Apr 29, 2005 8:16PM PDT

you have...

and how you connect all your pc together..

also tell us How do you connect your laptop (that have 3com USB Wifi adaptor) to internet and to your PC (that have nothing to receive the signal from the laptop) --- (and without an accesspoint?)

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My configuration.
May 1, 2005 3:27AM PDT

I have a Motorola SB4100 Cable Modem (bought from my ISP).

I am running Windows XP (with SP2 integrated). The host PC has the USB WiFi adapter (3COM). My dads? laptop has a 'Built-In' WiFi card (It?s called something like Intel Pro wireless...) My dads? laptop can communicate with the host PC perfectly.

In "Network Connections", I see 3 (three) connections as follows.

1. Local Area Connection - For the Motorola Modem
2. Local Area Connection 2 - For the wired network
3. Wireless Network Connection - For the USB WiFi adapter

I am able to share the Internet connection (being: Local Area Connection) to ONLY 1 (that?s ONE) other connection. Thus, I researched on the web for answers on how to share it to more than one connection. I was told to Bridge the two connections (In my case, 'Local Area Connection 2' and 'Wireless Network Connection'). So I did that. So good so far. But, when I try to share the Internet connection, one of the other two connections stops working properly (I get a Yellow triangle with an " ! " in the middle). When this happens, none of the other two computers get internet. I must remove the bridge and the share the internet to only 1 connection.

It would be all so simple to just get a wireless router. But I already bought the USB WiFi adapter and windows is able to share to more than one connection (using the Bridge function), but as it turns out, there's a bump somewhere.

Please help.

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Try...
May 1, 2005 3:35AM PDT