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Networking ME with XP computers
I'm trying to setup a home network with a computer running ME and a laptop
running XP Home. I'm not familiar with networking in the slightest, but did manage to get Internet Connection Sharing working (but that's all that is working, no file sharing or printer sharing). The ME computer is the one that is connected to the internet through an Orinoco PC Card (wireless lan setup). This computer is connected to a D-Link Wireless Router (DI-624) with an Ethernet cable. The Laptop is running XP home and has a D-Link Air Plus Wireless card (DWL-G650). The Laptop is able to connect to the internet just fine, but I do not know how to share files or a printer (won't show up on the network). Also, can't play multiplayer games between the two. Like I said, I know less than nothing about networking, so please be patient with me. Thanks. |
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Blaine wrote: I'm trying to setup a home network with a computer running ME and a laptop running XP Home. I'm not familiar with networking in the slightest, but did manage to get Internet Connection Sharing working (but that's all that is working, no file sharing or printer sharing). The ME computer is the one that is connected to the internet through an Orinoco PC Card (wireless lan setup). This computer is connected to a D-Link Wireless Router (DI-624) with an Ethernet cable. The Laptop is running XP home and has a D-Link Air Plus Wireless card (DWL-G650). The Laptop is able to connect to the internet just fine, but I do not know how to share files or a printer (won't show up on the network). Also, can't play multiplayer games between the two. Like I said, I know less than nothing about networking, so please be patient with me. Thanks. Please reply to this message in the news group (not by E-mail) with more information to help other people understand the problem. 1. What type of Internet connection do you have -- dial-up, DSL, cable modem, or something else? 2. What is connected to each port (WAN and LAN) of the D-Link Wireless Router? 3. Have you installed Internet Connection Sharing on the ME computer? I've written a web site with details: ICS Installation [WinMe] http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...smeinstall.htm -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networking http://mvp.support.microsoft.com Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm |
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On Sun, 8 May 2005 20:20:01 -0700, Blaine wrote:
I'm trying to setup a home network with a computer running ME and a laptop running XP Home. I'm not familiar with networking in the slightest, but did manage to get Internet Connection Sharing working (but that's all that is working, no file sharing or printer sharing). The ME computer is the one that is connected to the internet through an Orinoco PC Card (wireless lan setup). This computer is connected to a D-Link Wireless Router (DI-624) with an Ethernet cable. The Laptop is running XP home and has a D-Link Air Plus Wireless card (DWL-G650). The Laptop is able to connect to the internet just fine, but I do not know how to share files or a printer (won't show up on the network). Also, can't play multiplayer games between the two. Like I said, I know less than nothing about networking, so please be patient with me. Thanks. If you have a broadband Internet connection, buy a SOHO router. Most brands have decent models available for as little as $20, on sale, and/or with rebates. D-Link, Linksys, Netgear, and SMC are popular brands. D-Link, Netgear, and SMC also have routers which can share dial-up connections, if you are interested; and the same models will work on broadband connections, as well. In order to enable shares, you need to go into network properties, and add "Client for Microsoft Networks", and also "File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks". With ICS in use, make sure that you only enable those on the LAN facing network card. You must not enable those for the Internet facing network card. The ICS computer should have two network cards, or one network card and a modem. Do not enable shares on a modem; do not enable shares on the network device used to share the Internet. You don't want the whole world to have access to your shared resources. -- Norman ~Win dain a lotica, En vai tu ri, Si lo ta ~Fin dein a loluca, En dragu a sei lain ~Vi fa-ru les shutai am, En riga-lint |
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1. What type of Internet connection do you have -- dial-up, DSL, cable modem, or something else? 2. What is connected to each port (WAN and LAN) of the D-Link Wireless Router? 3. Have you installed Internet Connection Sharing on the ME computer? Answers: 1. They call it a wireless connection. There is a radio antennae on the roof that connects to a base station which gets me the internet. Turbocell is what they call it, I think. They installed an Orinoco PC Card, which is what the cable to the antennae is attached to. PS- Our ISP hooked up the router and ICS, but said to his knowledge you could not network an ME computer with XP.) 2.There is an Ethernet cable from the ME PC's Ethernet connection to the WAN on the back of the Wireless Router. The router has 4 LAN ports, but nothing is connected to any of them. 3. Yes. ICS is installed and working. I am unable though, to share files, printers, or play games between the laptop (XP) and the desktop (ME) using the wireless connection. Thanks again. |
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In article ,
Blaine wrote: I'm trying to setup a home network with a computer running ME and a laptop running XP Home. I'm not familiar with networking in the slightest, but did manage to get Internet Connection Sharing working (but that's all that is working, no file sharing or printer sharing). The ME computer is the one that is connected to the internet through an Orinoco PC Card (wireless lan setup). This computer is connected to a D-Link Wireless Router (DI-624) with an Ethernet cable. The Laptop is running XP home and has a D-Link Air Plus Wireless card (DWL-G650). The Laptop is able to connect to the internet just fine, but I do not know how to share files or a printer (won't show up on the network). Also, can't play multiplayer games between the two. Like I said, I know less than nothing about networking, so please be patient with me. Thanks. Please reply to this message in the news group (not by E-mail) with more information to help other people understand the problem. 1. What type of Internet connection do you have -- dial-up, DSL, cable modem, or something else? 2. What is connected to each port (WAN and LAN) of the D-Link Wireless Router? 3. Have you installed Internet Connection Sharing on the ME computer? I've written a web site with details: ICS Installation [WinMe] http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...smeinstall.htm Answers: 1. They call it a wireless connection. There is a radio antennae on the roof that connects to a base station which gets me the internet. Turbocell is what they call it, I think. They installed an Orinoco PC Card, which is what the cable to the antennae is attached to. PS- Our ISP hooked up the router and ICS, but said to his knowledge you could not network an ME computer with XP.) 2.There is an Ethernet cable from the ME PC's Ethernet connection to the WAN on the back of the Wireless Router. The router has 4 LAN ports, but nothing is connected to any of them. 3. Yes. ICS is installed and working. I am unable though, to share files, printers, or play games between the laptop (XP) and the desktop (ME) using the wireless connection. Thanks again. You're welcome, Blaine. All versions of Windows can network with each other. Your ISP should know that. If I understand your setup correctly: 1. The ME computer has two Ethernet adapters. An Orinoco PC card connects to the radio antenna, and the other Ethernet adapter connects to the WAN port of the router. 2. You've enabled Internet Connection Sharing on the Orinoco card, using the other Ethernet adapter for the local area network. If that isn't right, please reply to this message (don't post a new message with a different title) and describe your network setup as completely as possible. I don't think that you need to use ICS at all, since your router has an Internet sharing capability built in. Here's what I'd try: 1. Un-install ICS. 2. Connect the cable from the radio antenna to the router's WAN port. 3. Connect one of the ME computer's Ethernet adapters to a LAN port on the router. Don't connect anything to the other one. -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networking http://mvp.support.microsoft.com Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm |
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If I understand your setup correctly: 1. The ME computer has two Ethernet adapters. An Orinoco PC card connects to the radio antenna, and the other Ethernet adapter connects to the WAN port of the router. 2. You've enabled Internet Connection Sharing on the Orinoco card, using the other Ethernet adapter for the local area network. If that isn't right, please reply to this message (don't post a new message with a different title) and describe your network setup as completely as possible. I don't think that you need to use ICS at all, since your router has an Internet sharing capability built in. Here's what I'd try: 1. Un-install ICS. 2. Connect the cable from the radio antenna to the router's WAN port. 3. Connect one of the ME computer's Ethernet adapters to a LAN port on the router. Don't connect anything to the other one. -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networking http://mvp.support.microsoft.com Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm Thanks for all of your time Mr. Winograd. The only problem with with setting things up they way you described is that the cable from the antenna won't connect to the WAN port. I wish I could post a picture, but I'll try to describe it. The cable coming from the anntenna is thick, there is a pigtail connected to the end of the thick cable and it connects to the back of the Orinoco card, this link (if it works for you) shows what that connector looks like, it's under the column "Connector 1". I'm not sure there is an adapter to connect it to the WAN port. Hope this helps. http://www.hyperlinktech.com/web/cab...pgType=mc-card |
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In article ,
Blaine wrote: If I understand your setup correctly: 1. The ME computer has two Ethernet adapters. An Orinoco PC card connects to the radio antenna, and the other Ethernet adapter connects to the WAN port of the router. 2. You've enabled Internet Connection Sharing on the Orinoco card, using the other Ethernet adapter for the local area network. If that isn't right, please reply to this message (don't post a new message with a different title) and describe your network setup as completely as possible. I don't think that you need to use ICS at all, since your router has an Internet sharing capability built in. Here's what I'd try: 1. Un-install ICS. 2. Connect the cable from the radio antenna to the router's WAN port. 3. Connect one of the ME computer's Ethernet adapters to a LAN port on the router. Don't connect anything to the other one. Thanks for all of your time Mr. Winograd. The only problem with with setting things up they way you described is that the cable from the antenna won't connect to the WAN port. I wish I could post a picture, but I'll try to describe it. The cable coming from the anntenna is thick, there is a pigtail connected to the end of the thick cable and it connects to the back of the Orinoco card, this link (if it works for you) shows what that connector looks like, it's under the column "Connector 1". I'm not sure there is an adapter to connect it to the WAN port. Hope this helps. http://www.hyperlinktech.com/web/cab...pgType=mc-card Ah, I see. The antenna doesn't have a standard Ethernet connector, so it can only connect to the Orinoco card. Thanks for clearing that up. I think that the solution is to continue to use ICS on the ME computer, and to use the D-Link router as a wireless access point only, bypassing its routing capability. ICS will serve as the router for your network. Here's how: 1. Disconnect the router from the ME computer. 2. Disable and then enable the XP computer's wireless connection. 3. Using the XP computer, access the router's built-in web server. It's probably at an address like http://192.168.0.1. The address will appear on the XP computer as the default gateway for the wireless connection. 2. Disable the router's built-in DHCP server. 3. Change the router's LAN IP address to 192.168.0.254 to be compatible with ICS. 4. Reset the router by unplugging it from the electrical power, waiting a few seconds, and plugging it back in. 5. Connect the ME computer's second Ethernet adapter to one of the LAN ports on the router. Don't connect anything to the WAN port. -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networking http://mvp.support.microsoft.com Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm |
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