hoffa3
join:2000-04-18
Las Vegas, NV
| reply to rizzo2dial
Re: anyone tried VOIP in hotspots?
hmm, I'm having problems getting that working. Cable modem is on 192.168.1.1, router was on 192.168.0.1 but that was giving me problems so I put it on 10.0.0.1. Then notebook wireless adpt I enable ICS and for notebook LAN I put in something like
10.0.0.5, 255.255.255.0, gateway 10.0.0.2 and for dns I also put in 10.0.0.2. (10.0.0.2 is IP for wireless adapter)
Lan still isn't working. I can't do bridge connection either. My wireless adapter is set to automatically get ip so maybe that is the problem. |
|
rizzo2dial
Premium
join:2004-08-05
3 edits | Don't set any static IP addresses to the notebook LAN. It needs to use DHCP. The wireless adapter, based on your settings, will be DHCP assigned an IP Address of 10.0.0.x by your router. ICS on your notebook will in turn assign your notebook's LAN adapter an IP address of 192.168.0.x. ICS is doing NAT from the wireless adapter's 10.0.0.x IP Address to the notebook ethernet 192.168.0.x address(es).
I've never had any success in bridging wireless and ethernet network adapters, but I've been 100% successful in using ICS to connect my P8 DTA to my laptop's ethernet connection w/ the laptop's wireless connection ICS enabled.
Rizzo
EDIT: It is no problem whatsoever that your wireless adapter is configured for DHCP assignment. Each network connection on your laptop is using a different DHCP server:
Wireless Network Connection -> Uses ROUTER'S DHCP Server (10.0.0.x)
Ethernet (LAN) Connection -> Uses laptop's own ICS DHCP server (192.168.0.x) |
|
hoffa3
join:2000-04-18
Las Vegas, NV
| It isn't working for me. Both adapters on notebook are set to automatic. When I setup sharing on wireless adapter, it plugs in static ip for lan of 10.0.0.1 (router). I'm using WIndows XP Home. Wireless lan always works but LAN always shows as unplugged. |
|
rizzo2dial
Premium
join:2004-08-05
4 edits | Are you sure you're using a CROSSOVER cable?
EDIT: In case you were expecting the LAN Adapter to show an active connection w/o having anything plugged into it, you actually need to plug your DTA into the LAN port (using a crossover cable) for the connection to become active.
EDIT2: If you don't have a CROSSOVER cable, and if you have a spare hub or switch laying around, you can simulate what a CROSSOVER cable would do by:
a) Connecting the laptop's LAN port to the switch/hub using a standard ethernet cable
b) Connecting the P8 DTA to the switch/hub using a standard ethernet cable
(Neither connection above should go into the switch/hub's "uplink" port)
c) Don't plug any other ethernet cables into any other ports of the switch/hub! |
|
hoffa3
join:2000-04-18
Las Vegas, NV
| yes, my cable is crossover. It says straight TPE on it and is wired differently from my normal cables. I have it connected from notebook lan to plugged in packet 8 adapter.
To be more specific, on wireless notebook LAN I select properties, advanced and under internet connection sharing I select "Allow other network users...internet connection". I don't do this for notebook LAN adapter.
If I take crossover from packet 8 adapter and plug into router LAN pops alive. |
|
rizzo2dial
Premium
join:2004-08-05
| Most routers have auto-sensing ethernet ports, so whether you use a normal cable or a crossover cable, the router will accept it.
Do you have a second crossover cable you could try, or can you give the switch/hub simulation listed above a try? |
|
hoffa3
join:2000-04-18
Las Vegas, NV
| gee, wow it worked. I took an old hub and tried it with crossover to hub uplink and then ethernet from that to adapter. That didn't work so I used a regular ethernet to uplink and it works now. Packet 8 is green now. Cool, I'm going to test it out on my neighbors hotspot and see how it works. Thanks. |
|
rizzo2dial
Premium
join:2004-08-05
| You're welcome. To confirm that the instructions I gave you (using a crossover cable) were correct, I just turned on my laptop and followed my own directions. They worked.  Sounds like there's something wrong w/ your crossover cable. Perhaps buy a new one and try it out.
Rizzo |
|
hoffa3
join:2000-04-18
Las Vegas, NV | actually my crossover cable was the one I took from modem that connected to router. I'm not sure why that cable didn't work.
By the way my linksys hub only seems to work with it when plugged into port 1. I leave the hub unpowered |
|
rizzo2dial
Premium
join:2004-08-05
| said by hoffa3  :actually my crossover cable was the one I took from modem that connected to router. I'm not sure why that cable didn't work. I've never used a crossover cable to connect my cable modem to my router. Perhaps yours is actually a standard ethernet cable (which would explain all the difficulties you had getting things to work).
said by hoffa3 :By the way my linksys hub only seems to work with it when plugged into port 1. I leave the hub unpowered Hmm.. I didn't know hubs worked unpowered. |
|
