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countryjoe
join:2002-07-15
Cloverdale, CA
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Re: [SRS] Can't share connection any more
Dear Seagreen,
Day 7 and I'm on the ledge!
Yes, I have a Linksys card in the laptop. Don't think there is a problem with the Ethernet cable. I have a connection to the WAP, according to the icons on the laptop. I just can't figure out how to connect to the Internet.
In Network Connections, I have the following icons:
1394 connection/1394 Net adapter
Wireless Network connection
Local Area Connection (network cable unplugged it says)
Network Bridge.
I do not see an icon for the Direcway Satellite connection. Someone said this would pop up if I had the right IP addresses. But where? You said my TC/IP numbers look okay -- they're all in the desktop. You said "I'd try specifying an IP address on the laptop..." But where? Which icon? Which IP addresses are consistent with those on the desktop that you said were okay?
I can add IP addresses to either 1394 or the Network Bridge (in the TCP/IP properties sheet), BUT I do not know which icon to use and, worse, I do not know what numbers to put into the icon I select. I've tried every combination of numbers folks on the site have suggested, but obviously I am doing something wrong. I have uninstalled and re-installed everything multiple times with no success.
I'm very grateful for your help so far, but apparently I am more of an idiot than I thought. Just cannot figure this out. I'm really puzzled because everything worked right out of the Linksys box six months ago and then mysteriously stopped working. Can you give me one more cup of help? Many thanks. | |
satburn
Premium
join:2003-06-03
Versailles, MO
| countryjoe:
Did you add that network bridge or did the Linksys setup add it?
Every device you have on your network has an IP Address, a unique address for every device. Without an address information has know way of finding it's to or from the requesting device, much like a letter with no address or return address. Your satelite modem has an address of 10.80.45.62 that address get's the information to your modem which then passes that information (through your USB port) to your PC.
Now then, you want to share that information with other pcs. In order to do that you will need to setup your home network. Typically, home networks are setup using 192.168.0.X where X can be anything between 1 and 254. As a rule you setup your host pc (the pc that has the modems connected to it) as 192.168.0.1, the WAP should be set to another ip address that isn't used (ie 192.168.0.10), and finally your laptop should be set to another ip that isn't being used (ie 192.168.0.2). Remember, it doesn't matter which address you use, but it needs to be unique otherwise the postman won't know which house to deliver the letter to.
To set these addresses on the WAP, you will need to find out the default ip address that it is given at the factory. It should be in your documentation. Type this address into your browsers address line and hit enter. Also, remember to go to Tools->Options->Connections->LAN settings and uncheck the proxy box. Otherwise, it's going to look for that address out on the internet and not on your local network. There should be an option on the screen to specify ip address or obtain ip automatically. You want to specify one and enter 192.168.0.10
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