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countryjoe
join:2002-07-15
Cloverdale, CA
| reply to seagreen
Re: [SRS] Can't share connection any more
In Network Connections, I removed the "1394 Connection" from the Bridge. It is enabled. Wireless Network Connection is enabled. These are the only two icons showing in the section titled LAN or High Speed Internet. In the Network Bridge section are: Network Bridge, which says "Network cable unplugged" and Local Area Connection, which says "Network cable unplugged."
The IP address of the WAP has been set to 192.169.0.2 (Incidentally, I did this by inserting the Linksys Setup Wizard CD in the desktop and then ran the wizard, which let me change the IP address. I tried to run the wizard on the laptop, but kept getting an error message that said "No wireless access point found." Meantime, in the systray, there are icons for the Wireless Internet Utility and one for the Wireless Internet Connection, which shows "excellent" signal strength at 11 mps.)
I ran ipconfig /all on the laptop. Here's what it says:
Hostname 8100laptop
Primary DNS suffix
Node type Mixed
IP routing enabled No
Win Proxy enabled No
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 3
Connection-specific DNS Suffix
Description: Instant Wireless Network PC Card ver 3.0
Physical address: 00-06-25-28-4D-61
Dhcp enabled: No
IP address: 192.168.0.2 (which I don't understand, as I just set it up as 192.169.0.2 with the setup utility, and that's what the utility shows when I re-run it)
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Default gateway:
DNS Servers: 198.77.116.8 and 207.217.120.83
Ethernet adapter Network Bridge (Network Bridge) 54:
Media state: disconnected
Description: MAC bridge miniport
Physical address: 02-04-76-4C-65-92
That's it. Thanks to you, F.A.B., and Satburn for your help. I feel like I'm in the intensive care ward waiting for the doctors!
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seagreen
Premium,Mod
join:2001-05-14
Salish Sea
Host:
CenturyTel
Wireless Service P..
Southern California
HughesNet Satellite
WildBlue Satellite
| said by countryjoe  :
The IP address of the WAP has been set to 192.169.0.2
You don't want that IP address on your WAP - you want to be in the same address range that ICS puts the host, so 192.168.0.3 would be good (assuming you have no other machines on your LAN with that IP address), 192.169.0.2 is not.
The IP address that IP config /all shows you is not your WAP, it's your laptop's Wireless NIC - I think you are confusing the two. The address that you got from ipcongfig /all is perfect - don't touch it.
Ignore the 1394 thing - it's nothing to do with what we are doing. Same for Local Area connection - that's probably your ethernet adapter. The only thing we need to be concerned about is your Wireless adapter. Because you have those other adapters and XP - it's going to try to set up your wireless connection as "bridged" and you don't want that. So is your wireless NIC currently shown as bridged or not? You'll have to answer the questions as I don't have an XP laptop in front of me to refresh my memory on. 
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countryjoe
join:2002-07-15
Cloverdale, CA
| reply to countryjoe
Small addendum. After removing the bridges, I was able to run the Linksys setup wizard on the laptop. It shows the WAP IP address is 192.169.02, but ipconfig /all shows it as 192.168.0.2.
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seagreen
Premium,Mod
join:2001-05-14
Salish Sea
Host:
CenturyTel
Wireless Service P..
Southern California
HughesNet Satellite
WildBlue Satellite
| said by countryjoe :
It shows the WAP IP address is 192.169.02, but ipconfig /all shows it as 192.168.0.2.
ipconfig /all is showing you the IP address of your wireless NIC - not your WAP.
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SRS | Earthlink | Win2K SP3 | G11 | 1370 | ver. 4.0.3.9 | NO SP-B | Gateway .55 | |
countryjoe
join:2002-07-15
Cloverdale, CA
| reply to countryjoe
OK, I changed the WAP IP to 192.168.0.3 using the Linksys setup utility (on the laptop).
No, the Wireless Network Connection is not bridged. (The only two items that are are "unplugged" -- Network Bridge and Local Area Connection.
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