oddly enough.. it's working right now... no changes at all.. just disconnected the internet connection on the desktop and reconnected.. Hopefully it'll work in the morning..
On Nov 29, 2007 4:49 PM, Greg Morphis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > alright, my setup is like this.. > I've got a Netgear Super G wireless router. I've got one of the 4 > ports (not the WAN) connected to the ethernet port of my desktop. > I have my wireless broadband card in my desktop (via a PCI to PCMCIA > converter). I set up my router by hitting the IP 192.168.1.1 on my > desktop. All works fine. I connected my laptop to the wireless network > via the wireless connection, it found the SSID just fine. I entered > the WAP access code and bam, I'm connected to the Desktop. I was able > to share files and even the internet connection. > However this morning I tried to set up my work laptop to work with the > connection. I changed the Static IP in the TCPIP properties to > 192.168.1.2 and was able to hit the url http://192.168.1.1 (the > router). I changed the TCPIP properties back to "Obtain IP > automatically". > I could see the network in the Wireless Utility (the SSID was > present), but when I'd connect, the best it would show was "Limited or > no connection". I chose the Repair option and it'd hang on the > "Acquiring network address"... when I ran ipconfig sometimes I'd see > an IP, other times I'd see 0.0.0.0. When I tried ipconfig /renew it > would hang for a while and then error something about the DHCP server > being unavailable. > My desktop is Windows Vista Home Premium, my home laptop is also Vista > HP, those worked fine. The one that failed is Windows XP Pro. > There's no VPN involved yet, I just wanted to connect this XP laptop > to share my Desktop's internet. > Thanks > > > On Nov 29, 2007 4:30 PM, Ben Doom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ....um... > > > > Let's start by untangling what networks we're talking about, what > > systems we're talking about, etc. > > > > So, your desktop is the gateway between the EVDO and local WiFi/wired > > networks, correct? > > > > And you are trying to get your laptop connected to the net (first step, > > before starting a VPN tunnel) to the internet by going through the > > router, the desktop, and the EVDO network, correct? > > > > Can you get the laptop on the net via LAN instead of WLAN? > > > > --BenD > > > > > > Greg Morphis wrote: > > > Hi, I do a lot of my work from home and use the VPN connection to > > > access the network. > > > I wanted to and have set up a wireless network at home. I have a > > > desktop PC that's hooked to the router. I use a Wireless Broadband > > > card to connect to the EVDO network. My home PC is Windows Vista Home > > > Premium. I successfully set up the connect, which I was able to test > > > by using a different Laptop also with Vista Home Premium and connected > > > to the PC and even shared the internet connection. I tried to hook my > > > work laptop (Windows XP Pro) up to the network and failed. I could > > > access my router (netgear) by changing my TCPIP settings to the Static > > > IP 192.168.1.2 and then hitting the URL 192.168.1.1. So something was > > > working. I couldn't use the Desktop's internet connection though. I > > > tried running ipconfig /renew and ipconfig /release but I kept getting > > > error's about the DHCP server? I checked the services and the DHCP, > > > DNS and RCP services were running fine. > > > Do you guys have any suggestions on getting this to work? > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the answers you are looking for on the ColdFusion Labs Forum direct from active programmers and developers. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid-72&catid=648 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:247266 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
