Guest Valduare Posted October 15, 2007 Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 i would like to use a patch cable to get internet shared from my windows xp computer to my mcnlive laptop. help is greatly appriceated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkscot Posted October 15, 2007 Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 Are you using dial-up or broadband? With broadband you need to get a router. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Valduare Posted October 15, 2007 Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 i have broadband and a router already. but it is upstairs. i have a windows computer downstairs that has a wireless card in it and it is set up on the net. so i was hoping to just share its internet connection with my laptop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted October 15, 2007 Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 Direct from the horses mouth: microsoft.com Then on your Linux side, just use DHCP. Don't forget to make changes to your Windows firewall to allow this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Valduare Posted October 15, 2007 Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 i've done this but it still does not work? i can ping the gateway but not the host computer? i cant ping www.yahoo.com or anything exept the gateway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Valduare Posted October 15, 2007 Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 ok i just did some testing and when i enable sharing on my internet connection. then i try to open a browser it dosnt let me access the internet. even though all the settings look correct. but then i disable sharing again and i am able to browse the internet once again on the host computer. maby if i fix this problem then i will be able to access the internet on the linux laptop too when sharring is enabled. any ideas? im stumped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted October 15, 2007 Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 ok i just did some testing and when i enable sharing on my internet connection. then i try to open a browser it dosnt let me access the internet. From the link I posted When Internet Connection Sharing is enabled, your LAN adapter will be set to use IP address 192.168.0.1. Your computer may lose connectivity with other computers on your network. If these other computers have static IP addresses, it is a good idea to set themto obtain their IP addresses automatically. Have you done this? I'm sorry I can't be of more help with this, but I don't have a windows pc here to take a look at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Valduare Posted October 15, 2007 Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 when i enable internet sharing on my windows xp cd. why does it not let me go on the internet after i enable that feature? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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