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Hi: I've got a networking issue. I have two computers an XP machine and a mandrake

linux laptop(with modem fried from lightning) networked adhoc sharing the XP

dialup connection. I acquired an older laptop running w2k which I added a

Blitzz wireless card also buying a Blitzz access point. Connected it all

together, all 3 machines see each other, but I can't get internet to the

wireless laptop. I have the XP and Linux machines connected to the ethernet

portson the AP. I tried connecting the XP comp to the internet port (for cable or

dsl) and I can't see it from anywhere. What am I missing or did I buy the

wrong hardware? I have a second Nic, could I put that in the XP (home)

machine and route the Modem internet connection separately to this internet

port? I have the 3 machines on the same subnet 192.168.1.xxx which is the

one for the access point. Do I need to return the access point and wait for

broadband or what? (sorry this isn't strictly a mandrake issue ) Jon

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Well.. there are a few things we need to find out.

1. Since you say that the XP is the one having the internet connection, have you enable the internet sharing on XP?

2. Is it static IP or DHCP for all the machines?

3. Did you make the XP computer IP the default gateway for the rest of the machines?

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Yes, I have ICS working since I have the mandrake laptop working fine which is connected by wired lan going through the router (by the way that is what it is called, not "access point", is there a difference?). I'm using static IP and all computers see each other and their files. The gateway is the XP machine and is set such. No internet on the wireless connected laptop. I can ping the DNS server on it (this is the isp, right?) Jon

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More: Here are the router settings:

Like I said everything works network wise except no internet on w2k (wireless) comp.

 

PPPoE Connection Disable

PPPoE Profile No. (Not PPPoE)

PPPoE Connection Time (Not PPPoE)

IP Address 192.168.1.0

Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0

Gateway 192.168.1.1 (win XP dialup)

Primary DNS Server 198.78.177.2

Secondary DNS Server 0.0.0.0

Domain Name

Adapter Address 00-E0-98-A4-78-28

Link Status Static assigned

 

IP of wireless laptop: 192.168.1.4

router is on same subnet of all 3 computers.

all are set for static ip.

 

Thanks Jon

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Do you have the internet working with the other 2 pc? I think the only thing I can think of is that your router doesn't send the DNS information to your wireless laptop. I see that you can ping the DNS server from the laptop but maybe not something like www.yahoo.com. Check whether you can connect to internet using numerical ip (ping www.yahoo.com from other computer to get the numerical ip, then connect from your wireless laptop to the numerical ip instead of www.yahoo.com for example).

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