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Old 01-05-2006, 04:06 AM
Steve Winograd [MVP]
 
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Default Re: Sharing my wireless Internet connection

In article <1AA897F5-E3CE-42BC-A4AB-915FB60F0DA9@microsoft.com>, Omar
Candelaria <Omar Candelaria@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>I'm receiving an Internet connection through a wireless LAN card. I got
>another Ethernet LAN card in which I have created a residential network. I
>want to share the Internet connection that I'm receiving through the wireless
>LAN card with my network. The problem is that when I configure the system to
>share an Internet connection receiving it through the wireless card with a
>network through a normal LAN card, the system appears to get confused and
>simply doesn't detect the Internet connection while the network is enabled.
>As soon as I disable the local connection, the wireless Internet connection
>is detected again and I can use it normally. Is there a way to be able to
>have both network and wireless Internet connection active in my computer at
>the same time? Can I also share this connection with the network as I would
>do with a normal Ethernet connection?


Yes, you can share a wireless Internet connection.

What IP address does the wireless Internet connection have? There
will be a problem if it's in the 192.168.0.x range (as is common with
D-Link and Netgear wireless routers), since ICS uses that range for
the LAN connection.

If that's the case, configure the wireless router to use a different
range, such as 192.168.1.x.

Here's an alternative to using ICS: create a network bridge between
the wired and wireless network connections. I've written a web page
with details:

XP ICS - Network Bridge
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...workbridge.htm
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