Nick Hatzichristos
01-21-2005, 07:28 AM
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Hi everybody,
I have a problem I would like some help with. I have 3 machines :
A: 1 WinXP Pro with a 100Mbit NIC (connected to a network switch)
B: 1 WinXP Pro with a 100Mbit NIC (connected to a network switch)
*and* a
PCI Wireless Network adaptor
C: 1 WinXP Home with a Wireless Network adaptor (it's a laptop).
There is also an ADSL modem connected to the network switch, "feeding"
internet access to the two wired machines.
Finally, *there is no* wireless access point, I am trying to have the
WiFi
machines connect on a peer-to-peer (AdHoc) wireless network.
Now, what I need to do is, first of all have *all three* machines be
able to
"see" each other and have access to each other's files. Then, the
final goal
is to have the laptop be able to have internet access.
So, in theory, I think I should setup the wired network successfully
between
machines A-B, then set up a wireless network between B-C, and then...
I
don't know, bridge the Ethernet and WiFi connections on machine B ?
So far I 've only been able to successfully set up *either* a working
A-B
wired network *or* a wireless B-C one. At one point, I even had both
networks functioning properly at the same time; but still, even then
there
were only A-B and B-C connections, no A-C. I could not have the laptop
(C)
see machine A or the router, and of course, no internet access.
At that point I thought that ok, I have both networks running, now I
should
bridge them on machine B, so I tried it, but it didn't work, so I was
back
to square one.
I tried with both manually assigned IPs and DHCP-assigned ones
(provided by
the modem's DHCP server function). The best case scenario above was
achieved
when the two wireless adaptors had DHCP-assigned IPs.
Can anyone help me with a step-by-step guide ? Maybe a link to one
online or
something ? I 've done a lot of searching about this myself, but I can
only
find either Access Point setup tutorials (I need peer-to-peer) or
WiFi-only
tutorials (I need a combo of wired Ethernet and WiFi at the same
time).
Apologies for the long post, but as I always do when I seek help, I
tried to
give as detailed and accurate a description as I could.
If you 're still reading this far, thanks ! I 'd appreciate any help
anyone
could give.
nick
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Nick Hatzichristos
AnimateThis
nixx /at/ animatethis /dot/ gr
ICQ# : 48636115
message still isn't showing up, so I 'm resending it via Google Groups
***
---------------------------------------------------------------
Hi everybody,
I have a problem I would like some help with. I have 3 machines :
A: 1 WinXP Pro with a 100Mbit NIC (connected to a network switch)
B: 1 WinXP Pro with a 100Mbit NIC (connected to a network switch)
*and* a
PCI Wireless Network adaptor
C: 1 WinXP Home with a Wireless Network adaptor (it's a laptop).
There is also an ADSL modem connected to the network switch, "feeding"
internet access to the two wired machines.
Finally, *there is no* wireless access point, I am trying to have the
WiFi
machines connect on a peer-to-peer (AdHoc) wireless network.
Now, what I need to do is, first of all have *all three* machines be
able to
"see" each other and have access to each other's files. Then, the
final goal
is to have the laptop be able to have internet access.
So, in theory, I think I should setup the wired network successfully
between
machines A-B, then set up a wireless network between B-C, and then...
I
don't know, bridge the Ethernet and WiFi connections on machine B ?
So far I 've only been able to successfully set up *either* a working
A-B
wired network *or* a wireless B-C one. At one point, I even had both
networks functioning properly at the same time; but still, even then
there
were only A-B and B-C connections, no A-C. I could not have the laptop
(C)
see machine A or the router, and of course, no internet access.
At that point I thought that ok, I have both networks running, now I
should
bridge them on machine B, so I tried it, but it didn't work, so I was
back
to square one.
I tried with both manually assigned IPs and DHCP-assigned ones
(provided by
the modem's DHCP server function). The best case scenario above was
achieved
when the two wireless adaptors had DHCP-assigned IPs.
Can anyone help me with a step-by-step guide ? Maybe a link to one
online or
something ? I 've done a lot of searching about this myself, but I can
only
find either Access Point setup tutorials (I need peer-to-peer) or
WiFi-only
tutorials (I need a combo of wired Ethernet and WiFi at the same
time).
Apologies for the long post, but as I always do when I seek help, I
tried to
give as detailed and accurate a description as I could.
If you 're still reading this far, thanks ! I 'd appreciate any help
anyone
could give.
nick
--
Nick Hatzichristos
AnimateThis
nixx /at/ animatethis /dot/ gr
ICQ# : 48636115