bradavon
Junior Member   Posts: 2 Registered: 17/5/06 Status: Offline |
posted on 17/5/06 at 16:38 |
Server - Pentium 4, 512Mb, Windows XP Home Edition
SP2, Fresh/Clean Install
Client - Sony Vaio Centrino, 512Mb, Windows XP Pro
Edition SP2, Fresh/Clean Install
Server - Cable & Wireless 802.11G 54MBPS Wireless
LAN Mini USB Adapter
Client - Built-in Wireless
Installed - Ad-hoc, TCP/IP, File and Print Sharing
Server name - peter
Client name - peter-laptop
Both Server/Client Workgroup - rowan89
The server has an ADSL Router plugged into it
via a network cable from the internal network card.
I’ve plugged the USB Stick into a spare USB
port in the server.
There is also a second client that is plugged
into the ADSL Router mentioned above too but this
isn’t part of the equation.
Internet Connection Sharing is enabled on the Local
Area Connection on the Server as that’s the
connection which the ADSL Router is plugged into. I
want to piggy-back the Internet using ICS over
the Network connection to the Wireless USB Stick.
I’m sure this is possible.
I ran the Windows XP Wireless Setup Wizard through
to completion on the Server and now both machines
see each other connected at 54Mbps. This part
was dead simple!
But the Client Laptop has no Internet access and
going into Network Neighbourhood/View Workgroup Computers
on the Laptop only shows PETER-LAPTOP none of the
other computers on the Network.
On the Server I cannot see PETER-LAPTOP and can
just see itself (PETER).
The bigger picture: If I ping peter (the server)
on the laptop it recognises the correct IP address
but says Unreachable. If I ping peter-laptop (the
client) on the Server it cannot even find Peter
at all.
I’ve also ran the Network Setup Wizard through to
completion which worked fine. The Wireless link is
using WPA encryption but switching this off makes
no difference. ZoneAlarm Internet Security running on
both is configured to allow both IP Address’ in
the Trusted Zone but again switching this off makes
no difference.
On Monday night for reasons I can’t work out it
suddenly kicked into life with Internet and Full
File Sharing access. It was unencrypted at the time
so after I was happy it was working I put
the encryption on and haven’t been able to get
it working since. For a short time I just lost
Internet Access and the File Sharing remained now
I've lost both.
Last night I started a fresh by completely
uninstalling Wireless and starting again. I’ve
ticked/unticked all the necessary boxes (as far as
I know) but no joy. There isn’t really that much
to tick/configure.
Both the Wireless USB Stick and Wireless connection
on the client laptop are setup with a static
192.168 unique IP address.
I get the impression it’s the Ad-hoc approach
that’s at fault, it seems really flaky. Do you
really need a Wireless Router? (My Dad has only
just bought the Router I was thinking of seeing
if I can swap it for a Wireless version).
When I did this with my computer via a 10/100Mb
Wired connection (second client) all I did was
run the Network Setup Wizard and in 5 minutes I
was up and running.
Any help would be appreciated?
p.s - This is the Wireless USB Stick I own:
www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0009HJEMY
[Edited on 22/9/2007 by bradavon]
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bradavon
Junior Member Posts: 2 Registered: 17/5/06 Status: Offline |
posted on 17/5/06 at 16:42 |
I forgot to say I know it's not a Firewall
issue as turning off both Firewall makes no
difference. I'm using ZoneAlarm though on both and
it's configured for the IP Address' to be in the
Trusted Zone.
Oh and Thanks in advance.
[Edited on 22/9/2007 by bradavon] |
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regmigrant
Junior Member Posts: 4 Registered: 11/7/07 Status: Offline |
posted on 11/7/07 at 10:43 |
Off the top of my head I'd say you need to
bridge the Lan connections on the server - ie:
the connection sharing device and the wireless
connection.
I've had problems with doing this though so take
a system restore first in case you need to
return to current state.
You say it all worked 'suddenly' and then died
when you added secuirty - does the 'ping peter'
part still work when you have security enabled?
Also going to infrastructure will be much
better/easier to configure, make sure none of the
connections have the 'connect only to infrastructure
networks' ticked |
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