Can A network guru please help me?

[rolls1400]

I recently moved and am using someones wifi for a while. I have a laptop that connects fine to it but I am wanting to take it one step further. (Please see image for what I want to do.)Thanks for your time..


In general I just want to receive wifi on my laptop and output that with an ethernet cable to a router that will then supply internet to my 360 and htpc. I have tried both Bridge and ICS and neither have worked. Is this possible?

[Kraize]

I don't think you can output wifi from a laptop to just any router. I don't even think you can do that. Best bet would be to buy an wi-fi adapter and router

[ultraprimeomega]

you need a ethernet crossover cable from your laptop to router(you need it) and just follow this how to, just replace the ps2 with a router

http://www.i-hacked.com/content/view/118/62/

[rolls1400]

Ya I have tried almost everything but using a crossover cable. Thanks for the reply and your time..

One more question, would i need to disable dhcp on my router and assign the ip manually? Just wondering while im at work because I cant mess with it till tonight.

[ultraprimeomega]

Ya I have tried almost everything but using a crossover cable. Thanks for the reply and your time..

One more question, would i need to disable dhcp on my router and assign the ip manually? Just wondering while im at work because I cant mess with it till tonight.

im not sure, im a noob at network things, but just try it with dhcp and if no go then change it. after that, nothing happens, just come back here maybe someone else can help

[Kraize]

My bad I'm a noob. I forgot you can use it as an internet bridge.

[ultraprimeomega]

i wonder how did it go? :confused:


ps. if you cant find a crossover cable just make one. you can just cut a regular ethernet cable and cross the wires

just search for it to see witch ones need to be crossed

[JimmyMcGee]

i wonder how did it go? :confused:


ps. if you cant find a crossover cable just make one. you can just cut a regular ethernet cable and cross the wires

just search for it to see witch ones need to be crossed

1 & 2 (Pair One) and 3 and 6 (Pair Two)
Basically if it is Orange-White, Orange, Green-White, Blue, Blue-White, Green, Brown-White, Brown. On one end the other end needs to be Green-White, Green, Orange-White, Blue, Blue-White, Orange, Brown-White, Brown. Or Vice versa.

[The Solutor]

Is likely that the problem is the address used (or assygned) from the router.

when you are using the M$ ICS the PC that shares the connection MUST have the 192.168.0.1 address (and not any other address).

So if this is the address already used from the wiwfi router you can't easily share your connection.

So config the router on another address (eg: 10.0.0.1) and then share your connection with the XP machine as usually.

[rolls1400]

Well for a little update I ended up buying a crossover cable and successfully can connect one device through my laptop. i ended up bridging the connection and its working great. Unfortunately I am still unable to feed internet to the router. I am happy with just connecting one thing at a time but will work on getting the router fixed this weekend. Thanks for all the help guys and ill update if i get the router working.

[rolls1400]

Is likely that the problem is the address used (or assygned) from the router.

when you are using the M$ ICS the PC that shares the connection MUST have the 192.168.0.1 address (and not any other address).

So if this is the address already used from the wiwfi router you can't easily share your connection.

So config the router on another address (eg: 10.0.0.1) and then share your connection with the XP machine as usually.

Solutor,
Thanks I will give that a try this weekend, I have 3 PCs and a 360 so I def. want to get the router working. I tried a different subnet on my router a while ago and that didnt work but then again I wasnt as far as I am now. Thanks again

[rolls1400]

Ok guys here it is:

My laptop was receiving the ip 192.168.200.252 via dhcp from the neighbors wifi. My router(linksys wrt54g) on the other hand was set as default which is
Default Gateway 192.168.1.1

So all I had to do was change the linksys from Dynamic to static ip and add this info:
Internet I.P. Address: 192.168.200.251 (this field was already populated.)
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 (Also already populated.)
Gateway: 192.168.200.1 (Neighbors wifi Router i.p.)
Static DNS: 192.168.200.1 (Use Neighbors DNS settings?)

Thats It. Thanks again for everyones help and hopefully this can help people with this problem down the road