Re: XP prefers ad-hoc WiFi over Wired net (BAD)
- From: "neil" <neilp_67@xxxxxxxxxxxx (remove_s)>
- Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 22:29:08 GMT
I think I see what you mean now. I didn't get that you had a wired router
and thought your NIC was connected to the internet provider directly who was
supplying the IP address.
What happens if you set the USB adaptor to allocate its own IP.
Neil
"Steven Whatley" <swhatley_hal-pc_org@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> neil <neilp_67@xxxxxxxxxxxx (remove_s)> wrote:
>> I assume you are referring to "internet connection sharing", if your NIC
>> uses DHCP then that connection will have to be set to allow others to
>> connect via that connection. It should be an available option if two
>> networks cards are present.
>> You should set the WiFi adaptor to 192.168 etc but I don't think you use
>> the
>> same IP range as the DHCP assigned address. 192.168 etc addresses are
>> local
>> to the PC and not meant for connection to the internet. (have to admit
>> though I am not familiar with USB adaptors, but the principles must be
>> the
>> same)
>
> Since I have a wired router (D-Link DI-707P) the wired LAN uses, let's
> say, 192.168.100.x for its subnet. The peer-to-peer ad-hoc net uses
> 192.168.200.x as its subnet with a submask of 255.255.255.0. While the
> wi-fi connection is not established between the PC and my Palm TX, the
> Internet connecation on the PC via the wired LAN works great. But as soon
> as I bring up the Wi-Fi connection, the Internet connection on the PC
> stops working.
>
> Let's hold off trying to get the Palm TX to share the Internet connection.
> I just want to stop XP from trying to use the Wi-Fi connection instead of
> the wired LAN to reach the Internet. I changed the subnet of the ad-hoc
> wireless LAN to 10.0.200.x. The problem still persists. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Steven
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