Re: Mixed Network

From: Don (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/07/04 

Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 15:30:12 -0700

I found another solution which may be better. I bridged
the networks and now I have internet access on all PCs and
I see all of them even if they are in different networks.

Don
>-----Original Message-----
>In article <18d4401c44bea$ed36d280
$a501280a@phx.gbl>, "Don"
><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>I have an existing phoneline modem network with 4 PCs.
>>One of the PCs (SERVER), which is connected to my cable
>>modem (via a NIC), acts as the server and provides
>>Internet sharing to the other 3.
>>
>>I am attempting to add a Wireless Router between my
cable
>>modem and the SERVER PC, and install a wireless adapter
to
>>one of the other PCs. I want to keep the 2 other PCs on
>>the phoneline network and share the Internet connection
>>through the SERVER PC.
>>
>>I am unable to communicate to the wireless router unless
I
>>disable the Internet sharing capability on the SERVER
PC.
>>After setting up the wireless router, I am unable to
>>reestablish the Internet sharing. I get an error
message
>>that says the Internet sharing IP address has already
been
>>taken by another network device (I assume the wireless
>>router).
>>
>>Please let me know if the network I have described is
>>possible, and the method of setting up the wireless
router
>>and/or Windows XP Pro on my Server PC.
>
>The problem is probably that the wireless router's LAN
interface uses
>the same 192.168.0.x subnet that ICS uses. In that case,
the solution
>is to change the router's LAN subnet to, for example,
192.168.1.x.
>
>Disable ICS, connect to the router's built-in web server
(which is
>probably at http://192.168.0.1), and make the change.
Then reboot the
>router and enable ICS.
>--
>Best Wishes,
>Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
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