Re: ICS (Internet Connection Sharing). ?

In article <412E848B-5BE7-4771-A604-50E0D6A2875F@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"swat" <swat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>"Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote:
>> In article <380AE5FE-D836-47A9-9753-A7E6FA4C5301@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jim
>> <Jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >Has anyone tried doing this?
>> >I am, unfortunately on dial-up and I want to add a wireless router for my
>> >Laptop to be able to access the Internet through the main computer (Home Base
>> >Computer). Basically I have the Phone cable to the main PC (Normal
>> >Connection to the net). I have a CAT5 from the main PC networking card to the
>> >D-Link DI-624 Wireless Router.
>> > Theoretically, the Laptop will be able to contact the router and the
>> >information goes through the main PC Internal Modem., sharing . With the
>> >router hooked up it seems to be doing it's job. The laptop can see a perfect
>> >signal to the router but can't sync to it. I also want to be able to Network
>> >with the main computer so I can print. I can see the microsoft versions of
>> >Networking configurations but none seem to work.
>> > If anyone has tried the same set-up and got it working, please let me know.
>> >I'll keep trying, day 2.
>> > JIM
>>
>> Here's how to do what you want:
>>
>> 1. Connect the main computer to the wireless router using a network
>> cable going to a LAN port. Don't connect it to the WAN (Internet)
>> port.
>>
>> 2. Access the router's built-in web server. It's probably at an
>> address like http://192.168.0.1 or http://192.168.1.1 .
>>
>> 3. Disable the router's built-in DHCP server.
>>
>> 4. Set the router's LAN IP address to 192.168.0.254.
>>
>> 5. Enable Internet Connection Sharing on the main computer's dial-up
>> connection.
>>
>> That will make the wireless router act as a wireless access point,
>> extending the main computer's shared Internet connection to the
>> laptop.
>
>Adding on steve advise, you need to key in your username and password given
>by your isp in the configuration page as well.

What configuration page do you mean? Not the router's configuration
page, because the router is only being used as a wireless access
point. It's not performing any routing or Internet access tasks.

The main computer's dial-up network connection is where the ISP login
information goes.
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