Re: ICS, wireless, Access point problems...big time
- From: "Doug Sherman [MVP]" <dsherman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 19:49:57 -0500
Try:
1. If the NetGear device is a router, why not simply configure it the same
as the Linksys and get rid of the Linksys altogether?
2. If you are going to use both devices plus ICS, then DHCP must be
disabled on both devices.
3. If you are going to use both devices, then you should connect a Linksys
LAN port to a NetGear LAN (or uplink) port. Do not connect anything to the
NetGear WAN/Internet port. Assign a 192.168.0.x address to the NetGear
device.
4. Bluetooth adapters frequently have elaborate configuration options -
double check your documentation.
Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP
<HLAMUTHNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:45jim1t44ce8g7q7diu9jocg14ags00b4r@xxxxxxxxxx
> Hard problem to describe. Added a new laptop to a home three PC
> network using a Linksys router and ICS for my dial up...no real
> wireless or cable high speed available. All four use XP Home SP2 OS.
> After much coaching from this forum, tweaked settings and all
> PCs/Laptop visible to all others. In other words, the network worked
> like a charm. Enter wireless.
>
> Rumor has it that there may be wireless wideband access in the near
> future at my location....but, in the meantime, I plan to drink a lot
> of coffee at the local WiFi spot. To set the system up, I implemented
> a wireless access for the laptop (which has Bluetooth wireless built
> in) on my hardwired LAN....or I tried to set it up.
>
> The wireless link works but the network link has zero signal. Swap out
> hard wire, perfect. Go to wireless, link shows with execellent signal,
> no thru-put. Ergo, I didn't set the wireless system up. And this is
> where I get into problems...I don't know what to set up.
>
> The ICS NIC uses 192.168.0.1 address and the router was configured as
> a hub with address 192.168.0.254 and no DHCP. Each PC/Laptop get IP
> address and DNS server addresses automatically and DHCP is enabled. OK
> so far. Then I added a wireless router to be configured as a wireless
> access point. I have hit a wall, here.
>
> The Netgear instructions are so barebones as to be useless. I need to
> configure this device with its own IP address and wth its DHCP shut
> off....but the instructions say to enable the DHCP in my primary
> router, which has been shut off. When I enable the DHCP in the primary
> router, what do I populate the tables with? Unpopulated, nothing seems
> to be affected....but I really don't want to mess with success.
>
> But, and this is the real problem...I cannot get the access point to
> let me connect the laptop to the internet either with the wireless or
> hard wired connections. When I stumble onto anything that seems to
> work...I get a connections....the thru put is zero. Usually, I cannot
> even access the damned router to configure it. I remember the thruput
> problem from the past when my corporate IT folks said it was likely a
> conflict with the wireless and NIC based connections. I have tried to
> eliminate this conflict, but I am not sure how to shut either service
> off or on at the laptop.
>
> What I really want is some step by step steps, such as those available
> for setting up the ICS. The equipment sellers want you to buy
> expensive integrated all in one systems, but the dial up and ICS
> confuse thise whole selection process...and I don't want to invest in
> a bunch of equipment that does not work as I need it to.
>
> Just point me in the right direction. I am bitching to the Netgear
> folks, but they have no real support.
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> Henry
>
>
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