Re: How connect 2 laptops via WiFi and ICS thru Wireless USB modem

I removed all the static IPs. Ping still works fine. File sharing works fine.
FTP, HTTP and HTTPS don't work. On IPCONFIG on the client Wireless Network
connection it doesn't show an address for the Gateway. Internet works
perfectly on the host. When I plug the USB modem directly into the client,
Internet works perfectly. Any more ideas?
Kind regards.

"Steve Winograd" wrote:

On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 00:12:00 -0800, Henning
<Henning@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi, maybe I'm stupid or just weird.
I have 2 Dell Laptops with built-in WiFi. The one is connected to Telecom
Mobile Broadband via a USB modem. It works fine. The 2 laptops can share
files neatly. But I cannot get the client to access internet. The Host is set
to ICS on the WiFi link.
Any ideas or is it impossible without a router?.

Yes, it's possible. On the host computer, share the USB modem
connection, and tell it to use the WiFi connection for the home
network. From your description, I think that you've configured the
host to share the wrong connection.

Then, check the TCP/IP configuration on the client's WiFi connection.
It should show:

IP Address: 192.168.0.x (1<x<255)
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.0.1
DNS Server = 192.168.0.1 or your ISP's DNS server

Hi Steve, many thanks for your quick response.
I may need more info. I did as you said but still no go.
I cannot ping the machines - just gives timeout. Should the ip's be static
or not?
I currently changed it to 192.168.0.1 for the host and .2 for the client
with a gateway of 192.168.0.1 on the wifi connection.
Should I be able to ping the host and vice versa?
Do I need a static DNS server on the host?
Kind regards.

You're welcome.

Don't make any maual TCP/IP settings on either computer. Let Windows
make those settings automatically.
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