Home network through wireless modem

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Joe Jachim

First time poster so please be kind. I know I have read similar thread
but I have not had any success in getting this to work.
First the issue: I have 4 computers networked together with a switc
over cat5e line. I initally had one computer as the main connection t
the internet which was a dial-up modem. Not very fast to say the least
All computers had hard IP addresses and the internet computer was als
the DNS. He had a hard address of 192.168.0.2. It worked, but it wa
very slow.

Then I put in the wireless card (USB) to get some better connectio
speeds. It has a hard assigned IP address of 75.207.x.x.

The threads I have ready said to let windows automatically pick the I
so I switched everything to do that. The main internet computer becam
169.254.x.x. I tried to ping to make sure I could still reach all th
other computers, but to luck.

So now I have one computer that can talk to the internet with som
speed, and a bunch of other computers with no access. I tried (to n
avail) to change the IPs back to the hard ones I used before.

I am not as good with this stuff as I would like, but this i
fustrating. Has anyone had any luck getting a Verison USB mode
networked? I have looked through PChuck's stuff, but I must not hav
done something right since it did not work for me.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
 
First time poster so please be kind. I know I have read similar threads
but I have not had any success in getting this to work.
First the issue: I have 4 computers networked together with a switch
over cat5e line. I initally had one computer as the main connection to
the internet which was a dial-up modem. Not very fast to say the least.
All computers had hard IP addresses and the internet computer was also
the DNS. He had a hard address of 192.168.0.2. It worked, but it was
very slow.

Then I put in the wireless card (USB) to get some better connection
speeds. It has a hard assigned IP address of 75.207.x.x.

The threads I have ready said to let windows automatically pick the IP
so I switched everything to do that. The main internet computer became
169.254.x.x. I tried to ping to make sure I could still reach all the
other computers, but to luck.

So now I have one computer that can talk to the internet with some
speed, and a bunch of other computers with no access. I tried (to no
avail) to change the IPs back to the hard ones I used before.

I am not as good with this stuff as I would like, but this is
fustrating. Has anyone had any luck getting a Verison USB modem
networked? I have looked through PChuck's stuff, but I must not have
done something right since it did not work for me.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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Joe,

What you'll need to do is run Internet Connection Sharing on the main computer.
It will provide a DHCP server. With the other computers setup to let Windows
automatically pick the IP address, ICS will assign their addresses. This is
peer networking without a router.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/ics-is-ok-but-you-can-do-better.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/ics-is-ok-but-you-can-do-better.html

In your setup, you'll be replacing a cross-over cable with your switch.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/07/connecting-two-computers-with.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/07/connecting-two-computers-with.html

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.
 
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