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Networking With an Aircard
Someguy Johnson
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Okay, so my parents live out in the middle of nowhere and their only internet access is through an Alltel laptop card. Recently they've got it into their head that both of their computers need to be connected to the internet without paying for an extra card so they've decided to setup a network. After purchasing a basic router and setting up internet connection sharing it isn't working. Here is the setup and what they've already done:
Internet>Aircard>Computer 1>Router>Computer 2
Computer 1 is a PC using the Alltel aircard and directly connected to a DLink router via ethernet cable. Computer 2 is connected to the router via wireless connection. Computer 1 is running Windows XP and has ICS enabled, computer 2 is on Windows 7 and has automatic IP enabled. The router has DHCP turned off as computer 1 is doing DHCP as part of ICS. The router ip has been changed to 192.168.0.100 so that there is no IP conflict with computer 1.
What am I missing here? I am not at the same physical location as my parents and am walking them through the process via phone so I cannot directly modify anything and they may have simply done one of these things wrong. Keep in mind that I CANNOT change the architecture of the network as computer 1 and the router cannot move and computer 2 has to be wireless.
Only things I can think of that might need to be changed are DHCP may need to be re-enabled (though it was enabled at the beginning so I doubt that's it) or a static ip may need to be assigned to computer 2.
What did I miss?
Internet>Aircard>Computer 1>Router>Computer 2
Computer 1 is a PC using the Alltel aircard and directly connected to a DLink router via ethernet cable. Computer 2 is connected to the router via wireless connection. Computer 1 is running Windows XP and has ICS enabled, computer 2 is on Windows 7 and has automatic IP enabled. The router has DHCP turned off as computer 1 is doing DHCP as part of ICS. The router ip has been changed to 192.168.0.100 so that there is no IP conflict with computer 1.
What am I missing here? I am not at the same physical location as my parents and am walking them through the process via phone so I cannot directly modify anything and they may have simply done one of these things wrong. Keep in mind that I CANNOT change the architecture of the network as computer 1 and the router cannot move and computer 2 has to be wireless.
Only things I can think of that might need to be changed are DHCP may need to be re-enabled (though it was enabled at the beginning so I doubt that's it) or a static ip may need to be assigned to computer 2.
What did I miss?
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Then it's pretty much automatic and good to go, and the router also gets a better signal strength than the laptop/computer alone, unless you're using an external antenna which you could also use with the router for even bigger gain.
And the "internet is down!" won't happen just because they have the other machine off, etc. Lot easier to support from your end.
I actually don't think it is, I'll make sure to have them do that.
As to the special router setup, I know they exist and it was an option at first but as of now they're not willing to spend any money on this setup otherwise I'd have them buy one and upgrade computer 1 to windows 7.
Nothing, I just like Windows 7.