Wireless Networking Wireless Sharing of Dialup Internet Connection?

Hello-
I bought a Belkin F5D7230-4 Wireless router to play around with. I
don't have DSL or a broadband connection out in the boonies where I
live. I have a desktop running Windows 2000 with a wired NIC and a
notebook running XP with a NIC and WLAN card. Setting the Router up as
defaulted, I can get the two boxes networked together, the notebook
wireless and the desktop wired.

In reading the manual on the Belkin, I see that it can be used as an
Access point, disabling the DHCP and firewall components.

How would you suggest using these components to allow both PCs to use a
shared dial-up internet connection through the desktop's modem.
Thanks,
Erik

Erik wrote:

I'm sort of in the same boat, but during the day I use a regular dialup
modem, and after 9 and on weekends I use a cellphone for 1x (about 90-110
connects). In addition I use a PDA (iPAQ w/Built in Wireless), so can't
exactly kill the DHCP thing. Sometimes ICS works, and sometimes it won't.
While I can force in the DNS/subnet etc and have it work, it ONLY works for
one type of connection (not both, IE just dialup modem or sharing of the
cell as a modem).. Drives me nuts... And even stranger, I can use the
software/free trial of access remote to share the internet connections over
a LAN in remote access mode ( www.access-remote-pc.com  ) Any answers you
find may work for me too, just hoped some extra info (for my case at least)
may jog someones memory.

I do dialup sharing with a "lan modem router", usually a 3Com 3c886a:
  http://search.ebay.com/3c886a
The built in modem connects to the ISP.  The built in router does the
NAT and DHCP required to connect multiple computahs.  Your Belkin,
running as an access point, would just plug into one of the 4 LAN
ports on the back of the 3C886A.  The main advantage is that you don't
have to leave a dedicated computer with a modem turned on to share the
internet to a 2nd machine.
  
I've also used similar units made by Webramp available:
  http://search.ebay.com/webramp
They work, but the company has been otto biz for a long time and many
of the old bugs are apparently permanent.  They are usually really
cheap on eBay, but I don't recommend using them.


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Jeff Liebermann    jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us
150 Felker St #D   http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060    AE6KS  831-336-2558

Disable the dhcp server on the router
on the pc connecting to the net set its ip address as 192.168.0.1 (in
the tcp/ip) settings
and the subnet mask as 255.255.255.0
on the pc's connecting to the net have their ip addresses assigned
automatically.
now they should get an ip address from the 192.168.0.1 pc when they
startup.

for dialing up and disconnecting the modem i use a free program called
remote disconnection utility.
its brill and has chat capability too. http://www.twiga.ltd.uk/rdu.asp

the router i am using is the netgear wgt634u but those settings would
be similar i assume.
BTW i got them off netgears tech support so i suppose if u have
problems ring belkin and they will tell you exactly what to do.

Regards
Damo642

Thanks, Jeff. I used ICS to get the problem solved but I like the idea
of the 3Com doing the work and not needing to power up the desktop to
connect. There are a few on eBay. How does this modem work, that is,
how does a connection to the internet get initiated?
Thanks,
Erik