I access the internet via Comcast and a Motorola cable modem connected to my desktop via a network cable (i.e., not USB). That works fine.
I have a wireless connection between my desktop and my Dell notebook via a D-Link DWL-G122 802.11g Wireless USB Adapter. The notebook has built-in wireless networking. I can exchange files, etc., between the desktop and the notebook, so that works fine too.
However, I haven't figured out how to access the internet from my notebook.
Any ideas?
TIA
Yes, ICS is enabled on the desktop, but thanks for the suggestion (I double-checked). I'm including more info in case it's helpful:
Okay, I played around with it some more and found a solution. I don't understand why it works, but it does.
I changed the notebook wireless connection so that the IP address is obtained automatically. Problem solved. :)
But in closing, I still don't understand why the IP address I was using for the notebook was the (apparent) cause of the problem.
Anyone know the answer?
dubya wrote in news:8o0gl1poggk30pevlc9mqi1cgb6ut63p5a@
4ax.com:
It's called Internet Connection Sharing. Have you tried to implement it on the comouters O/S?
Duane :)
Because 192.168.*.* and 10.*.*.* (and I'm pretty sure one other range) are private subnets and supposed to be unrouteable outside their own LAN. When you used DHCP you were assigned an address on the same network as the Internet connection, thus it's routeable.
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