thomj42

hi,
i set my dialup connection to be shared and restarted, but still no go.
surely this shouldn't be this difficult, i can't imagine i'm the only only person who has done it?
any other ideas anyone?

Howard2k

I've done it. Worked, piece of cake.

Are you getting an IP from DHCP?

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thomj42

yeah, 169.254.195.23

Howard2k

No, that's not coming from DHCP.

What IP address is on your USB NIC? (ipconfig)

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thomj42

Windows IP Configuration



Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.177.105
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Howard2k

ok, so the ICS is not setup properly either. But from your PC try and ping the IP address of the NIC (was 169.254.195.23 but reverify)

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thomj42

Microsoft(R) Windows DOS
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C:\>ping 169.254.195.23

Pinging 169.254.195.23 with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 169.254.195.23:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

C:\>ping 169.254.177.105

Pinging 169.254.177.105 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 169.254.177.105: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 169.254.177.105: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 169.254.177.105: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 169.254.177.105: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Ping statistics for 169.254.177.105:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

Howard2k

Go and verify, for each NIC the following:
SSID
Channel
WEP?
Inf/AdHoc

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thomj42

ssid is same on both
no encryption on both
both on channel 10
both on ad hoc

Howard2k

Check both drivers and each should have a part that says "Associated with xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx". What are the associations?

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thomj42

i'm not sure were to find that?
i think i might just give up. this is beginning to depress me.

Howard2k

Go get a beer and come back later. When it's working you'll think to yourself "This is pretty cool, can't believe it was such a PITA to configure!"

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thomj42

you know what? i just might might do that.
thanks for your help dude, ill come back to it later.
in 'network troubleshooting' in the axim's "dell client" it can't contact the desktop.
but windows and the axim says its connected.

its quite strange

thomj42

finally hot it workin!
thanks for your help lads, now all i need to do is arrange file sharing, and i'm sorted.
thanks again

Howard2k

Awesome. Even ICS?

For file sharing, ensure that you have first shared a file on the PC. Then from your PPC try to connect to \\server using the button on the right in explorer that looks like a hand underneath a folder.

This one can also be problematic but give it a shot.

Do you know what was the problem?

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