>The first part of this amy not seem to be an XP issue. However, I will get to
>the point.
>My problem is this, I am working at a University in China. I want to be able
>to connect to the internet with my iBook (running OS x) and my wifes Toshiba
>(running XP). At the present, I can only connect with the university
>computer, in my appartment, that is running XP professional.
>
>I brought my AirPort with me. However, even when I put in all of the IP
>settings, I still can not connect to the Internet. I believe that this is due
>to a authentication program that is running on the university supplied pc.
>The PC is running a program called, "Ruijie Supplicant." I believe that this
>program supplies password authentication to the server.
>
>What I want to do is to leave the university computer connected to the LAN,
>and add a second NIC to it. I then want to connect that NIC to the AirPort
>(wireless router) and use the airport to connect my personal computers. Doing
>this should send the traffic through the university PC that has authenticated
>itself with the Ruijie Supplicant program, to the airport, to my laptop.
>
>Will this work? I will want to use a different range on the second nic and
>the wireless network so that it is not easly visible to the rest of the
>campus, do I manually set the second NIC or let the DHCP from the router feed
>in to it (the NIC connected to the campus is using a fixed IP)?
>
>The reason for not just adding a wireless NIC to teh PC is that I can not
>find a wireless NIC. I have asked and WiFi is legal here, it is just not very
>common. Any other help would be appreciated.

"Chuck" wrote:
> OK, Robert.  See my instructions to your other post.
>
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