New Connection Wizard missing wireless network

18 Nov 2006 8:39 AM

MorHollis

I am trying to setup a dial-up internet connection sharing. The host is a
desktop running Win XP Home SE. The client is a notebook running Win XP Home
SE. The host is wired to a router and the client is wireless. When I get to
New Connection Wizard to configure the client internet connection the
wireless network is not displayed. I can manipulate files to-and -from each
computer; so I know the network connections are ok. However; when the
notebook attempts to connect to the internet it won't dial-up the host modem
and I get "Server not found..".

Thanks very much

18 Nov 2006 10:23 AM

Steve Winograd [MVP]

In article <99063DCB-BF72-4844-9151-36EF7D0E5***@microsoft.com>,
MorHollis <MorHol***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I am trying to setup a dial-up internet connection sharing. The host is a
>desktop running Win XP Home SE. The client is a notebook running Win XP Home
>SE. The host is wired to a router and the client is wireless. When I get to
>New Connection Wizard to configure the client internet connection the
>wireless network is not displayed. I can manipulate files to-and -from each
>computer; so I know the network connections are ok. However; when the
>notebook attempts to connect to the internet it won't dial-up the host modem
>and I get "Server not found..".
>
>Thanks very much

First, configure the wireless router as a wireless access point only,
bypassing its routing capabilities:

1. Disable the router's built-in DHCP server.

2. If the router's LAN setup uses addresses in the 192.168.0.x range,
change it to another range, such as 192.168.1.x.

3. Connect the host computer's Ethernet port to one of the router's
LAN ports. Don't connect it to the router's WAN (Internet) port.

Then, set up the client computer using the Network Setup Wizard, not
the New Connection Wizard.

If the Network Setup Wizard discovers the host's computer's shared
Internet connection, tell it to use that. Otherwise, select the
connection method "This computer connects to the Internet through a
residential gateway or through another computer on my network."

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