"Gordon" wrote:

> "William" <Will***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1C1AE950-5EA5-419F-9AE6-9381E1191999@microsoft.com...
> >I currently have a wireless network set up between my two wirelessly enable
> > laptops. One of them is connected to the internet via a USB modem.
>
> Is this a USB ADSL Modem? If so then you'd be far better off getting a
> wireless ADSL Modem/Router.
>
>
>

"William" <Will***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1145574A-FDE6-481C-9614-0436492D02EF@microsoft.com...
> Yes it's a USB ADSL Modem. But is it not possible to use just an ad hoc
> network to connect to the internet using two computers?? That's what i'm
> trying to do.
>
> "Gordon" wrote:
>
>> "William" <Will***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:1C1AE950-5EA5-419F-9AE6-9381E1191999@microsoft.com...
>> >I currently have a wireless network set up between my two wirelessly
>> >enable
>> > laptops. One of them is connected to the internet via a USB modem.
>>
>> Is this a USB ADSL Modem? If so then you'd be far better off getting a
>> wireless ADSL Modem/Router.
>>
>>
>>

"Gordon" wrote:

> "William" <Will***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1145574A-FDE6-481C-9614-0436492D02EF@microsoft.com...
> > Yes it's a USB ADSL Modem. But is it not possible to use just an ad hoc
> > network to connect to the internet using two computers?? That's what i'm
> > trying to do.
> >
> > "Gordon" wrote:
> >
> >> "William" <Will***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:1C1AE950-5EA5-419F-9AE6-9381E1191999@microsoft.com...
> >> >I currently have a wireless network set up between my two wirelessly
> >> >enable
> >> > laptops. One of them is connected to the internet via a USB modem.
> >>
> >> Is this a USB ADSL Modem? If so then you'd be far better off getting a
> >> wireless ADSL Modem/Router.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
> Well it ought to be.......what isn't working?
>
>
>

"William" <Will***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3C4E94E4-EDD1-4355-9A18-2C616C0C723F@microsoft.com...
>I dont have an internet gateway or anything like that appearing in my
>Network
> Connections. I dont know why??
>
> "Gordon" wrote:
>
>> "William" <Will***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:1145574A-FDE6-481C-9614-0436492D02EF@microsoft.com...
>> > Yes it's a USB ADSL Modem. But is it not possible to use just an ad hoc
>> > network to connect to the internet using two computers?? That's what
>> > i'm
>> > trying to do.
>> >
>> > "Gordon" wrote:
>> >
>> >> "William" <Will***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:1C1AE950-5EA5-419F-9AE6-9381E1191999@microsoft.com...
>> >> >I currently have a wireless network set up between my two wirelessly
>> >> >enable
>> >> > laptops. One of them is connected to the internet via a USB modem.
>> >>
>> >> Is this a USB ADSL Modem? If so then you'd be far better off getting a
>> >> wireless ADSL Modem/Router.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>> Well it ought to be.......what isn't working?
>>
>>
>>

"David Hettel MVP MobileDevices" wrote:

> On the host computer the wireless connection settings should appear wrong or
> incomplete. What you might do is disable ICS on the USB modem, reboot this
> computer and then re-enable it on the USB modem connection, choosing the
> wireless network card. The wireless card on the computer running ICS should
> only have an IP address of 192.168.0.1 and a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0
> listed. ICS will only work with these values, changing them or adding to
> them will break ICS. Your other computer will need to be configured to
> 192.168.0.xxx space with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 and a gateway
> address of 192.168.0.1 DNS should also point to 192.168.0.1
>
> --
> David Hettel
> Microsoft MVP Mobile Devices
>
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> "William" <Will***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3C4E94E4-EDD1-4355-9A18-2C616C0C723F@microsoft.com...
> >I dont have an internet gateway or anything like that appearing in my
> >Network
> > Connections. I dont know why??
> >
> > "Gordon" wrote:
> >
> >> "William" <Will***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:1145574A-FDE6-481C-9614-0436492D02EF@microsoft.com...
> >> > Yes it's a USB ADSL Modem. But is it not possible to use just an ad hoc
> >> > network to connect to the internet using two computers?? That's what
> >> > i'm
> >> > trying to do.
> >> >
> >> > "Gordon" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> "William" <Will***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:1C1AE950-5EA5-419F-9AE6-9381E1191999@microsoft.com...
> >> >> >I currently have a wireless network set up between my two wirelessly
> >> >> >enable
> >> >> > laptops. One of them is connected to the internet via a USB modem.
> >> >>
> >> >> Is this a USB ADSL Modem? If so then you'd be far better off getting a
> >> >> wireless ADSL Modem/Router.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Well it ought to be.......what isn't working?
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

"Gordon" wrote:

> "William" <Will***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9164B3DA-4F8E-40D1-BEB1-69ED79F32855@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks David and Gordon. I got the problem fixed, the ip gateway weren't
> > the
> > same so i changed them to make them the same and now it works. Cheers
> > guys.
> >
>
> Glad you fixed it - it would be a good idea to budget for a wireless ADSL
> Modem/Router anyway in the near future a) because you would not need two
> machines turned on to access the internet from one, and b) because you would
> then benefit from a NATS firewall in the router......
>
>
>