Help with ICS on XP and internet via BlackBerry

28 Sep 2006 1:18 PM

dna0603

I have a BlackBerry that I use to get access to the internet. I would
like to also use ICS with my desktop. Would I be able to use a
wireless router to link up the two computers and then go out to the
internet via the computer that has the BB connection?

I've been able to use the wireless router to have the laptop connect as
well as a Cat 5 connection from the desktop to the wireless router.
When I turn ICS on in the laptop (this is the computer with the BB
connection), I am able to access the net with the laptop only and not
on the desktop.

Am I missing something?

28 Sep 2006 8:57 PM

David Hettel MVP MobileDevices

Yes you are missing something. The computer running ICS takes the place of a
router normally. Think of a router as being a one-way door. Everything
connected to one side of the router can see each other, every thing on the
other side will only see a door. By turning ICS on in the laptop, your
adding a door between the router and the laptop, So the router sees the door
and not the laptop, while the laptop sees a door and not the router. If you
turn the wireless router into an access point (turn off the DHCP server in
it) it should be possible to allow the laptop to serve DHCP request to the
rest on the network, but then the laptop would need to always be connect to
the network for the network to work.

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>I have a BlackBerry that I use to get access to the internet. I would
> like to also use ICS with my desktop. Would I be able to use a
> wireless router to link up the two computers and then go out to the
> internet via the computer that has the BB connection?
>
> I've been able to use the wireless router to have the laptop connect as
> well as a Cat 5 connection from the desktop to the wireless router.
> When I turn ICS on in the laptop (this is the computer with the BB
> connection), I am able to access the net with the laptop only and not
> on the desktop.
>
> Am I missing something?
>

28 Sep 2006 9:51 PM

Diamontina Cocktail

<dna0***@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:1159449516.081711.217970@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...
>I have a BlackBerry that I use to get access to the internet. I would
> like to also use ICS with my desktop. Would I be able to use a
> wireless router to link up the two computers and then go out to the
> internet via the computer that has the BB connection?
>

Wireless router means you dont need ICS. If you dont buy one, you do need
ICS.

> I've been able to use the wireless router to have the laptop connect as
> well as a Cat 5 connection from the desktop to the wireless router.
> When I turn ICS on in the laptop (this is the computer with the BB
> connection), I am able to access the net with the laptop only and not
> on the desktop.
>
> Am I missing something?
>

Yep. Don't use ICS if their is a wireless router there.