"AndyS" <An***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I posted this on another forum which didn't seem to get visited much so
> thought I'd try again on this one...
>
> I'm planning on setting up an ad-hoc wireless network for three PCs:
>
> 1) XP SP2 desktop  2) Windows 98 SE desktop 3) Windows 2000 laptop
>
> The XP system has a broadband connection via a modem that is connected
> through a USB port, and I plan to use ICS to share the connection with the
> other PCs.
>
> I also want to buy a wireless print server to share an Epson C1200N laser
> printer among all PCs. I found a review of the Belkin wireless print
> server
> that said "You set the device up by plugging it into your PC, configuring
> it
> and then unplugging it and establishing a direct wireless connection
> between
> the print server and your PC. If you connect the print server in this way
> and
> share your Internet connection using wireless, you'll only be able to
> communicate with either the Internet connection or the print server at any
> one time."
>
> I found a similar comment about a different wireless print server - can't
> remember which one.
>
> I contacted Belkin to ask whether there really is a restriction but they
> clearly haven't a clue what they are talking about. They said I would need
> a
> wireless router to assign an IP address to the wireless print server,
> although their own manual for the server describes utilities for manually
> setting the IP address.
>
> Can anybody else tell me if there is any reason why I would not be able to
> run ICS and print via a wireless print server at the same time?
> --
> Andy Struthers
>

"DLink Guru" wrote:

> For one thing, when you setup an AD-HOC network it will only work between 2
> computers. If you wish to have more computers in your wireless network you
> will have to purchase a router. The wireless print server will not showup in
> your AD-HOC network.
>
> Robert....
>
> "AndyS" <An***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C555A9DE-1463-42E2-8DE4-94ABAF9A71EA@microsoft.com...
> >I posted this on another forum which didn't seem to get visited much so
> > thought I'd try again on this one...
> >
> > I'm planning on setting up an ad-hoc wireless network for three PCs:
> >
> > 1) XP SP2 desktop  2) Windows 98 SE desktop 3) Windows 2000 laptop
> >
> > The XP system has a broadband connection via a modem that is connected
> > through a USB port, and I plan to use ICS to share the connection with the
> > other PCs.
> >
> > I also want to buy a wireless print server to share an Epson C1200N laser
> > printer among all PCs. I found a review of the Belkin wireless print
> > server
> > that said "You set the device up by plugging it into your PC, configuring
> > it
> > and then unplugging it and establishing a direct wireless connection
> > between
> > the print server and your PC. If you connect the print server in this way
> > and
> > share your Internet connection using wireless, you'll only be able to
> > communicate with either the Internet connection or the print server at any
> > one time."
> >
> > I found a similar comment about a different wireless print server - can't
> > remember which one.
> >
> > I contacted Belkin to ask whether there really is a restriction but they
> > clearly haven't a clue what they are talking about. They said I would need
> > a
> > wireless router to assign an IP address to the wireless print server,
> > although their own manual for the server describes utilities for manually
> > setting the IP address.
> >
> > Can anybody else tell me if there is any reason why I would not be able to
> > run ICS and print via a wireless print server at the same time?
> > --
> > Andy Struthers
> >
>
>
>

"AndyS" <An***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2D45DB85-208A-4D8E-98CF-C8894552567C@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the reply Robert. Not sure I agree with you about the
> limitation
> to 2 computers. Can't find that restriction documented anywhere. In fact,
> quite the reverse - I can find a lot of pages that suggest you can have >
> 2
> computers on an ad-hoc network e.g. the last paragraph of this link
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/bowman_02april08.mspx
>
> Can you point me to somewhere where it explains the 2 PC limit?
>
> Andy
>
> "DLink Guru" wrote:
>
>> For one thing, when you setup an AD-HOC network it will only work between
>> 2
>> computers. If you wish to have more computers in your wireless network
>> you
>> will have to purchase a router. The wireless print server will not showup
>> in
>> your AD-HOC network.
>>
>> Robert....
>>
>> "AndyS" <An***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:C555A9DE-1463-42E2-8DE4-94ABAF9A71EA@microsoft.com...
>> >I posted this on another forum which didn't seem to get visited much so
>> > thought I'd try again on this one...
>> >
>> > I'm planning on setting up an ad-hoc wireless network for three PCs:
>> >
>> > 1) XP SP2 desktop  2) Windows 98 SE desktop 3) Windows 2000 laptop
>> >
>> > The XP system has a broadband connection via a modem that is connected
>> > through a USB port, and I plan to use ICS to share the connection with
>> > the
>> > other PCs.
>> >
>> > I also want to buy a wireless print server to share an Epson C1200N
>> > laser
>> > printer among all PCs. I found a review of the Belkin wireless print
>> > server
>> > that said "You set the device up by plugging it into your PC,
>> > configuring
>> > it
>> > and then unplugging it and establishing a direct wireless connection
>> > between
>> > the print server and your PC. If you connect the print server in this
>> > way
>> > and
>> > share your Internet connection using wireless, you'll only be able to
>> > communicate with either the Internet connection or the print server at
>> > any
>> > one time."
>> >
>> > I found a similar comment about a different wireless print server -
>> > can't
>> > remember which one.
>> >
>> > I contacted Belkin to ask whether there really is a restriction but
>> > they
>> > clearly haven't a clue what they are talking about. They said I would
>> > need
>> > a
>> > wireless router to assign an IP address to the wireless print server,
>> > although their own manual for the server describes utilities for
>> > manually
>> > setting the IP address.
>> >
>> > Can anybody else tell me if there is any reason why I would not be able
>> > to
>> > run ICS and print via a wireless print server at the same time?
>> > --
>> > Andy Struthers
>> >
>>
>>
>>