....um... Let's start by untangling what networks we're talking about, what systems we're talking about, etc.
So, your desktop is the gateway between the EVDO and local WiFi/wired networks, correct? And you are trying to get your laptop connected to the net (first step, before starting a VPN tunnel) to the internet by going through the router, the desktop, and the EVDO network, correct? Can you get the laptop on the net via LAN instead of WLAN? --BenD Greg Morphis wrote: > Hi, I do a lot of my work from home and use the VPN connection to > access the network. > I wanted to and have set up a wireless network at home. I have a > desktop PC that's hooked to the router. I use a Wireless Broadband > card to connect to the EVDO network. My home PC is Windows Vista Home > Premium. I successfully set up the connect, which I was able to test > by using a different Laptop also with Vista Home Premium and connected > to the PC and even shared the internet connection. I tried to hook my > work laptop (Windows XP Pro) up to the network and failed. I could > access my router (netgear) by changing my TCPIP settings to the Static > IP 192.168.1.2 and then hitting the URL 192.168.1.1. So something was > working. I couldn't use the Desktop's internet connection though. I > tried running ipconfig /renew and ipconfig /release but I kept getting > error's about the DHCP server? I checked the services and the DHCP, > DNS and RCP services were running fine. > Do you guys have any suggestions on getting this to work? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion is delivering applications solutions at at top companies around the world in government. Find out how and where now http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&productID=1522&loc=en_us Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:247261 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
