Oh I left some details out. remove netbeui from both computers. Sometimes windows systems won't show up in each other's network neighborhood lists, especially when you mix 95/98 and NT/2000/XP. Just use Start-run-\\ipaddress and that should work.
Sean ----- Original Message ----- From: "John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2003 5:57 PM Subject: [BAWUG] Can't network wireless to wired using TCP/IP > Hey Gang, > > I have a wireless 802.11g network connected to a wired PC (Ethernet). > > My SpeedStream 5660 DSL router connects through a LAN port to my Netgear > Wireless Router (WGR614); the WAN port is not in use. Another LAN port > connects an Ethernet cable to my PC running Windows 98se. I connect to the > wireless router's antenna with my laptop running XP Pro using a Netgear > WG511 pc card, which is 802.11g. > > DHCP server is enabled in the SpeedStream and disabled on the Netgear. I > have assigned a LAN IP to the wireless router of 10.0.2.1. The Address of > the SpeedStream is 10.0.0.1 and it assigns dynamic private IPs for > everything. > > I can connect to the Internet fine with either the wired desktop or the > wireless laptop. By using NetBEUI I can see each computer with the other and > share files etc with no problem. > > I tried and tried and tried to get both computers to see each other and to > share using TCP/IP instead of NetBEUI but it wouldn't work. I did not have > NetBEUI installed at all on either machine when trying to do this. > > Oh, and when I have almost had it working, I end up seeing a bridge > connection in my network connections on the XP machine. But when I reboot > the laptop no longer connects to the Internet. In any case, this hasn't > taken me all the way because only the desktop sees and gets into the laptop. > The laptop can never see or get into the desktop with this setup. > > Should the wireless router be the bridge if one is needed here or how do I > solve this? How do I get the machines to see each other and share using > TCP/IP instead of NetBEUI? > > -- > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
