to give you an example of this, on one machine you get the internet from a
cable, and you "share" it from the wireless network card in ad-hoc mode..
this is useful if you don't have a router, it's a dirty solution but
sometimes people need this as a temporary solution and don't have a router
at hand
"the granter of sina" <granter@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Bob, I have configured many systems with multiple nics, wireless and wire
> all connected to different networks doing various stuff.
>
> We live in a complex world and many people have different needs even for
> strange configurations like this.
>
> All this with XP though...
>
> Indeed many people are having trouble with doing this vista, many people
> complain to me all the time, but im not sure yet if it's the drivers or
> Vista itself...
>
>
>
> "Bob Campbell" <bob@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:7pKdnRR5pN2LLXHVnZ2dnUVZ_uOdnZ2d@xxxxxx Quote:
>> "nemo" <gnuarm@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:cb54d150-50b5-4458-a19b-82a1dce2a9ed@xxxxxx
>> Quote:
>>>That is right, you don't understand. The Internet connection is in
>>>one place and the wired network is in another. To do what you are
>>>suggesting would require me to put everything in one place. Not much
>>>point to using wireless if I have to run a cable just to put the wired
>>>connections on the Internet. That is the part you aren't grasping.
>>>The wired network is not near the Internet connection, so I can't just
>>>put them all on the same router.
>>
>>
>> Ah, OK. Well, all I can say is I would never do it that way. As you
>> have discovered, there is not much point to having a wireless network if
>> your wired network can't see it. My cable modem/router/wired
>> network/hub/desktops/servers are all in the same room. My
>> desktops/servers use wired, laptops can use wireless and wired. All
>> can see each other.
>>
>> If I was in your situation, I would either call the cable company and get
>> another cable drop, or I would be running CAT6 cable along
>> baseboards/under carpet/thru walls/whatever I had to do, in order to get
>> my wired and wireless networks connected. As you add more
>> computers/devices/who-knows-what-is-coming-in-the-future, you will find
>> it very convenient to have every device talking to every other device,
>> wired or wireless
>>
>> As for your original problem, I don't see that here. If I unplug my
>> router from my hub, then plug my laptop into the hub, my internet
>> connection remains thru the wireless, and I can see the local wired
>> network. So both networks are definitely working. The wireless
>> connection goes off for a few seconds (gets a yellow icon in the system
>> tray), but it comes back on after Vista figures out the networking. In
>> the Network and Sharing Center in Control Panel, the wireless connection
>> shows "Local and Internet", the wired connection shows "Local only".
>>
>> I realize none of the above is much help, but it shows it CAN be done.
>> You must have something configured wrong. In the TCP/IPv4 properties
>> for your wired connection, there should be no Gateway address or DNS
>> Server address. You need only IP Address and Subnet Mask. Are you using
>> Static addresses, or is one of your machines handing out address thru
>> DHCP? >