ad hoc connection without router (WXP-Pro)

[diablo1]

got desktop with xp pro and netgear PCI 108 mb wireless card wg511T .. laptop with 108 mbps wireless PC CARD WG511t. dont know the best way to connect them and having trouble connecting. on the general wireless connection tab properties , i clicked on internet protocol properties and added ip address 192.168.0.1 submask 255.255.255.0 and did the same on my laptop but used 192.168.0.2 submask 255.255.255.0.. turned off firewalls but still cant connect .

tried this http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/bowman_02april08.mspx

and this one http://www.hardavenue.com/reviews/adhocguide.shtml

[homeflash]

try to put the dns manually or put your gateway as your dns. Hopefully, it will resolve your dns.



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[diablo1]

im connected and can ping each computer. i can access my desktop from my laptop but when i try to access my laptop from my desktop i get an access is denied error. ive tried everything in oermission and the security tab . i had checked simple file sharing and now its unchecked. i have xp pro on both..ive turned off all firewalls and still access denied. im lost

[homeflash]

If you can ping each other, that means you have no problem in your router. Now sounds like you need to set up networking probably. Go to networking wizard and set up networking. It may ask you to create a disk. Do that on the laptop or desktop. After that, it may work.

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[The_Dude]

If I read this correct your connecting the two PC's together NIC to NIC with a crossover cable. When you setup the static IP's did you also enter the opposite PC's IP address as the default gateway?

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[diablo1]

connect wireless (ad hoc) host netgear 311t pci adapter card
host :
ip 192.168.0.1
submask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.0.1

client: netgear 5117 pc card
ip 192.168.0.2
submask 255.255.255.0
gatwaey 192.168.0.1

get a bad connection on desktop only about 2mbps, the desktop has bad connection and keeps dropping the connection.... have the lastest drivers

and when i do connect at 11 mbps i still cant access each computer says access denied but i know they ping each other when have excellent connection.. the files are shared but just wont connect to each other to view files or folders

[The_Dude]

I think that should be
host :
ip 192.168.0.1
submask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.0.2 <= not 1

client: netgear 5117 pc card
ip 192.168.0.2
submask 255.255.255.0
gatwaey 192.168.0.1

If you had a router the default gateway would be the routers IP in both cases. In your case the default gateway will be the ip address of the PC on the other end of the cable.

PC performance buffs have long measured hardware advances using a few simple metrics: Is it faster? Is it bigger? Does it have more blinky lights?

[diablo1]

the ad hoc wireless connection keep dropping a network connection on the desktop ..so i gave up on the ad hoc wireless, ill get back to it later but i changed the wireless pci card to my old ethernet PCI card.. the access denied was cause by one of these or all of them ..
it wasnt the firewall, i dont know exactly what it was. i enabled netbios over tcp/ip on both computers and ran and maybe fixed a winsocket problem on the laptop by typing in' netsh winsock reset catalog ' in run command ,could have also been changing the restrictanonymous to zero in the registry at HKLM\SYSTEM\CURRENTCONTROLSET\CONTROL\LSA.

dont exactly know what the problem was but after i did all that and rebooted it connected to both computers.
if anyone knows would i have to do all three of these the next time i need to do my network or someone elses?

thanks


<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by diablo1 on 06/25/05 06:20.</FONT></P>

[Brf]

The_Dude, The default gateway does not matter, unless either computer is trying to reach an IP address outside of the LAN. In his case, with two computers and no outside WAN connection, the default gateway does not matter...
Actually, setting up the gateways pointing at each other can cause an error condition if eaither computer tries to reach an outside IP address... The packet would be continuously bounced back and forth between the computers.

[The_Dude]

The_Dude, The default gateway does not matter, unless either computer is trying to reach an IP address outside of the LAN. In his case, with two computers and no outside WAN connection, the default gateway does not matter...


So leave it blank? Isn't the gateway the next device in the chain?

Actually, setting up the gateways pointing at each other can cause an error condition if eaither computer tries to reach an outside IP address... The packet would be continuously bounced back and forth between the computers.

If you had a WAN connection there wouldn't be any point in setting it up that way. The gateway would be the router or the PC running ICS, etc. I have a basic understanding of how it works. I use static ip's here at home behind my router.

PC performance buffs have long measured hardware advances using a few simple metrics: Is it faster? Is it bigger? Does it have more blinky lights?

[Brf]

On a Lan without a WAN connection I have used 0.0.0.0 as the Default gateway, or just copied the local IP address into the Gateway.... The only time it is used is to access IPs outside of the LAN.