Laptop and ad-hoc wifi?

[obra]

Hi All,

I'm curious if anyone has successfully gotten an ethernet connected laptop to talk to the N800 via wifi and also share the laptop's internet access. I've had no success myself with a Dell XP laptop's wifi using ad-hoc settings, open or secure. I can connect but never receive data on the N800 (visible in connection manager). Checking my IP by using xterm and typing ifconfig, reveals 169.254.81.81 - a random invalid ip. Thanks!

[nyleridedog]

Hi obra

Any updates on getting this working?

can anyone point me in the right direction to get this working?

thanks

[johsua]

Hi All,

I'm curious if anyone has successfully gotten an ethernet connected laptop to talk to the N800 via wifi and also share the laptop's internet access. I've had no success myself with a Dell XP laptop's wifi using ad-hoc settings, open or secure. I can connect but never receive data on the N800 (visible in connection manager). Checking my IP by using xterm and typing ifconfig, reveals 169.254.81.81 - a random invalid ip. Thanks!

I've mentioned this in several different threads, but I have been able to get it to work, but it usually dies after 2.5 minutes. I once got it to work for 20 minutes! I am not sure why... You must set your ethernet connection to allow internet sharing (in the properties window), and set it to share with the wifi. Then, if you want, you can set up the connection on the n800 manually:

ip: 192.168.0.X (something between 2 and 254)
subnet: 255.255.255.0
all others: 192.168.0.1

Good luck. I think my problem is that the wireless card doesn't work well with this. I have a T42. I am now using an iBook and it shares flawlessly, but I haven't been able to use the encryption, so I can only make an open connection.

[nyleridedog]

thanks johsua

Ill try that now

cheers

[nyleridedog]

Well i tried it

i set up the ad-hoc network with my laptop and successfully connected but my ip address on the n800 was a 169.254 ip. i then added the static ip addy and subnet etc but still getting no network connectivity, although the n800 does connect to the ad-hoc network via wifi!

any other ideas would be grateful, or a walkthru

cheers

nyler

[johsua]

Did you activate internet sharing for the ethernet connection and link it to the wifi?

And - did you connect to the n800 from your laptop as well?

[madman999]

if you are getting a 169 address, it sounds like you are not getting a dynamic ip. do you need to have a DHCP server turned on the laptop?

[nyleridedog]

yes i connected to the n800 from my laptop as well! just getting that 169 ip

i enabled to share internet connection on wifi but no luck and when i tried to share the ethernet connection it told me that the ip had already been taken for this connection.

ill keep trying, as long as i know its perfectly possible

dhcp is turned on as well


cheers guys

[nyleridedog]

cracked it and now i am buzzing, i just bridged the ethernet and wifi , and away i was, nice one everyone!

cheers

nyleridedog

[tolou]

Soo... what made the trick then?

[johsua]

Is it ad-hoc wifi when you bridge the connection?

[nyleridedog]

ok so you set up your network on your laptop/desktop call it "n800 network" then once you can connect your n800 to the laptop/desktop via ad hoc thats when you can get the internet connection sorted

go to network connections and click and drag a box over the network card you are getting your internet from and to your wifi card(switched on) and then right click and select bridge connections.

and now the internet connection should (bridge over to your wifi card) and whatever network that is connected to(n800 network).

cheers

anymore advice just ask!

[james.bottomtooth]

arg. i've been trying this on XP that is hardwired to internets via network switch for about 3 hrs and its not working out.
is there another thread that had more clues?

On XP i have set up ad-hoc network.

if i try bridging, i connect N800 to the network and on XP i get:

Network bridge:
Local Area Connection
Wireless Network Connection

both say: connected, bridged.

but i can't get to the internet on either XP or N800

if i try to remove the bridge and just enable Internet Connection Sharing on Local Area Connection, and connect N800, my XP internet works but, N800 doesn't work anyways.