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Stupid Wireless Networks

Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:45 pm
by Grim...
Okay, so I've got a wireless card for my Desktop and my laptop.

I've got it all set up and each can see each others files. My desktop PC connects to the internet through a USB modem, but, whatever I try, I can't connect to the internet from my laptop.
I've got the 'let other computer connect to the internet via this connection' box ticked, I've tried it with my firewalls off, and I'm stuck.

It's a "Security enabled computer-to-computer network", or Peer-to-peer network to it's friends.

The laptop can connect via the desktop when I plug a crossover network cable into it, and I've had it working wirelessly before (before the laptop broke).

Google is, as normal, just trying to sell me things, so I'm close to eating the cards :(

Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 9:29 pm
by d3ad1ysp0rk
Did you enable tcp/ip on the wireless connection specifically?

Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 3:13 am
by shiznatix
i would just bypass the new quadras and go straight to the original ecc port but you would have to add a new acpi database server and simply brute force your iso file. although this is not very time effective the ocular receptor wont be damaged and its file transfer rate will boot 10 quadracepts.

no actually...

i had this same problem a while back. check your firewall settings as my problem was solved by this.

Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 4:20 am
by Grim...
LiLpunkSkateR wrote:Did you enable tcp/ip on the wireless connection specifically?
Don't know... How do you do that?
shiznatix wrote:check your firewall settings as my problem was solved by this.
'Off' is probably a pretty good setting...

Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 9:56 am
by pickle
Are you even pulling an IP?

Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 10:35 am
by Grim...
I think so.

Like I said, I could share files no problem, it's just that the laptop can't browse the net :(

Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 12:39 pm
by feyd
sharing files has nothing to do with getting an IP.. FYI.. Windows Sharing runs over NetBUI, which doesn't work over TCP/IP networks.

Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 7:08 pm
by d3ad1ysp0rk
Enabling TCP/IP should be easy. First view your network connections (my network places->properties). From here you should see a listing of at least 1 connection, which would be your wireless one. When you attempt to get the properties of this connection, you will get one of two screens:
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Your networking options will either be the first panel you open up under "general" or you may need to click the "Networking" tab.

From here you can just click "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" if it is unchecked. If it is already checked, I'm fresh out of ideas. Sorry =)

Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 7:53 pm
by Roja
feyd wrote:sharing files has nothing to do with getting an IP.. FYI.. Windows Sharing runs over NetBUI, which doesn't work over TCP/IP networks.
Your info isn't accurate (For Your Info). :)

Windows file sharing can run over netbui, and by default it does.

However, it can also run over TCP/IP. With no netbui installed, you can run windows filesharing just fine, and if you sniff the segment, its on tcp - not netbui.

In fact, after windows2000, the default is no netbui - all tcp/ip.

I've been running TCP only since win98.

Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 1:31 pm
by Grim...
Well, it's working now.

I changed nothing - but I accidently browsed to my desktops apache server (where I run all my PHP scripts and stuff) and it opened a page.
After that, the internet worked.

Go figure.

Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 4:11 pm
by Jenk
did you have the gateway set - for future reference?

Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:14 am
by m3mn0n
And PHP saves the day again.

*watches a PHP logo ride off into the sunset on horseback*


heh :)

Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 9:58 am
by Grim...
Jenk wrote:did you have the gateway set - for future reference?
The whatwhat?

I'm getting a wireless Router on saturday (along with £900 worth of other groovy stuff) so I don't really care :)