Comments on: Sharing an Internet Connection

By: dimeons

dimeons — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:13:09 +0000

unfortunately the modem is not DSL, it’s a usb AirCard which must be plugged directly into a usb port on the pc. however, after much adieu, i did figure out a solution for myself that works well. after sharing my internet connection on my desktop though my USB modem, my onboard NIC was assigned the 192.168.0.1 address. so, i disabled DHCP on the router, gave the router a 192.168.0.2 address, plugged the Cat5 from my desktop NIC into the standard network (not the internet port) port on the router, and everything worked! by the desktop and my lap can see each other. the laptop can surf the net wirelessly and share files back and forth. i guess, in hindsight, i was overcomplicating everything. however, i do wish i had a dsl or cable modem, this would be a whole lot easier. as it is now, i have to have my desktop turned on all the time in order for the laptop to get on the ‘net, unless i go buy the $250 router that will let me plug my USB aircard directly into it. thanks for advice, you guys pointed me in the right direction!

By: swhuffman96

swhuffman96 — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:46:53 +0000

DimeonS
I’m not sure I follow you either.
Sprint is your ISP…so you have DSL modem, right?
Then you connect the router to the modem via the Internet port.
Then, you can connect each PC to the router via wireless then hence the Internet.
With a router, there is no need for any PC to share the internet connection for the laptop and/or other desktops. Each client PC/laptop connects to the router.

So, the dynamic IP is recvd by the WAN side of the router….69.137.150.2 whatever, whatever.
Its dynamic so it changes…no big deal.
Then the router has by default 192.168.1.1 on the LAN side. It also serves up DHCP IP addresses to each client that connects. So your PC can be 192.168.1.2 and laptop 192.168.1.3, etc. etc.
All on the same local network.

If you have an issue connecting in this fashion, Sprint may know the MAC address of your single PC if you previously connected. What you will need to do is “clone” your PCs MAC as the router’s MAC that Sprint sees over the WAN. Its pretty simple. There is a page in the router config that you just type in your PCs MAC and hit “clone” and its done.

By: dimeons

dimeons — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 03:37:30 +0000

I would like to do that, except the Sprint AirCard is only USB. There is a $250 router out there that you can directly plug the aircard into, and then do exactly what I’m wanting to do. Only, I’m not willing to spend that much on a router. However, since I posted, I have managed to remove the HP desktop computer from the mix. Now I have another problem. My internet connection is on, I can ping all kinds of websites, and I can even run a download manager and still download, but the browsers on my laptop and desktop won’t bring up a webpage. They’ll both work for a while, and then just quit. I have to go unplug the modem and plug it back. Maybe I’ve done something wrong somewhere. Thanks for you input, though. And, as for a static IP, my ISP is Sprint, and the IP is dynamic and the stupid address changes more times than the wind changes direction.