Sharing internet connection from Windows XP using wi-fi router
- by Darius
Hi, I have an network configuration like:
Ethernet cable from ISP connected to Windows XP machine, configured with static IP 192.168.0.3
Another ethernet connection from 2nd Windows XP machine's network adapter to a Wi-Fi router (D-Link Airport G+)
XP set to "Share internet connection", the 2nd adapter configured as static to 192.169.0.1
D-Link Airport Wi-Fi router also configured as "static connection", it's IP set to 192.169.0.2, default gateway set to 192.169.0.1. Network mask everywhere is 24.
Laptop computer connected with the router with static IP 192.169.0.3
The problems are:
XP machine sees the router (it's able to ping it and access it via the web admin tool)
The router somehow cannot PING the XP machine (using the tool provided by the web-based admin tool)
The laptop computer cannot ping anything and cannot be pinged
The router is only accessible when the ethernet cable is connected with a router's 1-4 LAN port, when I connect it via "WAN" port (which I believe is the proper one) it's not visible from the XP machine
If you have similar experience with configuring a network like this I would really appreciate your help. I cannot use the Wi-Fi router with the ISP cable itself.