Wireless Internet Issue - Ad Hoc Setup

[acford]

Hi there,

Got a desktop PC (WinXPsp2) connected to NTL Broadband, insalled a wireless PCI card in Ad Hoc mode with a static IP of 192.168.0.1 and setup ICS...

Got a laptop (WinXP) and insalled a wireless PCMCIA card in and gave it a static IP of 192.168.0.2, also Ad Hoc mode...

Both machines can 'see' each other and ping each other etc...

But, the laptop will not get to the Net?!?

 

[vipergg]

You could save yourself a lot of trouble if you invest in a wireless router and run both machines thru that instead of trying to setup ICS and trying to run adhoc mode for the wireless , it would be BT modem---->wireless router and you would setup your nics for infrastructure . A "B" wireless router can be had for between 30 and 40 dollars .

 

[acford]

Yeah could do that, but this is for a mate and they don't want a router. I know this way works coz I've seen it before, I also know that ICS is not the best solution to use...