General Discussion - Microsoft's Wireless Broadband Router

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Microsoft's Wireless Broadband Router

PaulaJava

2003-01-29, 7:13 pm

I'm fairly new at networking. I just bought Microsoft's Wireless Broadband Router and did the typical installation to my mother's computer which is wired to the router, wired to a cable modem. I have a Built-in Wireless LAN (802.11b)device on my Fujitsu Lifebook P2120 with Windows XP home edition. I was able to figure out how to get connected to the internet but it seems that I have to have my mom's computer on the access the internet. Is it possible to connect when my mom's computer is off. She has a big thing about not leaving the computer on when it's not used. So, can anybody help me or did I throw over a hundred dollars down the toilet? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Paula

ccieToBe

2003-01-29, 10:02 pm

It depends. Is the Internet connection coming into the access point or PC?

MyoTechie

2003-01-29, 11:40 pm

It sounds like your mother's system has something like ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) setup.

I would place the router between the modem and your network. Through the router's configuration you should be able to create a persistent connection to the net (generally using PPPoE)

WWW
|
Modem
|
Router
  |\
  |  \
  |   \
cmp1 cmp2

check out:
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/b...ng/default.aspx

Good luck!

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