[hupjack]

so my co-worker lives out in the cuts and uses direcway.

apparently her satelite equivalent of a broadband modem only hooks up to her
computer via USB only (doesn't have an ethernet port), and direcway is going
to charge her $200 to upgrade her to a modem with an ethernet port.

Seems pretty ridiculous to me.

So I'm looking at diagrams like this:
http://www.homenethelp.com/ics/images/ics-diag-ethernet.gif
which I found here:
http://www.homenethelp.com/ics/ics-install-arch.asp
and I'm wondering, can I replace the hub in that diagram with a wireless
router (which I already have), and thus share the connection wired and
wirelessly? The router would need to pick up it's "WAN" connection from the
ICS host I presume?

I'm having a difficult time figuring out how I'd set up the software config
/ settings for this to all work right. Specifically, I don't see how the
router would see the ICS PC as a WAN connection.

Would this be a reliable setup? Or is it worth it to just pay direcway for
the new DW6000?

Thanks in advance,
Ethan

[Chuck]

On Fri, 3 Jun 2005 17:01:02 -0700, "hupjack" <hupjack@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

>so my co-worker lives out in the cuts and uses direcway.
>
>apparently her satelite equivalent of a broadband modem only hooks up to her
>computer via USB only (doesn't have an ethernet port), and direcway is going
>to charge her $200 to upgrade her to a modem with an ethernet port.
>
>Seems pretty ridiculous to me.
>
>So I'm looking at diagrams like this:
>http://www.homenethelp.com/ics/images/ics-diag-ethernet.gif
>which I found here:
>http://www.homenethelp.com/ics/ics-install-arch.asp
>and I'm wondering, can I replace the hub in that diagram with a wireless
>router (which I already have), and thus share the connection wired and
>wirelessly? The router would need to pick up it's "WAN" connection from the
>ICS host I presume?
>
>I'm having a difficult time figuring out how I'd set up the software config
>/ settings for this to all work right. Specifically, I don't see how the
>router would see the ICS PC as a WAN connection.
>
>Would this be a reliable setup? Or is it worth it to just pay direcway for
>the new DW6000?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Ethan

Ethan,

Sure, what you want to do is pretty standard. You just turn the wireless router
into a WAP (a wireless hub essentially).
- Connect the host and all clients as peers, to the LAN (wired or wireless
connections) on the wireless router. Leave the WAN connection open.
- Change the LAN address of the wireless router to 192.168.0.2 (192.168.0.1 is
used for the ICS host).
- Disable the DHCP server on the router.
- Enable ICS on the host (with the USB modem as the Internet feed, and the
Ethernet / wireless card as the connection shared).
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/using-network-setup-wizard-in-windows.html#ICSHost>

Normally (if this was an Ethernet or dialup Internet service), I'd recommend a
proper NAT router. For $200 savings, this is probably a good solution though.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/ics-is-ok-but-you-can-do-better.html>

Make sure you secure the ICS host (lock Windows Firewall down). And make sure
you secure the wireless LAN too.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/setting-up-wifi-lan-please-protect.html>

--
Cheers,
Chuck
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem - it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck sonic net.

[hupjack@excite.com]

thanks a bunch chuck.. that description was fantastic..

really helped straighten me out..

[Chuck]

On 6 Jun 2005 11:34:47 -0700, *email_address_deleted* wrote:

>thanks a bunch chuck.. that description was fantastic..
>
>really helped straighten me out..

Ethan,

Excellent. Thanks for the update, and the feedback.

--
Cheers,
Chuck
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem - it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck sonic net.