Ad Hoc and Internet connection sharing Using a Dial up Modem

I would really like to know who reckons you can share an Internet connection
using a dial up modem in a wireless network.....I read Ad Hoc Well it ain't
possible the only way is to get a Apple airport wireless Box It has a 56k
modem in built...If any one can prove me wrong I would love to see it .Using
ICS is not as far as I can see an alternative. Go on prove me wrong

Sometime before 24 Nov 2003, Robert Harrell stated:

> I would really like to know who reckons you can share an Internet
> connection using a dial up modem in a wireless network.....I read Ad
> Hoc Well it ain't possible the only way is to get a Apple airport
> wireless Box It has a 56k modem in built...If any one can prove me
> wrong I would love to see it .Using ICS is not as far as I can see an
> alternative. Go on prove me wrong
>
>
>

Okay, you're wrong, but only as far as Ad Hoc connections and dialup through
ICS go.


Set up the dialup connection.

Set up the adhoc wireless connection on the dialup machine.

Enable ICS and set up your auto dial preferences.

Set up the adhoc wireless connections on the peer machines--use DHCP to make
management easier or, if they won't obtain IPs automagically, assign all of
the clients (except the dialup server) IPs from 192.168.0.2 on up with their
gateways pointing at 192.168.0.1.

Surf.

Okay, if that doesn't work, we can probably help you. But we'll need to
know more about what you've got.

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On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 17:09:12 +1100, "Robert Harrell"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I would really like to know who reckons you can share an Internet connection
>using a dial up modem in a wireless network.....I read Ad Hoc Well it ain't
>possible the only way is to get a Apple airport wireless Box It has a 56k
>modem in built...If any one can prove me wrong I would love to see it .Using
>ICS is not as far as I can see an alternative. Go on prove me wrong
>
That was how I ran my local network of 5 machines for about a year and
a half, so I reckon it can be done, and it isn't even that hard.

1. Set up one PC for dialup. Test it to make sure it works.

2. Install wireless adapter on dialup PC. Set up for 802.11 ad hoc
mode, set and record SSID.

3. Turn on ICS, be sure you tell it to use the dialup connection to
allow other computers to access the internet. (It's easy to misread
the instructions and set ICS for the wrong connection.)

4. Set up wireless adapters on other PCs, set up for 802.11 ad hoc,
set SSID.

DHCP should , by default, take care of your internet addressing, so
the wireless interface on your dialup PC will have an address of
192.168.0.1 and others will be assigned addresses in the range
192.168.0.2 to .254, and theri "Default Gateway will be 192.168.0.1

If this is not the case, come on back and ask, we can talk you through
it.

Mike
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