Assistance with wireless network

Hi

I am getting a new centrino laptop machine shortly and I have bought a dlink
DWL G520 wireless network card for my desktop machine. I currently have a
LAN connection between 2 machines and i intend disconnecting this connection
(or can I maintain a wireless and an LAN system at the same time?).

What I would like to do is to have the centrino connect to my desktop
machine and use internet connection sharing on the desktop thought my DSL
modem to access the internet. Is there any reason why this may not work if
configured correctly? This appears to be a simple process of substitution
of the LAN cable for a wireless interface - is that right?

Any advice and pointers appreciated.

Doug

gordon wrote:

> Hi
>
> I am getting a new centrino laptop machine shortly and I have bought a
> dlink
> DWL G520 wireless network card for my desktop machine. I currently have
> a LAN connection between 2 machines and i intend disconnecting this
> connection (or can I maintain a wireless and an LAN system at the same
> time?).
>
> What I would like to do is to have the centrino connect to my desktop
> machine and use internet connection sharing on the desktop thought my DSL
> modem to access the internet. Is there any reason why this may not work if
> configured correctly? This appears to be a simple process of
> substitution of the LAN cable for a wireless interface - is that right?
>
> Any advice and pointers appreciated.
>
> Doug

Wireless AD-Hoc networking with two wireless cards, the Windows O/S as a
gateway device and ICS is flaky to say the least about it.

You should do yourself a favor and save your furstation and be done with it
by getting a wire/wireless NAT router. They have them for DSL too.

http://www.homenethelp.com/web/explain/about-NAT.asp

You should think about the security too.

http://compnetworking.about.com/od/w...fisecurity.htm

Duane

Thanks for your advice Duane,

Can you recommend a good wireless router for me?

Cheers

"Duane Arnold" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> gordon wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I am getting a new centrino laptop machine shortly and I have bought a
>> dlink
>> DWL G520 wireless network card for my desktop machine. I currently have
>> a LAN connection between 2 machines and i intend disconnecting this
>> connection (or can I maintain a wireless and an LAN system at the same
>> time?).
>>
>> What I would like to do is to have the centrino connect to my desktop
>> machine and use internet connection sharing on the desktop thought my DSL
>> modem to access the internet. Is there any reason why this may not work
>> if
>> configured correctly? This appears to be a simple process of
>> substitution of the LAN cable for a wireless interface - is that right?
>>
>> Any advice and pointers appreciated.
>>
>> Doug
>
> Wireless AD-Hoc networking with two wireless cards, the Windows O/S as a
> gateway device and ICS is flaky to say the least about it.
>
> You should do yourself a favor and save your furstation and be done with
> it
> by getting a wire/wireless NAT router. They have them for DSL too.
>
> http://www.homenethelp.com/web/explain/about-NAT.asp
>
> You should think about the security too.
>
> http://compnetworking.about.com/od/w...fisecurity.htm
>
> Duane

gordon wrote:

> Thanks for your advice Duane,
>
> Can you recommend a good wireless router for me?

I really cannot recommend one for you. However, I'll provide a list of the
top manufactures and if you're interested in one you can go to the
manufacturer's site and read the datasheet about the product.

http://tinyurl.com/a4dpg

You should get one that's using WAP and has SPI a *G* model.

You should get one that does logging so that you can review inbound and
outbound traffic to possible dubious remote IP(s) with a logviewer such as
Wallwatcher or Kiwi Syslog Daemon and both viewers are free the Kiwi is
more generic, but Wallwatcher is my tool of choice.

http://www.sonic.net/wallwatcher/#routers
http://www.kiwisyslog.com/

You may want to invest in a UPS/AVR system to protect your investment. I use
a Belkin myself but there are other good ones too and they are cheap.

Duane

gordon wrote:
> Thanks for your advice Duane,
>
> Can you recommend a good wireless router for me?
>
> Cheers
>
> "Duane Arnold" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:fhjre.46174$x96.40054@attbi_s72...
>> gordon wrote:
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I am getting a new centrino laptop machine shortly and I have bought a
>>> dlink
>>> DWL G520 wireless network card for my desktop machine. I currently have
>>> a LAN connection between 2 machines and i intend disconnecting this
>>> connection (or can I maintain a wireless and an LAN system at the same
>>> time?).
>>>
>>> What I would like to do is to have the centrino connect to my desktop
>>> machine and use internet connection sharing on the desktop thought my DSL
>>> modem to access the internet. Is there any reason why this may not work
>>> if
>>> configured correctly? This appears to be a simple process of
>>> substitution of the LAN cable for a wireless interface - is that right?
>>>
>>> Any advice and pointers appreciated.
>>>
>>> Doug
>>
>> Wireless AD-Hoc networking with two wireless cards, the Windows O/S as a
>> gateway device and ICS is flaky to say the least about it.
>>
>> You should do yourself a favor and save your furstation and be done with
>> it
>> by getting a wire/wireless NAT router. They have them for DSL too.
>>
>> http://www.homenethelp.com/web/explain/about-NAT.asp
>>
>> You should think about the security too.
>>
>> http://compnetworking.about.com/od/w...fisecurity.htm
>>
>> Duane

PC Magazine recently reviewed a bunch of wireless router / APs.
http://www.pcmag.com/category2/0,1738,4236,00.asp