Change wireless configuration

Hi
I am currently running two PC's, one Win XP Pro the other XP Home,
I have them set up for ICS over a Wireless system, set up in what I think
is a pretty standard configuration.

The Internet cable is connected to the modem which is connected
to the Wireless Router, the XP Pro PC is connected to the Router by a
Network cable and the XP Home PC connects by a USB wireless Network Adapter.

Now I have to move and the cable outlet will not be in the room where
I need the PC's to be kept.

Is it possible to set it up so the Cable goes to the Modem which then
is connected to the Wireless Router and then connect both PC's via a
USB wireless Network Adapter?

If so please give me some information on how to set it up.

thanks and regards

Daniel

Daniel wrote:
> Hi
> I am currently running two PC's, one Win XP Pro the other XP Home,
> I have them set up for ICS over a Wireless system, set up in what I think
> is a pretty standard configuration.
>

ICS is a MS term. It allows one computer to share its Internet
connection with other computers in a LAN situation. That one machine
will have two NIC(s) Network Interface Cards. One card facing the
WAN/Internet. The other one facing the LAN. By having the second NIC do
ICS with the first NIC, if a standalone switch or hub was connected to
the second NIC, then all machines connected to the switch or hub will be
able to access the Internet

> The Internet cable is connected to the modem which is connected
> to the Wireless Router, the XP Pro PC is connected to the Router by a
> Network cable and the XP Home PC connects by a USB wireless Network Adapter.

The router is a gateway device for the LAN and WAN, and by using NAT,
it allows one or more computers to access the WAN/Internet. It also
provides connectivity with machines on the LAN, because it has built-in
switch technology. By using NAT and possibly SPI, the router protects
the machines on the LAN by separating two networks usually the Internet
it's protecting from and the LAN it's protecting and provides a firewall
like mechanism.

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

>
> Now I have to move and the cable outlet will not be in the room where
> I need the PC's to be kept.
>
> Is it possible to set it up so the Cable goes to the Modem which then
> is connected to the Wireless Router and then connect both PC's via a
> USB wireless Network Adapter?

As explained in the link below, one should a router instead of ICS on
a getaway computer, along with other things explained in the links
above. The router is faster and provides better protection for the network.

http://labmice.techtarget.com/articl...ychecklist.htm

>
> If so please give me some information on how to set it up.
>

You should find a way to keep the router as the perimeter device to
protect from the Internet and be the gateway device for the LAN and WAN.

Most users flat-out don't know how to configure/harden to attack the
Windows NT based O/S to face the Internet on the machine acting as
getway device.

Duane

Thanks Duane

I am confused, a lot, but I guess it's all in there. At the moment it is
over my
head, I will study it all and have a go using the links you have given me
and
repost when I get stuck.

thanks again

Daniel
"Duane Arnold" <"Do forget about it"@PleaeDo.BET> wrote in message
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> Daniel wrote:
>> Hi
>> I am currently running two PC's, one Win XP Pro the other XP Home,
>> I have them set up for ICS over a Wireless system, set up in what I think
>> is a pretty standard configuration.
>>
>
> ICS is a MS term. It allows one computer to share its Internet connection
> with other computers in a LAN situation. That one machine will have two
> NIC(s) Network Interface Cards. One card facing the WAN/Internet. The
> other one facing the LAN. By having the second NIC do ICS with the first
> NIC, if a standalone switch or hub was connected to the second NIC, then
> all machines connected to the switch or hub will be able to access the
> Internet
>
>> The Internet cable is connected to the modem which is connected
>> to the Wireless Router, the XP Pro PC is connected to the Router by a
>> Network cable and the XP Home PC connects by a USB wireless Network
>> Adapter.
>
> The router is a gateway device for the LAN and WAN, and by using NAT, it
> allows one or more computers to access the WAN/Internet. It also provides
> connectivity with machines on the LAN, because it has built-in switch
> technology. By using NAT and possibly SPI, the router protects the
> machines on the LAN by separating two networks usually the Internet it's
> protecting from and the LAN it's protecting and provides a firewall like
> mechanism.
>
> http://www.homenethelp.com/web/explain/about-NAT.asp
> http://www.homenethelp.com/web/expla...d-switches.asp
>
>>
>> Now I have to move and the cable outlet will not be in the room where
>> I need the PC's to be kept.
>>
>> Is it possible to set it up so the Cable goes to the Modem which then
>> is connected to the Wireless Router and then connect both PC's via a
>> USB wireless Network Adapter?
>
> As explained in the link below, one should a router instead of ICS on a
> getaway computer, along with other things explained in the links above.
> The router is faster and provides better protection for the network.
>
> http://labmice.techtarget.com/articl...ychecklist.htm
>
>>
>> If so please give me some information on how to set it up.
>>
>
> You should find a way to keep the router as the perimeter device to
> protect from the Internet and be the gateway device for the LAN and WAN.
>
> Most users flat-out don't know how to configure/harden to attack the
> Windows NT based O/S to face the Internet on the machine acting as getway
> device.
>
> Duane