Configuring WG602 - do I need router hub?

I have just bought a Netgear WG602. I am trying to use it to connect
two computers together (dektop and laptop). I have a entrino laptop
(so it has a wirless card built in). I alos have a wireless card (PCI)
in the desktop (though I don't think I need this). I have plugged the
WG602 into the wired LAN port of my computer.

I want to be able to access files and share a DIAL UP internet
connection (using the desktop at as a gateway).

At the moment the laptop can see the accesspoint (with default name
NETGEAR). However it can't see the desktop. The desktop can see the
access point via its wireless card, but it appears not by its wired
LAN (i.e. by the direct cable connection).

Am I missing something here. Do I need an ethernet hub or router? If I
do whats the cheapest option?

I would appreciate any help.

Rafe

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(E-Mail Removed) (T Blandford) wrote:

> I have just bought a Netgear WG602. I am trying to use it to connect
> two computers together (dektop and laptop). I have a entrino laptop
> (so it has a wirless card built in). I alos have a wireless card (PCI)
> in the desktop (though I don't think I need this). I have plugged the
> WG602 into the wired LAN port of my computer.
>
> I want to be able to access files and share a DIAL UP internet
> connection (using the desktop at as a gateway).
>
> At the moment the laptop can see the accesspoint (with default name
> NETGEAR). However it can't see the desktop. The desktop can see the
> access point via its wireless card, but it appears not by its wired
> LAN (i.e. by the direct cable connection).
>
> Am I missing something here. Do I need an ethernet hub or router? If I
> do whats the cheapest option?
>
> I would appreciate any help.
>
> Rafe

Yes, to make it simpler, you need a router, like a DSL/Cable router that
has a modem "backup" port. While there may be more, the only one I'm
familar with are the Asante FR3004LC which can be purchased for ~$30-45
dollars. (Check out www.froogle.com)

I used the Asante router, which has 4 10/100 ports in addition to a WLAN
port (for connecting to a DSL or cable modem), for a year with a modem
before I got DSL. Worked very well. Later, I added a SMC 2655W WAP
which connected to one of the 10/100 LAN ports on the Asante router.
Your Netgear WG602 WAP will interface in the same manner.

Hope this helps.

--Stork

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Stork

T Blandford <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I have just bought a Netgear WG602. I am trying to use it to connect
> two computers together (dektop and laptop). I have a entrino laptop
> (so it has a wirless card built in). I alos have a wireless card (PCI)
> in the desktop (though I don't think I need this). I have plugged the
> WG602 into the wired LAN port of my computer.
>
> I want to be able to access files and share a DIAL UP internet
> connection (using the desktop at as a gateway).
>
> At the moment the laptop can see the accesspoint (with default name
> NETGEAR). However it can't see the desktop. The desktop can see the
> access point via its wireless card, but it appears not by its wired
> LAN (i.e. by the direct cable connection).
>
> Am I missing something here. Do I need an ethernet hub or router? If I
> do whats the cheapest option?
>
You don't need anything else - just the right configuration.
Have you already set up Windows ICS on the desktop machine, and is it
sharing the dialup connection via the ethernet card? If so it should
configure the WAP by DHCP (which is enabled by default).