Gateway as Gateway?

I would like to connect an existing wired network (ethernet) to a new
wireless network. I tryed to wire the wireless router with my wired
router, with no sucsess. I thought that maybe I could have one computer
(windows me) as a connection between the two networks. I currently have
it set up so that the Gateway (winme) is part of both networks, but not
bridging the two.I know that WinXP has a "bridging" tool, but upgrading
is not an option. The question is, how do I direct traffic (with or
without using the Gateway) across the networks?

poly-p man

P.S.
The Wireless network consists of a windows 98se computer and the ME
mentioned above. The wired has that ME, a Mac, and a few Linux boxes.

On 26 Jul 2005 10:24:10 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

> I would like to connect an existing wired network (ethernet) to a new
> wireless network. I tryed to wire the wireless router with my wired
> router, with no sucsess. I thought that maybe I could have one computer
> (windows me) as a connection between the two networks. I currently have
> it set up so that the Gateway (winme) is part of both networks, but not
> bridging the two.I know that WinXP has a "bridging" tool, but upgrading
> is not an option. The question is, how do I direct traffic (with or
> without using the Gateway) across the networks?
>
> poly-p man
>
> P.S.
> The Wireless network consists of a windows 98se computer and the ME
> mentioned above. The wired has that ME, a Mac, and a few Linux boxes.

Without a bridging tool? Can't be done. Well, I am not, yet, sure that I
understand RIP. Maybe it really isn't a bridging tool. OTOH, I am pretty
sure that the LapLink USB Network cable software is a bridging tool.

--
Norman
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~Fin dein a loluca, En dragu a sei lain
~Vi fa-ru les shutai am, En riga-lint

In article <(E-Mail Removed). com>,
(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>I would like to connect an existing wired network (ethernet) to a new
>wireless network. I tryed to wire the wireless router with my wired
>router, with no sucsess. I thought that maybe I could have one computer
>(windows me) as a connection between the two networks. I currently have
>it set up so that the Gateway (winme) is part of both networks, but not
>bridging the two.I know that WinXP has a "bridging" tool, but upgrading
>is not an option. The question is, how do I direct traffic (with or
>without using the Gateway) across the networks?
>
>poly-p man
>
>P.S.
>The Wireless network consists of a windows 98se computer and the ME
>mentioned above. The wired has that ME, a Mac, and a few Linux boxes.

You don't need to use a computer as a gateway or bridge.

Can you just replace an old wired router with the new wireless router?
That would be the simplest solution.

If not, configure the new wireless router to act as a wireless access
point only, bypassing its routing capabilities:

1. Connect a computer to a LAN port on the wireless router and access
the router's built-in web server, which is usually at an address like
http://192.168.0.1 or http://192.168.1.1

2. Disable the router's built-in DHCP server.

3. Assign its LAN connection an IP address in the same subnet as the
wired network.

4. Disconnect the computer.

5. Connect one of the wireless router's LAN ports to a port on the
wired network. Don't connect anything to the wireless router's WAN
(Internet) port.
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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(E-Mail Removed) schrieb:
> I would like to connect an existing wired network (ethernet) to a new
> wireless network. I tryed to wire the wireless router with my wired
> router, with no sucsess. I thought that maybe I could have one computer
> (windows me) as a connection between the two networks. I currently have
> it set up so that the Gateway (winme) is part of both networks, but not
> bridging the two.I know that WinXP has a "bridging" tool, but upgrading
> is not an option. The question is, how do I direct traffic (with or
> without using the Gateway) across the networks?
>
> poly-p man
>
> P.S.
> The Wireless network consists of a windows 98se computer and the ME
> mentioned above. The wired has that ME, a Mac, and a few Linux boxes.
>

The XP and 2k bridging tool simply redirects traffic from one NIC to
another. RIP is a status protocol to track down new routers in the
nwtwork. There's an undocumented registry tweak for Win ME to enable IP
Forwarding, but the way to go is Steve Winograds suggestion.

with the locations of everything, Steve's suggestion is impossible. I
even tried that, but packets flew everywhere. What is that registry
tweak?

poly-p man

(E-Mail Removed) schrieb:
> with the locations of everything, Steve's suggestion is impossible. I
> even tried that, but packets flew everywhere. What is that registry
> tweak?
>
> poly-p man
>

The registry tweak is undocumented and after I once read about it, I
didn't find anything about it anymore. But I will try to find something
for you. If you've got any further questions etc., you're welcome to
contact me via ICQ or MSN. My ICQ-UIN is 277935950, my MSN Passport-ID
is (E-Mail Removed)

Yours,
Dominik George