Set up problems

I have the wireless card (MN520) setup on laptop and the
base station (MN500) setup on desktop pc. I can't seem
to get them to communicate to one another. I tried
using the "Base Station Management Tool" but it is grayed
out on both machines. What I want to do is share dial-
up connection on desktop with laptop(desktop will not be
used for the internet while sharing connection). Please
help. Thanks.

First verify the laptop can reach the router. Using IE go
to http://192.168.2.1 --if this works the laptop is
basically set. If this does not work, there is a
misconfiguration in the laptop wireless settings (SSID,
channel, or WEP)

Then turn off firewalls or ICF on the laptop and the
wired connection on the desktop. You'll want to keep ICF
active only the dialup connection.

Both computers must share the same workgroup name
(assuming you are using XP Home).

You'll have to turn on ICS on the desktop to share the
dialup.

>-----Original Message-----
>I have the wireless card (MN520) setup on laptop and the
>base station (MN500) setup on desktop pc. I can't seem
>to get them to communicate to one another. I tried
>using the "Base Station Management Tool" but it is
grayed
>out on both machines. What I want to do is share dial-
>up connection on desktop with laptop(desktop will not be
>used for the internet while sharing connection). Please
>help. Thanks.
>.
>

Thanks, I'll try that. One more question: why is
the "Base Station Management Tool" grayed-out in the
Broadband utility program? It is grayed-out on both
machines.


>-----Original Message-----
>First verify the laptop can reach the router. Using IE
go
>to http://192.168.2.1 --if this works the laptop is
>basically set. If this does not work, there is a
>misconfiguration in the laptop wireless settings (SSID,
>channel, or WEP)
>
>Then turn off firewalls or ICF on the laptop and the
>wired connection on the desktop. You'll want to keep ICF
>active only the dialup connection.
>
>Both computers must share the same workgroup name
>(assuming you are using XP Home).
>
>You'll have to turn on ICS on the desktop to share the
>dialup.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I have the wireless card (MN520) setup on laptop and
the
>>base station (MN500) setup on desktop pc. I can't seem
>>to get them to communicate to one another. I tried
>>using the "Base Station Management Tool" but it is
>grayed
>>out on both machines. What I want to do is share
dial-
>>up connection on desktop with laptop(desktop will not
be
>>used for the internet while sharing connection).
Please
>>help. Thanks.
>>.
>>
>.
>

Wireless is not the ideal way to share a dialup
connection. It's really better for broadband connections.
Look up Internet Connection Sharing in Help and online.
To access the Base station mgmt tool, open your browser
and type: http://192.168.2.1/ Make a shortcut to this and
put it on your Desktop. www.practicallynetworked.com is a
good site, as is Microsoft's Networking web site.


>-----Original Message-----
>I have the wireless card (MN520) setup on laptop and the
>base station (MN500) setup on desktop pc. I can't seem
>to get them to communicate to one another. I tried
>using the "Base Station Management Tool" but it is
grayed
>out on both machines. What I want to do is share dial-
>up connection on desktop with laptop(desktop will not be
>used for the internet while sharing connection). Please
>help. Thanks.
>.
>

Why not? Wired or wireless are equivalent ways to
establish the LAN, and independent from the method uses
to establish the Internet connection. It works as fine
with dialup.

>-----Original Message-----
>Wireless is not the ideal way to share a dialup
>connection. It's really better for broadband
connections.
>Look up Internet Connection Sharing in Help and online.
>To access the Base station mgmt tool, open your browser
>and type: http://192.168.2.1/ Make a shortcut to this
and
>put it on your Desktop. www.practicallynetworked.com is
a
>good site, as is Microsoft's Networking web site.
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I have the wireless card (MN520) setup on laptop and
the
>>base station (MN500) setup on desktop pc. I can't seem
>>to get them to communicate to one another. I tried
>>using the "Base Station Management Tool" but it is
>grayed
>>out on both machines. What I want to do is share
dial-
>>up connection on desktop with laptop(desktop will not
be
>>used for the internet while sharing connection).
Please
>>help. Thanks.
>>.
>>
>.
>