SETUP Help Plz TIA

Hi,
i'm having all sort of trouble getting this to work.

I have a Desktop computer fitted with two ethernet cards, the first
card i've named INTERNET and is connected to my Cable modem.
The second card is called Upstairs and has a Cat 5 cable going to my
second computer downstairs. I've just purchased a Acer Travel Mate 660
LMi with fitted WiFi.
I went to PC WPRLD and was told to buy a Belkin Wireless USB Adapter.
I have connected this to a USB port and have loaded the software. I've
managed to set up the Belkin Adapter and my laptop to see each other,
but only in signal strength and nothing else.

I can't get it to connect to the internet or to download files from
the main computer/server which has everything connected to it.

Please advise me on what i'm doing wrong. I have set up my INTERNET
connection to ICS and have got all the cards set up to 192.168.0.1 -
192.168.0.8 ( each card has one DNS) default gateway is 192.168.0.1


TIA
PS please keep it simple i'm only new at this and would appreciate a
none jargon answer where possible:-)

Are you running a firwall on either the desktop or laptop? If so, you
probably need to set a firewall option designating ICS server/host or
ICS client.


Ironfist <> wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>. ..
> Hi,
> i'm having all sort of trouble getting this to work.
>
> I have a Desktop computer fitted with two ethernet cards, the first
> card i've named INTERNET and is connected to my Cable modem.
> The second card is called Upstairs and has a Cat 5 cable going to my
> second computer downstairs. I've just purchased a Acer Travel Mate 660
> LMi with fitted WiFi.
> I went to PC WPRLD and was told to buy a Belkin Wireless USB Adapter.
> I have connected this to a USB port and have loaded the software. I've
> managed to set up the Belkin Adapter and my laptop to see each other,
> but only in signal strength and nothing else.
>
> I can't get it to connect to the internet or to download files from
> the main computer/server which has everything connected to it.
>
> Please advise me on what i'm doing wrong. I have set up my INTERNET
> connection to ICS and have got all the cards set up to 192.168.0.1 -
> 192.168.0.8 ( each card has one DNS) default gateway is 192.168.0.1
>
>
> TIA
> PS please keep it simple i'm only new at this and would appreciate a
> none jargon answer where possible:-)

i've been running Zone alarm but have disabled it on both when i was
trying it out.




On 17 Oct 2003 12:58:54 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) (Chris) wrote:

>Are you running a firwall on either the desktop or laptop? If so, you
>probably need to set a firewall option designating ICS server/host or
>ICS client.
>
>
>Ironfist <> wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>. ..
>> Hi,
>> i'm having all sort of trouble getting this to work.
>>
>> I have a Desktop computer fitted with two ethernet cards, the first
>> card i've named INTERNET and is connected to my Cable modem.
>> The second card is called Upstairs and has a Cat 5 cable going to my
>> second computer downstairs. I've just purchased a Acer Travel Mate 660
>> LMi with fitted WiFi.
>> I went to PC WPRLD and was told to buy a Belkin Wireless USB Adapter.
>> I have connected this to a USB port and have loaded the software. I've
>> managed to set up the Belkin Adapter and my laptop to see each other,
>> but only in signal strength and nothing else.
>>
>> I can't get it to connect to the internet or to download files from
>> the main computer/server which has everything connected to it.
>>
>> Please advise me on what i'm doing wrong. I have set up my INTERNET
>> connection to ICS and have got all the cards set up to 192.168.0.1 -
>> 192.168.0.8 ( each card has one DNS) default gateway is 192.168.0.1
>>
>>
>> TIA
>> PS please keep it simple i'm only new at this and would appreciate a
>> none jargon answer where possible:-)