Wireless Internet connection w/o a desktop computer

Currently I have to have my Linksys Router connected to my old desktop
PC in order for my laptops to receive the internet connection. I want
to trash the old desktop but when I disconnect it from the router my
laptops lose the internet connection. How can I run the linksys
router with it being hooked to a desktop PC? I'm running Comcast
HighSpeed and my laptops are using Vista. Anyone?

TIA
JaKe
Seattle

jkdrummer wrote:

> Currently I have to have my Linksys Router connected to my old desktop
> PC in order for my laptops to receive the internet connection. I want
> to trash the old desktop but when I disconnect it from the router my
> laptops lose the internet connection. How can I run the linksys
> router with it being hooked to a desktop PC? I'm running Comcast
> HighSpeed and my laptops are using Vista. Anyone?

Sounds like you've got your desktop running ICS and acting as a gateway
for the other computers. Look at the IP configuration on each laptop,
they ought to be pointing everything at the router.

On Nov 26, 9:53 am, Mark McIntyre <markmcint...@spamcop.net> wrote:
> jkdrummer wrote:
> > Currently I have to have my Linksys Router connected to my old desktop
> > PC in order for my laptops to receive the internet connection. I want
> > to trash the old desktop but when I disconnect it from the router my
> > laptops lose the internet connection. How can I run the linksys
> > router with it being hooked to a desktop PC? I'm running Comcast
> > HighSpeed and my laptops are using Vista. Anyone?
>
> Sounds like you've got your desktop running ICS and acting as a gateway
> for the other computers. Look at the IP configuration on each laptop,
> they ought to be pointing everything at the router.

Ok, but how?

Thanks
JaKe

jkdrummer wrote:
> On Nov 26, 9:53 am, Mark McIntyre <markmcint...@spamcop.net> wrote:
>> jkdrummer wrote:
>>> Currently I have to have my Linksys Router connected to my old desktop
>>> PC in order for my laptops to receive the internet connection. I want
>>> to trash the old desktop but when I disconnect it from the router my
>>> laptops lose the internet connection. How can I run the linksys
>>> router with it being hooked to a desktop PC? I'm running Comcast
>>> HighSpeed and my laptops are using Vista. Anyone?
>> Sounds like you've got your desktop running ICS and acting as a gateway
>> for the other computers. Look at the IP configuration on each laptop,
>> they ought to be pointing everything at the router.
>
> Ok, but how?

open a command prompt window on one of hte laptops, and type
ipconfig /all

Do the same on your desktop.
Then post the results back here, along with the make and model of your
laptop wireless card(s) & router and the OS on the desktop.

>"jkdrummer" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:8a7da98f-b439-4c40-8d36-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Currently I have to have my Linksys Router connected to my old desktop
> PC in order for my laptops to receive the internet connection. I want
> to trash the old desktop but when I disconnect it from the router my
> laptops lose the internet connection. How can I run the linksys
> router with it being hooked to a desktop PC? I'm running Comcast
> HighSpeed and my laptops are using Vista. Anyone?
>
> TIA
> JaKe
> Seattle

Which Linksys router is it? Do you use/need wired or wireless connections?
There is absolutely no reason to run with this setup AFAIK. And just to
make a point the router is not connected to the computer but it's really the
other way around. It would be more correct to say the router is connected
to the cable modem and then your computers would connect to the router.

The way a router works is typically by acquiring your WAN IP address from
the cable modem. The router in turn issues out IP addresses to the
computers connected to it via the routers own DHCP service thus sharing your
high speed connection with all your computers. If you desire to share
files/folders between systems then Sharing needs to be setup on each system.

On Nov 26, 10:09 am, "Jbob" <jbob1...@Nohotmail1.com> wrote:
> >"jkdrummer" <jkdrum...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >news:8a7da98f-b439-4c40-8d36-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Currently I have to have my Linksys Router connected to my old desktop
> > PC in order for my laptops to receive the internet connection. I want
> > to trash the old desktop but when I disconnect it from the router my
> > laptops lose the internet connection. How can I run the linksys
> > router with it being hooked to a desktop PC? I'm running Comcast
> > HighSpeed and my laptops are using Vista. Anyone?
>
> > TIA
> > JaKe
> > Seattle
>
> Which Linksys router is it? Do you use/need wired or wireless connections?
> There is absolutely no reason to run with this setup AFAIK. And just to
> make a point the router is not connected to the computer but it's really the
> other way around. It would be more correct to say the router is connected
> to the cable modem and then your computers would connect to the router.
>
> The way a router works is typically by acquiring your WAN IP address from
> the cable modem. The router in turn issues out IP addresses to the
> computers connected to it via the routers own DHCP service thus sharing your
> high speed connection with all your computers. If you desire to share
> files/folders between systems then Sharing needs to be setup on each system.

Don't know which model Linksys I have but yes, a cable modem is
connected to the router. I'm just wondering why the desktop is
affecting connection to the laptops. Is it because I installed the
Linksys software on that PC? I tried installing the Linksys software
on a laptop but it won't load.

On Nov 26, 10:03 am, Mark McIntyre <markmcint...@spamcop.net> wrote:
> jkdrummer wrote:
> > On Nov 26, 9:53 am, Mark McIntyre <markmcint...@spamcop.net> wrote:
> >> jkdrummer wrote:
> >>> Currently I have to have my Linksys Router connected to my old desktop
> >>> PC in order for my laptops to receive the internet connection. I want
> >>> to trash the old desktop but when I disconnect it from the router my
> >>> laptops lose the internet connection. How can I run the linksys
> >>> router with it being hooked to a desktop PC? I'm running Comcast
> >>> HighSpeed and my laptops are using Vista. Anyone?
> >> Sounds like you've got your desktop running ICS and acting as a gateway
> >> for the other computers. Look at the IP configuration on each laptop,
> >> they ought to be pointing everything at the router.
>
> > Ok, but how?
>
> open a command prompt window on one of hte laptops, and type
> ipconfig /all
>
> Do the same on your desktop.
> Then post the results back here, along with the make and model of your
> laptop wireless card(s) & router and the OS on the desktop.

OK, I'll dod that later -- but where's the command prompt icon in
Vista?

JaKe

jkdrummer wrote:
>
> Don't know which model Linksys I have but yes, a cable modem is
> connected to the router.

People will need to know that model no if they are going to help you. It
should be printed on the sticker on the bottom.

>I'm just wondering why the desktop is
> affecting connection to the laptops. Is it because I installed the
> Linksys software on that PC? I tried installing the Linksys software
> on a laptop but it won't load.

You don't need any software to use a router. This will just be some
rubbishy tool for configuring the router.

> Don't know which model Linksys I have

They've made dozens. Take the time to flip it over and FIND OUT. While
you're at it, look for a version number on the label too.

This IS your own router, correct? If so, they log into it and find out how
it's making the WAN connection. Make note of what sort of connection it's
making (PPP, PPPoE, static, dhcp, etc). Print the web page. You may also
need to dig up your configuration instruction your ISP provided you. If
it's got a PPPoE setup you'll need the password. The online web page
probably won't SHOW this to you so you'll have to get it.

Then just reset the router to factory defaults and start over on it.
Depending on which model router and the cable modem setup it may simply
start working right away. You'll then want to change the wireless security,
the SSID (network name) and the admin password.

But start by digging up the model number and version of the router.

jkdrummer <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> to trash the old desktop but when I disconnect it from the router my
> laptops lose the internet connection. How can I run the linksys
> router with it being hooked to a desktop PC? I'm running Comcast
> HighSpeed and my laptops are using Vista. Anyone?

When you disconnect the router from the old PC, does the old PC still have
access to the internet?

You probably have a USB cable from the cable modem to the PC, and then an
ethernet cable from the PC to the router.

The cable modem probably has both a USB and an ethernet connection.

Try unplugging the ethernet and USB cables from the old PC and the cable
modem. Turn everything off for five minutes. Connect the ethernet cable from
the router to the cable modem, instead of to the old PC.

Turn on the cable modem, wait until it shows online status. Turn on the
router. Wait for it to come online. Now the wireless PCs might be able to
connect to the ethernet. The old PC would need to be reconfigured to use
a new ethernet cable to a different port on the router, if you want to
continue to use it.

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