Wireless Networking Woes

Hey all,
Have been trying to connect two PCs on an ad-hoc network which have
cards from different manufacturers. I've checked that their on the
same frequency and that their both set to ad-hoc, but other than
poking about with the channel numbers on them i have no idea what to
do.
Should SSIDs be the same, or different?
Any help for a complete newbie would be greatly appreciated!
Regards,
Martin.

Martin Stennett writes:
> Hey all,
> Have been trying to connect two PCs on an ad-hoc network which have
> cards from different manufacturers. I've checked that their on the
> same frequency and that their both set to ad-hoc, but other than
> poking about with the channel numbers on them i have no idea what to
> do.
> Should SSIDs be the same, or different?
> Any help for a complete newbie would be greatly appreciated!

First check that no firewall will be stopping any data.

Set them both to use exactly the same information - same channel, WAP
key, SSID, etc.

Set one of the PC's wireless IP address to 192.168.1.1, the other PC to
192.168.1.2, netmask 255.255.255.0. No gateway is needed. I assume that
this is just to share files, not sharing the internet on one of the PCs?

We were hoping to share the interne connecion in the end too?

"Kris" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news(E-Mail Removed)...
> Martin Stennett writes:
> > Hey all,
> > Have been trying to connect two PCs on an ad-hoc network which have
> > cards from different manufacturers. I've checked that their on the
> > same frequency and that their both set to ad-hoc, but other than
> > poking about with the channel numbers on them i have no idea what to
> > do.
> > Should SSIDs be the same, or different?
> > Any help for a complete newbie would be greatly appreciated!
>
> First check that no firewall will be stopping any data.
>
> Set them both to use exactly the same information - same channel, WAP
> key, SSID, etc.
>
> Set one of the PC's wireless IP address to 192.168.1.1, the other PC to
> 192.168.1.2, netmask 255.255.255.0. No gateway is needed. I assume that
> this is just to share files, not sharing the internet on one of the PCs?

"Lee@DVDDebate" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Martin Stennett wrote:
>
> [accidental top posting and lack of snipping corrected]
>
> >>> Any help for a complete newbie would be greatly appreciated!
> >>
> >>First check that no firewall will be stopping any data.
> >>
> >>Set them both to use exactly the same information - same channel, WAP
> >>key, SSID, etc.
> >>
> >>Set one of the PC's wireless IP address to 192.168.1.1, the other PC to
> >>192.168.1.2, netmask 255.255.255.0. No gateway is needed. I assume that
> >>this is just to share files, not sharing the internet on one of the PCs?
> >
> > We were hoping to share the interne connecion in the end too?
> >
>
> In that case you'll either need a proxy server on the machine that's
> connected to the modem or set up ICS.
>
when you enable ics it says you have to set your ip to 192.168.0.1 and not
192.168.1.1 as mentioned previously, should that matter?