CAT5 from Desktop to Laptop, Laptop to Wireless DSL router

This combination doesn't appear to work?

The laptop is able to connect fine to the wireless router - however, when I
try to connect a desktop PC via network cable to the laptop in order to
access the internet through the ADSL wireless router, it wont seem to
connect - or it gives me a limited connectivity warning.

Has this something to do with IP address conflicts? Is this type of setup
not possible?

 

If the wireless router has Ethernet ports on it, connect the desktop to one
of them. Be sure the network adaptor has tcp/ip installed and is set to
obtain an ip address automatically ( it is probably already set this way)

 

One possibility is you need a "crossed" cable instead of a
"straight-through"....

 

Not "possibly", but "definitely" a crossover ethernet cable is required.

Q

 

depending if the ports (at least one of them) is autosensing or not :-D

 

The reason I dont simply move the desktop PC to plugin to the ethernet on
the router is that the desktop cant quite be moved (it is used in a bedroom
there FYI).

How does one tell the difference between a 'normal' cable, and an ethernet
one?

 

Sorry if I misunderstood but if you are referring to a crossover cable
then this is for you...I believe they are both ethernet cables however
a crossover is used to directly connect 2 ethernet cards together,
without using a hub, router etc... The cables are turned vica versa at
one end. This url should help

http://www.perfectdrivers.com/howto/crossover.html

Proph3t

 

It's computer to computer via ethernet NICs.

Q

 

Wouldn't you have to turn on Internet connection sharing on the laptop also?

 

PhilG - I have done this but still to no avail...

I am sure that I am not using a crossover cable...

Will try this though!

 

My turn. You need a cross-over cable between your desktop and your
laptop. Everyone got this point correct. The link in the previous post
is a good one. Now for my 2p worth. The must both have IP addresses in
the same subnet. Eg if your laptop is 192.168.2.x x=1..254, then your
desktop needs to be 192.168.2.y y=1..254 and x <> y. The "2" part could
actually be 1..254 as well, but they both need to be the same. Next, on
your laptop you would need to "bridge" the connection. (If I'm not
mistaken.) In XP, open your connections and drag one connection to the
other. EG, drag Wireless to Ethernet. XP will now make a network
bridge. Failing this, run the network setup wizard and say "other
computers connect through the internet through this one".

Paul