Tech Support - Non Game Related .. Sorry

[Ryoushin]

@Shizukat,

I thank you for the help, so now having a better look into this, my setup is just a bit different..Im setup as follows:

Laptop connected to a wireless, (not my own) this is my starting point and all I can control at this moment.
Before as mentioned above, I didnt set any settings just checked the box for ICS and plugged an ethernet cord into the laptops LAN connection and ran that to the INTERNET port on the linksys router and from there everything connected to my router had internet access.

Now it seems I need to do a little bit of leg work which is fine, I dont mind. Im also learning a bit more so its educational for me. The problem I am running into which may be casing me to not be able to fix this issue is when I connect my xbox wirelessly to my router which is connected to the laptop the message I get is:

" Your DNS servers cant resolve the names of the xbox live servers or xbox.com"

So what I think my problem is now is between the laptop and my router there needs to be a DNS configuration of some sorts, but my brain lacks the understanding. Which my IP settings I posted above for the wireless portion they are the same as the DNS on the LAN is the same. Could this be my issue having the same DNS on the LAN as the wireless so then the connection wont be able to share itself through ICS?

[Ryoushin]

UPDATE:

After not changing anything within my router other then setting an SSID an pass for the wireless portion I have resolved my issue with the help of Raist and Shizukat.

I changed the DNS on the laptop wireless to 192.168.2.1.
So now the settings for the wireless portion are as follows:
Manually Config of Wireless:
IP- 192.168.1.5
SUB- 255.255.255
GATEWAY - 192.168.1.1
DNS- 192.168.2.1

LAN Settings in which I connected directly to my linksys router:
IP- 192.168.0.1
SUB- 255.255.255.0
GATEWAY- BLANK
DNS- BLANK

I had to configure not only my xbox console but my wifes xbox console with the following DNS: Again this is DNS only on the xbox console:
Input into both primary and secondary

DNS- 192.168.2.1

ony my desktop which is hardwired to my linksys router I had to change the DNS only to 192.168.2.1..

After doing so I am able to use my laptop as a "router" to a linksys router, i.e my router, and share the wireless connection with the above.

Though I am kinda worry to turn off the laptop because of the hassle I went thru. Granted yes it would be easier to just get the internet, its a lacking financial thing. With that said I hope anyone else who may run into this problem that with the above from Raist and Shizukat as well as my own findings will be able to help someone.

On another note I would not have thought to manually change my dns around routers network if it had not been for the xbox giving me that error message. Best of luck to all, and my wife an I send our prays out to everyone.

[Nitrous24]

edit: nvm it seems you solved it and i just didn't read far enough. congrats on solving your issue

[NightDagger]

Grats in getting it to work. Another way you could do the same thing is to have a wireless router you are not using & make it a client/bridge. If you are able to do this with the router you eliminate having the laptop on all the time & the extra router would work in the same manner as your laptop is. All you have to do to the router is the same thing you have done to your laptop. Make sure the ip is outside your dhcp range, same SSID & Pass & you are set.

Just a thought if you ever want to make a permanent router to do this for you. I am currently using the same thing right now for my xbox so I do not have to go buy a wireless router lol.

[Ryoushin]

Heres a question that seems to plague me since I cant find a well rounded answer. In regards to my previous problem.
Since I connect wirelessly through my laptop, when I hit refresh on the wireless network page, it shows the network I can connect to, but when I try an connect to it I get a respond that windows failed to receive a response from the network, yet in the wireless tab its 3 to 4 bars. I understand that a wireless card pings the networks around it within a certain area, but why is it that I get that problem, at times, when I try an connect to the wireless network?

Penny for anyones thoughts?

[Shizukat]

Heres a question that seems to plague me since I cant find a well rounded answer. In regards to my previous problem.
Since I connect wirelessly through my laptop, when I hit refresh on the wireless network page, it shows the network I can connect to, but when I try an connect to it I get a respond that windows failed to receive a response from the network, yet in the wireless tab its 3 to 4 bars. I understand that a wireless card pings the networks around it within a certain area, but why is it that I get that problem, at times, when I try an connect to the wireless network?

Frankly I can't make heads or tails of what you're exactly trying to say there ... but it has probably something to do with the fact that you are using double routers in a way. Or it might just be that the wireless security is using a unsuported protocol (or plain wrong password)

Anyway, happy you figured out how to make it work. From your original post I didn't understand you were trying to use the laptop as a router for the rest of your house.
But as NightDagger mentioned above it would indeed better if you would just configure the router as to act as a extention of the existing wireless (not sure if the WRT45G supported that however)

[RAIST]

happens sometimes when I come out of suspension or hibernation--protocol stack probably knackered up. I sometiems fix it by releasing/ejecting it (PCMCIA card, use the remove hardware tool in systray) and re-inserting it--if not, I just reboot.

[NightDagger]

Heres a question that seems to plague me since I cant find a well rounded answer. In regards to my previous problem.
Since I connect wirelessly through my laptop, when I hit refresh on the wireless network page, it shows the network I can connect to, but when I try an connect to it I get a respond that windows failed to receive a response from the network, yet in the wireless tab its 3 to 4 bars. I understand that a wireless card pings the networks around it within a certain area, but why is it that I get that problem, at times, when I try an connect to the wireless network?

Penny for anyones thoughts?

You could have the router set for "N" mode, and your network adapter is only b/g compatible. This will allow you to see the connection but not able to actually connect to it. I use this in my house for my laptop/MAC. The PS3, Xbox 360 & Wii are all on a different router set to "G" only & a channel that is at least 5 away. from any other connections available.