converting ethernet to wireless

[comba]

hey,

I am trying to use my wireless router to convert my wired connection to wifi. i have two laptops in which i would like to use the wireless connection. Only router and one laptop have ISP mac registration. I would like to use my router as a bridge to conect to internet and then to trasmit wirelessly, so that i can use internet in both the laptop remotely. Is it possible?

currently one laptop is connected to internet and that too wired connection. it is having a static ip and gate way. How can i use this static ip and gateway so that the router makes the connection and later assigns a new ip to my laptops.

if you are still not clear about the question I can give you more details

can anyone please help me in this......

 

[severedsolo]

I think I can help... but your not being very clear.

As I understand it, you have a Wired Router which is connected to the Internet. You want to connect a Wireless Router and use it as a switch, to transmit the data from the wired router to 2 wireless laptops?

So it would look something like this:

Internet>Wired Router>Wireless Router>Laptops

Is that right?

 

[comba]

Thanks for showing interest.

I have two laptops with win7 64 bit. and one wireless router.
one laptop is already connected to internet directly without the router in between . so I dont use router currently for my internet.

But this internet connection is restricited to my LAN adapter only as it is specific to my LAN mac id.

I actually need to share this connection to my second laptop via a wireless router ( siemens sl2 141). This router can also can connect to internet beacuse the mac address of this router is also registered with my UNIVersity ISP.

So I am actually trying to get my router configured correctly so that if i pulging in in my current ethernet cable into the router it distributes my internet connection to other ethernets ports and wifi, so that I can connect both laptops to internet.

I am not able to configure the router correclty. only one laptop is having internet access and that too via lan only, whihc is almost same as a connection wothout a router.

ethernet cable______________>wireless Router_________>laptop1 and laptop2


This is now i want it to be. But now if I connect it like only the laptop 1 is connected. Not laptop 2.

Is it possible that the router assigns the dynamic ip for differnent laptops but the router itslef connects to the internet by the static private ip I already have.

Hope you understood the problem now,
regards

 

[severedsolo]

I see, so Laptop 2 is being rejected by the network? Most Routers won't accept internet connections via LAN.

The only thing I can think of to try, is to set up Internet Connection Sharing, if you have LAN and WLAN (wifi) then it should be a simple thing to share Laptop 1's connection with Laptop 2.

Take a look here: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/76617-internet-connection-sharing-enable.html

If you only have one Ethernet slot (and most Laptops/PC's do) you will probably need to connect Laptop 2 to Laptop 1 via a Wireless Ad-Hoc network. Here's a tutorial: How to Build a Wireless Network Without Using a Broadband Router | Hardware Secrets Use the Vista one, the process is exactly the same.

 

[wilywombat]

You said that one laptop is connected to the internet directly without the router in between. How does it connect directly? do you have a ADSL modem connected between the laptop and a telephone line?

 

[mlevy]

Comba, please make sure that you are plugging your ethernet cable from the wall into the uplink or WAN port on the router. If you plug into just the 4-port switch the issue you're seeing may happen.