Re: connected, but not really connected???

Wireless5678 wrote:
> hey
> in my last post nothing was working
> i have no idea what i've done but now it's working
>
> so i have a PC with a network adapter and a wireless adapter, and a
> laptop with a wireless adapter.
> i have no router
> and i'm trying to connect between the PC and the laptop
> (i have to say that the network adapter and the wireless adapter in the
> pc are assigned to two different IP addresses and are set to subnet mask
> 255.255.255.0 no gateway to dsn are entered.
> also the laptop wireless card has it's own ip.
> now the 2 computers DO connect. it says connected.
> but it's not really connected. i can do nothing between them.. can't
> see it in the workgroup, can't ping it.. nothing.
> i'm using a AD-HOC connection between them with a WEP security (it
> doesn't work also if i put no security on the connection)
>
> any ideas?
>
>
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Have a look at:-
<http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/setup/adhoc.mspx>
ignore the reference to internet connection(ICS).