[MLB-WIRELESS] Where to go for technical help?

Fri Jul 12 16:16:04 EST 2002

I have an App called NWS (new world scanner) - you basically enter a subnet
in like 10.0.0 and hit scan and it scans that subnet for available shares :)


----- Original Message -----
From: "Glen Murphy" <glen at deadfish.com.au>
To: <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 10:12 AM
Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Where to go for technical help?


> Thanks Martin - I didn't even consider using the lmhosts dealie; I forgot
> all about it after Bigpond blocked port 139, and I couldn't use it to
browse
> joe-random's shares :D
>
> Works a charm, cheers.
>
>
> PS For other people interested, nbtstat -a IPADDRESS will give you the
share
> names of remote machines; and once you have the sharename and IP, you can
> use the methods Martin described to connect to it (depending on what
> authentication things they have available etc).
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Martin Pot" <m.t.pot at ieee.org>
> To: "Joe Hovel" <joe.hovel at med.monash.edu.au>; "Glen Murphy"
> <glen at deadfish.com.au>; <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 9:55 AM
> Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Where to go for technical help?
>
>
> > On the subject of routing, I recently setup a wireless router using a
> > RoamAbout card (http://ii.net/~mpot/wireless/router.cgi).
> >
> > I found I could happily map drives from my Win95 wireless laptop to any
> > PCs on my wired network, but could not map drives the other way!
> >
> > The Win95 laptop could happily ping any of the PCs on my wired network,
> > but failed to map any drives.
> >
> > Eventually, I managed to get it working by configuring an lmhosts file
on
> > the Win95 laptop.
> >
> > See http://ii.net/~mpot/wireless/router.cgi#browse for details
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Martin.
> >
> > > Glen,
> > > I have been looking for a solution to a similar problem. I suspect the
> > only
> > > solution is a software bridge or software access point made by Compaq
> > > for their WL100 &WL200 cards (NOT the current versions!). I'm waiting
to
> > > hear how this works out from another MW member who has one on order. I
> > think
> > > I would go to XP to use its bridging - if my proxy server would allow
> > it...
> > > As far as routing is concerned, I believe its possible to route TCP/IP
> > > packets across subnets, but you will not be able to browse (or see)
> > > resources across subnets, you will have to address them by full name -
> > > anyone correct me if I'm wrong.
> > > Cheers,
> > > Joe
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Glen Murphy <glen at deadfish.com.au>
> > > To: <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
> > > Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 1:04 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Where to go for technical help?
> > >
> > >
> > > > wow, thanks all for the responses.
> > > >
> > > > I basically have a LAN, connected to the internet - each machine has
> > its
> > > own
> > > > externally accessible IP. Currently I have PCMCIA Enterasys card set
> to
> > > > ad-hoc mode in a Win2K desktop machine set up with Internet
Connection
> > > > Sharing sitting on the LAN. It's half good because it means my WinXP
> > > laptop
> > > > can see the internet, but it can't see the other machines on the
> > network,
> > > > and has a 192.168.*.* IP
> > > >
> > > > I only want to be able to see the other machines on the network - I
> > know
> > > if
> > > > I had WinXP on the desktop, I could use its bridging features, but I
> am
> > > > forced to use Win2k there. I've read a few things on setting Win2k
to
> > > route,
> > > > forward packets and other stuff, but they only said HOW to do it,
not
> > > > whether it was appropriate for my situation or not.
> > > >
> > > > With the expense of Access Points and ready availability of cheap
> > PCMCIA
> > > > cards, I'd have figured this situation would be more common, but I
> > guess
> > > > not.
> > > >
> > > > Thank you all for your time - it is greatly appreciated,
> > > > ~ Glen
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
___________________________________________________________________________
> > > > Glen Murphy, http://glenmurphy.com/
> > > > Developer, DeadFish Design - http://www.deadfish.com.au/
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: Peter Rogers <progers at optushome.com.au>
> > > > To: Andrew Dean <ferni at shafted.com.au>; Glen Murphy
> > > > <glen at deadfish.com.au>; <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
> > > > Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 9:15 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Where to go for technical help?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > ok,
> > > > >
> > > > > i thought Glen wanted to bridge the interfaces?
> > > > >
> > > > > isnt what you just did routing. come on guys. lets get it right.
> > > > > Glen do you need to route packets or bridge them??
> > > > > routing is easy. bridging i havnt tried so i cant coment.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > if your not sure contact me off list and ill help you work it out.
> > > > >
> > > > > regards
> > > > >
> > > > > Peter
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: Andrew Dean <ferni at shafted.com.au>
> > > > > To: Glen Murphy <glen at deadfish.com.au>;
> > <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
> > > > > Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 12:13 PM
> > > > > Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Where to go for technical help?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > There is a registery setting that i posted to this list a few
> weeks
> > > ago
> > > > > that
> > > > > > enables routing (between interfaces, ie your wireless and your
> > wired
> > > > > > network) .... this is what you would want to enable
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Then you would need to setup the correct routes...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > try joining the #melb-wireless channel on austnet - there are
> > always
> > > > > people
> > > > > > on there willing to help :)
> > > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > > From: Glen Murphy <glen at deadfish.com.au>
> > > > > > To: <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
> > > > > > Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 10:59 AM
> > > > > > Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] Where to go for technical help?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > If I had questions regarding Windows 2000 + Windows XP
> > > wireless+wired
> > > > > > > networking, where would I go? There really isn't much in the
way
> > of
> > > > > HOW-TO
> > > > > > > documentation for non-*nix users.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > (Specifically, I need to use W2KPro to bridge an ad-hoc +
wired
> > > > network;
> > > > > I
> > > > > > > looked at that Registry modification that was in the
netstumbler
> > > > forums
> > > > > to
> > > > > > > turn W2K into an AP, but it didn't work at all.)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > My apologies for the off-topic nature of this post.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
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