shared network laptop to my pc via an ethernet cable

Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 8:00 pm

Sorry to keep bothering you guys,

But whilst i'm waiting for my usb wireless adapter i decided to connect my laptop to my pc via an ethernet cable however torrents are downloading fine but i cant load any pages or connect to my server in filezilla have tried when not downloading incase it's a bandwith issue but no difference my laptop loads the internet fine no dramas and it has very good wifi signal strength so not really sure what else could be the problem.

Laptop running windows xp and the pc has windows 7 so if anybody had any thoughts on the problem please don't hesitate to reply or we can make fun of my computer knowledge lol

just did a troubleshoot and the dns is not responding now to work out how to fix lol

Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 8:14 pm

Ive never actually done this in windows but i do it alot in ubuntu which has "shared to other computers" setting for network adapters. All the info to set this up properly in XP should be on this page:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306126

Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 8:28 pm

just fixed DNS problem put in public google ones or whatever but anyway if mod comes across this feel free to lock or delete

Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 11:01 pm

its a good question and one that was answered.
Changed the title so that others might find it.
left it open in case others need similar help.

Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 11:06 pm

kilbluff1985 wrote:

put in public google ones or whatever

I'm confused

Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 11:16 pm

google has public dns numbers which are quite useful. Used them myself here in Chia in the past. The whatever I suppose relates to the fact that there are plenty of options for open dns numbers.
China telecom even have a couple which were needed a few years ago otherwise the nets were sooooo slooooow when visiting any site outside of China.

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 9:13 am

my favorite DNS is 4.2.2.1~6, a very publicly available number for DNS.
as far as sharing goes ive been able to set up a chain of 8 machines by sharing the network connection on one gateway machine.
i ran out of hardware but there is a limit dependent on router lag and other technical issues.
if each wireless link is good for 500 feet in the open that means 4000 feet from gateway to the remotest hop count.
that is with a 6 foot ethernet cable connecting machines and routers.
each ethernet cable can theoretically be 500 feet length so that means close to 8000 feet from gateway to the final hop