Here is a diagram of my network setup: http://img265.echo.cx/img265/7821/lansetup6rk.jpg My main computer is on a cable modem with a d-link wireless G router. I have two computers in a seperate room, one with the D-link corresponding adapter. The computer has a specified "excellent" connection with the modem computer over a wireless network and the internet runs perfectly on it. The other computer however has no wireless card, so I want to use ethernet cables and a hub to set up a LAN between the two. The hub shows that the ethernet cables are connected, and the computers recognize the connection, but the icon in the tray pops up and says "Limited or no connection". The reason it provides me with is that the computer could not renew my IP address and that there is not one assigned. How do I assign network addresses and how would I provide the computer with no wireless card with the adapter's internet? Thanks for your help, the link to the image is clean.

I have yet to read of anyone making this work. First you have to have ics on the pc with internet. You need to setup a ad-hoc wireless network between the two wireless cards. Next on the wireless pc you have to engage ics so you can share to the computer(s) with no internet. It is the ad-hoc wireless network that never seems to work right. You can use static ip addresses. IP wise it would look something like this. modem to pc [ip provided by isp] nic. PC nic to wireless card with ICS. Wireless card would have a DIFFERENT ip subnet than the nic ip. So if the nics ip is 192.168.0.1 the wireless could be 192.168.10.1. The wireless card on the wireless pc would be 192.168.10.2. The nic on this pc would be 192.168.20.1. The nic on the pc with no connection would be 192.168.20.2. This is why everyone buys a wireless router instead.

Specifying IP addresses won't do anything for you. Your problem is traffic isn't being routed between the two interfaces on the computer with the wireless and wired NIC's. Easiest thing to do is buy a wireless NIC for the second computer. Another option is enable internet connection sharing on the wireless NIC. However, that will force the third computer to go through two NAT firewall devices, so some apps may not work. Finally, you could buy a wireless access point, plug it into the hub, and make it a wireless bridge, but that begs the question of why not just put a wireless NIC in the third computer? "People! Take to the streets and scream, 'BE REASONABLE!!!'"

One more suggestion. If you have a phone line near your hub, attach the modem/router configuration here. you can then connect your 2 machines near the hub directly to it and use your wireless card in the machine that is now remote (your 'main pc'). This eliminates all the need for connection sharing! Wizard ICT. Microsoft Certified Professional