Help setting up ICS (internet connection sharing) with wirelessrouter

I need help setting this up. I think the wifi router 1 is set up
incorrectly [heres a small diagram of what I am trying to accomplish,
please dont ask why I want to do this...I just do] I saw somewhere
that I need to disable dhcp on wifi router 1, but I'm not sure.

wifi router1 ---- [lan]Laptop[wifi card] ) ) ) ) wifi router2

I am setting up ICS on the wifi card on my laptop, and then plugging
in another wifi router into the lan port of my laptop. the problem is
I dont think wifi router1 is getting the right IP address, gateway,
dns, etc, ... from the lan port of my laptop.

joeschmoe98 wrote:
> I need help setting this up. I think the wifi router 1 is set up
> incorrectly [heres a small diagram of what I am trying to accomplish,
> please dont ask why I want to do this...I just do] I saw somewhere
> that I need to disable dhcp on wifi router 1, but I'm not sure.
>
> wifi router1 ---- [lan]Laptop[wifi card] ) ) ) ) wifi router2
>
> I am setting up ICS on the wifi card on my laptop, and then plugging
> in another wifi router into the lan port of my laptop. the problem is
> I dont think wifi router1 is getting the right IP address, gateway,
> dns, etc, ... from the lan port of my laptop.

Forget "why," *what* are you trying to accomplish? Routers don't
generally act as clients, which is what you seem to think is supposed to
be happening.

Is router2 connected to the Internet? And are you attempting to share
that Internet connection with other computers connected to router1?

--
Lem -- MS-MVP

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sorry I should have said that router 2 is connected to the internet
(from a cable modem) and that is how my laptop is getting the
internet. I am trying to create a mobile hotspot. I saw someone do
this on a blog, but they did not specify any information, all they
said was "enable Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)" and BAM, its works.

joeschmoe98 wrote:
> sorry I should have said that router 2 is connected to the internet
> (from a cable modem) and that is how my laptop is getting the
> internet. I am trying to create a mobile hotspot. I saw someone do
> this on a blog, but they did not specify any information, all they
> said was "enable Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)" and BAM, its works.

If what you want to accomplish is to share the Internet connection from
your laptop (which it, in turn, gets from router2) to computers
connected either wirelessly or wired to router1, then --

- disable DHCP on router1
- connect the Ethernet cable from your laptop NIC to one of the LAN
jacks on router1
- do not connect anything to the WAN/Internet jack on router1
See http://www.ezlan.net/router_AP.html

I would think that if a wireless client could connect to router1 it
could also connect to router2 -- unless, of course, router2 is
restricted in some way, such as for paying customers. In that case, the
owner of router2 may not be very happy if he figures out what you are doing.

--
Lem -- MS-MVP - Networking

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

On Feb 13, 11:46 am, Lem <lem...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> joeschmoe98 wrote:
> > sorry I should have said thatrouter2 is connected to theinternet
> > (from a cable modem) and that is how my laptop is getting the
> >internet. I am trying to create a mobile hotspot. I saw someone do
> > this on a blog, but they did not specify any information, all they
> > said was "enableInternetConnectionSharing(ICS)" and BAM, its works.
>
> If what you want to accomplish is to share theInternetconnectionfrom
> your laptop (which it, in turn, gets from router2) to computers
> connected either wirelessly or wired to router1, then --
>
> - disable DHCP on router1
> - connect the Ethernet cable from your laptop NIC to one of the LAN
> jacks on router1
> - do not connect anything to the WAN/Internetjack on router1
> Seehttp://www.ezlan.net/router_AP.html
>
> I would think that if awirelessclient could connect to router1 it
> could also connect to router2 -- unless, of course, router2 is
> restricted in some way, such as for paying customers. In that case, the
> owner of router2 may not be very happy if he figures out what you are doing.
>
> --
> Lem -- MS-MVP - Networking
>
> To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_.../compessay.htm

theres still a problem, my router is wireless ONLY, no LAN ports, and
just one WLAN port

joeschmoe98 wrote:
> On Feb 13, 11:46 am, Lem <lem...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> joeschmoe98 wrote:
>>> sorry I should have said thatrouter2 is connected to theinternet
>>> (from a cable modem) and that is how my laptop is getting the
>>> internet. I am trying to create a mobile hotspot. I saw someone do
>>> this on a blog, but they did not specify any information, all they
>>> said was "enableInternetConnectionSharing(ICS)" and BAM, its works.
>> If what you want to accomplish is to share theInternetconnectionfrom
>> your laptop (which it, in turn, gets from router2) to computers
>> connected either wirelessly or wired to router1, then --
>>
>> - disable DHCP on router1
>> - connect the Ethernet cable from your laptop NIC to one of the LAN
>> jacks on router1
>> - do not connect anything to the WAN/Internetjack on router1
>> Seehttp://www.ezlan.net/router_AP.html
>>
>> I would think that if awirelessclient could connect to router1 it
>> could also connect to router2 -- unless, of course, router2 is
>> restricted in some way, such as for paying customers. In that case, the
>> owner of router2 may not be very happy if he figures out what you are doing.
>>
>> --
>> Lem -- MS-MVP - Networking
>>
>> To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_.../compessay.htm
>
> theres still a problem, my router is wireless ONLY, no LAN ports, and
> just one WLAN port

what make and model device is "router 1"?
--
Lem -- MS-MVP

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm