Sharing wifi connection over ethernet, using XP

JonJ678 · 17 Aug 2011 at 13:52

I'm trying to cobble together a temporary network. Usually there's a standard Thomson all-in-one box that acts as the dhcp server, and all is well. Currently however the adsl line is down (will be for a week), and the best option looks like BT openzone. I'd like to attach several computers to this connection.

However, the computer with the wifi connection to BT openzone, and an available ethernet port, is running XP professional. I don't know how to make XP do what I'm after, hence this thread.

I'd like to run a dhcp server on the XP box, and to route traffic between the two connections. "Internet connection sharing" sounded promising, as did "bridge connections", but apparently they're mutually exclusive and that's thrown me.

So, what do I need to do to make this work? DHCP on the XP machine would be greatly appreciated, but if it has to be static throughout then so be it.

Cheers

Sin_Chase · 17 Aug 2011 at 14:36

You can do DHCP independently of anything else if you wish. Tiny DHCP Server is an option, among many, for example. This will issue DHCP to clients as you desire.

Openzone is public wifi is it not? It may not be possible AT ALL to share this out depending on it's implementation, I'm not savvy with Openzone to comment really.

What kind of traffic do you need to put over it? You could run a proxy server on the XP machine and configure other PCs web browsers to it if it was just HTTP/HTTPS for example.

BigBoy · 17 Aug 2011 at 14:44

WinXP will do all the DHCP you will need asking as you use the ICS wizard I ran a setup like this for years!

JonJ678 · 17 Aug 2011 at 15:52

Cheers. Thanks to the above, dhcp is working. I think the connection is shared (used wizard). I can ping the wireless card at least. No joy beyond that, either my set up is bad or openzone is crafty.

I'll have to decide whether to try squid or not.

I consider this thread solved. Cheers

BigBoy · 17 Aug 2011 at 17:33

Openzone is not truly open to everyone you still need to logon to there system and provide your details. Could be this is holding your back.

JonJ678 · 17 Aug 2011 at 20:05

I hope that's it. I was trying to get the networked computers to see the openzone login page before paying for 5 days use. I think I'll give it a go regardless, it may work better after I've signed in on the main computer.