[Jandalz]

My laptop is hooked up to our office lan wirelessly. I want to connect an ethernet device (not wireless but IP addressing fully configurable) to my laptop so that i can then see the device elsewhere in my office. Is this possible? I have been playing with IP addresses with no luck so far.

[JohnWill]

You may simply be able to bridge the connections in the laptop and connect the device using an Ethernet crossover cable.

[Jandalz]

Ahh, I wish it was so simple. I have tried bridging and when I do this the device becomes pingable from my broader network but becomes unaccessible from both my laptop and the broader network. the device has an onboard web page which is what I am trying to access.

[Jedi_Master]

Howdy folks...

I'm sorry Jandalz I'm not getting what you're trying to do...

This ethernet device where is it located?

In the office where the wireless laptop is also connected?

On another network located elsewhere ?

[Jandalz]

thanks for joining in. My office router is wireless as is my laptop. The device sits 1 meter from my laptop with a cat 5 cable attached, to it and the laptop. I realise there may be some networking 101 that i'm overlooking here, but i've been working on this for several days and can't find on the web anybody doing something similar to learn from.

[Jedi_Master]

Ok...

Go to the device click on start - run - in the run box type in cmd at the prompt type in ipconfig /all and post the results here, do the same on the laptop...

The device sits 1 meter from my laptop with a cat 5 cable attached, to it and the laptop.

If they are on the same network you don't need the the cat5 on the laptop (unless I'm reading the post wrong)...

ETA...The device is it connected directly to the laptop?

[Jandalz]

the ethernet device isn't wireless, therefore needs the wire. i'll have to wait till tomorrow to post the ipconfig but i can probably tell you from memory things you might want to know
laptop wireless port ip 192.168.0.13, subnet 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.0.250
laptop wired port ip 192.168.0.5, subnet 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.0.250
device ip 192.168.0.6, subnet 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.0.250

[Jedi_Master]

Originally Posted by Jandalz

the ethernet device isn't wireless, therefore needs the wire. i'll have to wait till tomorrow to post the ipconfig but i can probably tell you from memory things you might want to know
laptop wireless port ip 192.168.0.13, subnet 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.0.250
laptop wired port ip 192.168.0.5, subnet 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.0.250
device ip 192.168.0.6, subnet 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.0.250

I guess I'm getting confused on this...

cat 5 cable attached, to it and the laptop

Where is this cable attached, is it to the wireless laptop, or to a switch or router?

[Jandalz]

I'll see if I can do this graphically.
--- is hard wire, === is wireless


--------------------------computer 1
-
-
Office Router======computer2
=
=
==============computer3(mine)----------Device


I know this is pretty sad graphics but i hope it makes it clearer for you!

[Jedi_Master]

Originally Posted by Jandalz

I'll see if I can do this graphically.
--- is hard wire, === is wireless


--------------------------computer 1
-
-
Office Router======computer2
=
=
==============computer3(mine)----------Device


I know this is pretty sad graphics but i hope it makes it clearer for you!

Well if I'm reading the connections correctly you have a laptop connected wireless needing to connect to computer 1? and the device is computer1?

If not what is the device?

If this is so you don't need the cable to computer3 (if I'm again reading correctly and computer1 is connected to the router)...

[Jandalz]

Thanks for hanging on. My laptop is computer 3. The device is actually a Varibale speed drive used for motor control. I want computer 1 or 2 to be able to access the device. They can access shared files on computer 3 but the device cannot be pinged or accessed, except from computer 3.

[Jedi_Master]

Ok...

Just what is this device's make and model #?

And the cable you have connected to computer3 is it a regular cat5 or a crosss over cable?

Have to figure out of this device can be networked, in most cases there is a key (plugged into the controlling computer) where it cannot be networked...

You may have to consult the manufacture of the device...

[Jandalz]

if the device is plugged in directly to the router then every computer on the network can access it. So this tells me that the issue is in my laptop acting as a conduit.
The device has an embedded FTP server which authorizes access to the various URLs available for the embedded web server.

[Jedi_Master]

Originally Posted by Jandalz

if the device is plugged in directly to the router then every computer on the network can access it. So this tells me that the issue is in my laptop acting as a conduit.
The device has an embedded FTP server which authorizes access to the various URLs available for the embedded web server.

I'm sorry...but that does not comply with this...

Originally Posted by Jandalz
I'll see if I can do this graphically.
--- is hard wire, === is wireless


--------------------------computer 1
-
-
Office Router======computer2
=
=
==============computer3(mine)----------Device


I know this is pretty sad graphics but i hope it makes it clearer for you!

In the diagram the device isn't plugged into the router but the computer3...

Just how is this device connected to the network ???

And does this device require a key (it will me a box connected to the parallel port of the laptop) ????

[Jandalz]

My previous graphic representation represents what I want to achieve. My previous post is graphically represented as follows (the situation where evrything sees everything else).

--- is hard wire, === is wireless


--------------------------computer 1
-
-
- --------------Device
- -
- -
Office Router======computer2
=
=
==============computer3(mine)