Apologies in advance if I'm getting too longwinded, but I'd like to try to explain what I find puzzling in this networking configuration. At this point it looks like one CAN OF WORMS, and I'm afraid everything I do just adds to the mess . . .
I have cut back to just the laptop and the Phenom. The laptop is connected to the Net with RJ45
(ie wired
) through a ADSL modem. This is configured to get everything automagically by DHCP from my ISP. This is the adapter that is configured with internet sharing checked, and that, in turn, effectuates "private" DHCP being run under WinXP. As other machines join ad hoc a semaphore file, HOSTS.ICS, is written in the same directory where HOSTS and LMHOSTS also reside, in my case: D:\windows\system32\drivers\etc. This file seems to be refreshed each time a new client joins the workgroup. Right now it looks like this:
# This file has been automatically generated for use by Microsoft Internet
# Connection Sharing. It contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names
# for the home network. Please do not make changes to the HOSTS.ICS file.
# Any changes may result in a loss of connectivity between machines on the
# local network.
#
192.168.0.152 EVO.mshome.net # 2007 4 3 4 3 17 0 676
192.168.0.155 iNomad.mshome.net # 2007 4 2 3 14 56 14 525
192.168.0.1 RMA10.mshome.net # 2012 3 1 26 14 23 26 497
The machine RMA10 is the "server", and requires a static IP for its wireless card which HAS to be 192.168.0.1
The clients are dynamicly given IP's in the 192.168.0.XXX range.
The other relevant files, HOSTS, and LMHOST look like this:
127.0.0.1 localhost
192.168.0.1 RMA10
192.168.0.2 EVO
192.168.0.3 iNomad
192.168.0.4 phenom
So there appears to be a conflict here, and I'm not allowed to manually enter a IP for my Phenom into the HOSTS.ICM - possibly there is a hack?
Since the Compaq adapter works in the second laptop I doubt that's the issue. The iPaq is connecting through a SanDisk SD card - no problems. Both receive their IPs dynamically from the "server" laptop, i.e. they are both configured to use DHCP, and it does indeed work. But NOT with the Phenom, for some reason.
Possibly it's a driver issue- so far I have not found a viable alternative, but will keep looking. Any URLs suggested?
I anticipate most future usage will be Ad Hoc- that's one reason I'm resisting doing it through a conventional wireless router.
In the olden days of DOS I recall spying on RS232 handshaking protocols, sniffing out the problems that way. I imagine there is some sort of wireless sniffer utility that would display the
(interpreted
) raw broadcasts going on? This way I might at least be able to see if the cards are communicating at all.
Hmmm I have a second "virgin" Phenom Express somewhere. Maybe I should give things a try with that one, to eliminate the hypothesis of RegistryWorms in the one I'm using
(which has TONS of nifty programs installed
).
The Icy Seas are only a few feet from my window here. I wonder if the crabs would like a Phenom
By the way, you have an interesting site, cmonex! Are not the Jornada and the Phenom sort of in the same family? Both SH3, or am I wrong again?
Thanks again for enduring my misadventures!
Dagfinn
Edited by vnomad 2007-03-28 1:01 PM