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08.07.2004, 16:53
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I've got a small home network consisting of an ADSL router and WiFi Access
Point. My Laptop runs XP Home and has a WiFi PC card, it also has a USB BlueTooth adapter to connect to a mobile phone. I am trying to do something with my bluetooth phone to connect it to my home network (I appreciate it may not be possible) and assume I would have to 'bridge' my Bluetooth and WiFi connection. As soon as I do this my laptop is unable to access the network saying that the address cannot be found; if I disconnect the bridge the network works again. Am I doing something obviously wrong? Geoff Lane |
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#2
08.07.2004, 17:08
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Geoff Lane wrote:
> I've got a small home network consisting of an ADSL router and WiFi Access > Point. > > My Laptop runs XP Home and has a WiFi PC card, it also has a USB BlueTooth > adapter to connect to a mobile phone. > > I am trying to do something with my bluetooth phone to connect it to my home > network (I appreciate it may not be possible) and assume I would have to > 'bridge' my Bluetooth and WiFi connection. > > As soon as I do this my laptop is unable to access the network saying that > the address cannot be found; if I disconnect the bridge the network works > again. > > Am I doing something obviously wrong? > > Geoff Lane >Disable ALL firewalls temporarily. Then try. It should work if the blue tooth can do this. I have managed to network 3 PC’s with a ‘bridge connection’ on one of them. |
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08.07.2004, 17:31
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Geoff Lane wrote:
> I've got a small home network consisting of an ADSL router and WiFi Access > Point. > > My Laptop runs XP Home and has a WiFi PC card, it also has a USB BlueTooth > adapter to connect to a mobile phone. > > I am trying to do something with my bluetooth phone to connect it to my home > network (I appreciate it may not be possible) and assume I would have to > 'bridge' my Bluetooth and WiFi connection. > > As soon as I do this my laptop is unable to access the network saying that > the address cannot be found; if I disconnect the bridge the network works > again. > > Am I doing something obviously wrong? > > Geoff Lane > I had a problem with Network bridges and my WiFi card, and spent hours messing around, XP claimed to have bridged the connection, but no data was being transferred, I eventually found this nugget of info that sorted my problems. You might want to try it... Bridge May Not Work With a Non-Promiscuous Mode Network Adapter http://support.microsoft.com/default...348&#appliesto |
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09.07.2004, 16:38
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"sean" <s-e-a-n-h-a-r-d-y-8-8-> wrote in message
news:4d1f > Geoff Lane wrote: > > I am trying to do something with my bluetooth phone to connect it to my home > > network (I appreciate it may not be possible) and assume I would have to > > 'bridge' my Bluetooth and WiFi connection. > > > > As soon as I do this my laptop is unable to access the network saying that > > the address cannot be found; if I disconnect the bridge the network works > > again. > Disable ALL firewalls temporarily. Then try. It should work if the blue tooth can do this. > I have managed to network 3 PC’s with a ‘bridge connection’ on one of them. I didn't think of that - I'll give it a try, thanks. Meant to post this to uk.comp.home-networking :-)))) Geoff Lane |
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09.07.2004, 16:40
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"Black Shuck" <mgbackup2003> wrote in message
news:19ec > > I am trying to do something with my bluetooth phone to connect it to my home > > network (I appreciate it may not be possible) and assume I would have to > > 'bridge' my Bluetooth and WiFi connection. > > > > As soon as I do this my laptop is unable to access the network saying that > > the address cannot be found; if I disconnect the bridge the network works > > again. > I had a problem with Network bridges and my WiFi card, and spent hours > messing around, XP claimed to have bridged the connection, but no data > was being transferred, I eventually found this nugget of info that > sorted my problems. You might want to try it... > > Bridge May Not Work With a Non-Promiscuous Mode Network Adapter > http://support.microsoft.com/default...348&#appliesto Ah, that is interesting - I'll give that a run. Geoff Lane |
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#6
09.07.2004, 20:05
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"Black Shuck" <mgbackup2003> wrote in message
news:19ec > Geoff Lane wrote: > > I've got a small home network consisting of an ADSL router and WiFi Access > > Point.. > > > I am trying to do something with my bluetooth phone to connect it to my home > > network (I appreciate it may not be possible) and assume I would have to > > 'bridge' my Bluetooth and WiFi connection. > I had a problem with Network bridges and my WiFi card, and spent hours > messing around, Meant to ask - what happens with the IP addresses, does the 'bridge' get one or do the bridged network devices keep their own? Geoff Lane |
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#7
14.07.2004, 18:13
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"Black Shuck" <mgbackup2003> wrote in message
news:19ec > > I am trying to do something with my bluetooth phone to connect it to my home > > network (I appreciate it may not be possible) and assume I would have to > > 'bridge' my Bluetooth and WiFi connection. > > > > As soon as I do this my laptop is unable to access the network saying that > > the address cannot be found; if I disconnect the bridge the network works > I had a problem with Network bridges and my WiFi card, and spent hours > messing around, XP claimed to have bridged the connection, but no data > was being transferred, I eventually found this nugget of info that > sorted my problems. You might want to try it... > > Bridge May Not Work With a Non-Promiscuous Mode Network Adapter > http://support.microsoft.com/default...348&#appliesto Tried it and still no luck but this may be underlying problems with my set up as DUN is not working; my ICS and local network is but not DUN. Geoff Lane |
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