Internet Connection Sharing kills my wireless connection.

Question

I'm currently using a Dell Inspiron 1501, running Windows Vista (it shipped with XP but I upgraded). Recently I got an Xbox 360, but it's located at the opposite end of the house from my wireless router, and rather than blow $100 on the microsoft wireless adapter I decided to connect it to the Internet through my laptop using ICS instead.

However, whenever I plug my Xbox into my laptop and turn on ICS I lose my Internet connection completely. Vista's Network Sharing Center claims that I'm still connected to the Internet, but I can't access any webpage and my router doesn't respond to ping, and the only way to get my Internet access back is to restart my laptop.

At first I thought it was a driver issue, but I installed the latest Vista drivers for both the ethernet controller and the wireless card, but the problem did not go away. Can anyone suggest some fixes?

volcano11 · Answer

Are you sure you have ICS enabled only on the wireless adapter in your laptop on not any other adapters on any other computers?   Steve

volcano11 · Answer

Another problem could be that when using Internet Connection sharing along with a router, you are running 2 DHCP servers on the same network.  This could cause a conflict.  I am not familiar with exactly how Internet Connection Sharing works in Windows Vista, but the solution to your problem may be to assign a static IP address to the ethernet adapter on your laptop (i.e. the ethernet adapter that is connecting to the Xbox).   This static IP address must be within the range of IP addresses that your router would assign and likely at the high end of the range.   In other words if your router assigns IP addresses in the range 192.168.1.xxx, use something like 192.168.1.200.   Steve

volcano11 · Answer

Just to make your answer more clear, is Internet Connection Sharing enabled on the WIRELESS adapter on your laptop - not on the ethernet adapter?????

Steve

Message Edited by volcano11 on 12-25-2007 12:40 AM

jiahan · Answer

Yes, it's only enabled on the wireless adapter.

jiahan · Answer

Nope, ICS is only enabled on my laptop.

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