How do I setup dialup ICS with DLink 524?

I've been reading lots of threads but can't find/figure out what to do in my case. Sorry!!! My situation:

Computer 1: Desktop Windows XP Pro, fully updated, with dial up connection to Internet

Computer 1 is connected by cable to Port 1 of Dlink DI-524 Wireless Router

Computer 2: Laptop Windows XP Pro, fully updated, with wireless connection
to DI-524.

File sharing works just fine from both directions between Desktop and Laptop.
Print sharing from laptop to desktop also works fine. (I haven't tried and don't need print sharing from desktop to laptop.)

There is NO DSL, cable modem, or other internet connection - only the dial up connection on the desktop PC.

Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) does NOT work. I've tried running the Network Connection Wizard on both machines, but the results seem strange.

First, on my desktop PC, when I try to dialup onto the internet, it seems to try to connect to the DI-524 router first. My desktop machine WILL eventually dial out, but it seems to wait a while, and the network light is flashing while I wait.

And when I try to connect to the Internet from the laptop, it tries to dial out instead of accessing the network connection to use the dialup connection on the desktop machine. I HAVE used the laptop to dial out directly but I want to make it use the router and the network connection to the dialup connection on the other machine.

I suspect the problem is in the setup of the router, but I'm not sure how to fix it. I also suspect, although I haven't tried it lately, that this setup would work just fine WITHOUT the router if the two machines were directly connected with a cable.

But the question is, how can I get it to work WITH the router?

Thanks for any suggestions/help.
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Additional information/edit:

Microsoft article 306126 says in part:
"When Internet Connection Sharing is enabled, your LAN adapter will be set
to use IP address 192.168.0.1. Your computer may lose connectivity with
other computers on your network. If these other computers have static IP
addresses, it is a good idea to set them to obtain their IP addresses
automatically. Are you sure you want to enable Internet Connection Sharing?
"

But the DI-524 automatically claims IP address 192.168.0.1. In fact, I have
to use that address to access the DI-524 setup.

So do I reset the IP address of the DI-524? But if so, then how do I access
it? Or do I do something to my PC to change the IP address of its LAN
adapter?

(Clarification: I assume that the LAN adapter that the Microsoft article
mentions is in fact in my desktop PC. Is that correct?)

Thanks again for any comments !!

 

Well, first off, if you have dialup you should have got a dialup router like this
http://www.alwaysonwireless.com/wiflyer.html

But you did not.

http://www.dlink.com/products/support.asp?pid=316&sec=0#manual

Select the correct one to get your product manual

I believe you click the status tab / device info and you can change it there.

 

Thanks, Oshwyn, for your response. I have to say that I didn't know that there were dialup routers until a few months ago. I have the impression that they are relatively recent products. In any event, I have a small wired network with dial up Internet using only a hub/switch that has been working for a long time.

I (perhaps naively) assumed that I could add a wireless connection by just adding a wireless router and a wireless-enabled PC.

I did in fact check the Dlink manual that you mentioned but didn't see any reference to my situation. I'm also new to the idea of IP addresses and all the associated problems. With the hub/switch, it wasn't a problem and everything worked fairly easily.

Finally, you said, "I believe you click the status tab / device info and you can change it there." Were you referring to changing the IP address of my desktop PC, or changing the address that the router uses? I guess not sure what the "it" in your sentence refers to.

Thanks for any additional comments.

 

No, you should be able to change the IP of the router to anything you want within the limits (192.168.xyz.abc)
One way would be to use the WAN settings and set it to "obtain an IP automatically" from the host machine. (You act like you are going to set up a connection to a broadband modem)
You will then need to find out what this is any time you want to access the router (by using IPconfig or winipcfg depending on os - XP it would be go to start/ run and type cmd hit enter and in black box type ipconfig /all and hit enter)

 

Found the answer !!

With the help of a Microsoft discussion group, I found the answer to my question. Here it is:

1. Disable the DHCP function in the DI-524 router (using the DHCP button on the main screen of DI-524 setup)
2. Give the router a default IP address different than 192.168.0.1 (because Windows XP will automatically claim 192.168.0.1 for itself when I set it up to share its Internet connection) (using the LAN button on the main screen of DI-524 setup)
3. Enable ICS on the Windows XP PC with the dial up connection.

It only took me five minutes once I knew what to do. I am surprised it was this easy, although I will continue to test it to see if anything is wrong.

And I am also surprised that this arrangement is apparently so unusual and/or obscure to set up. Lots of people still have dialup and I would think that they would want to do this sort of thing if they have more than one PC.

In any event, thanks to anybody who thought about it.

 

You didn't really need a "Router" at all if you were sharing a Dial-UP Connection from a Windows machine. If you HAD to go wireless you could have just gotten a Wireless Access Point. Many will come with some wired 10/100 ports as well.

You could just use a switch port on your current router (not the WAN aka Internet port) plus the wireless access point capability. Turn off DHCP as you said and change the IP of the router to something else in the proper range.

In this case you are just switching LAN and WLAN traffic, you're not doing routing at all on that DLINK box. You might hang onto it in case you get DSL or a Cable Modem later.