Re: [Fwd: Re: [AT] Help configuring AT with XP and Crossover Cable]

My problem with that is that with the PC the wrong side of a private
router, he may have trouble getting access to some corporate resources
on his LAN.

--Tim

Chris Dickens wrote:

>Tim:
>
>Skip the second NIC like Tim says.  Configure it like this:
>
>        [Internet] <--> [Company Router] <--> [Your Router]
>                                             |      |
>                                            [PC]   [AT]
>
>Set your PC and AT for DHCP and the router for the same and you should be
>golden.
>
>--Chris
>
>-----Original Message-----
>Date:    Tue, 22 Feb 2005 21:51:02 -0500
>From:    Tim Carlson <[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: [AT] Help configuring AT with XP and Crossover Cable]
>
>Yeah, the whole thing started because the router I'm on belongs to the
>company, and I want to take the AT off of it. I thought this would be a
>simple thing to do.
>
>Yes, everything works fine if I plug both the PC and the AT into the router.
>
>Thanks for all the help.
>
>-Tim
>
>On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 13:22:21 -0800, Tim Hill <[email protected]> wrote:
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>
>
>>Unlikely to be a cable issue since you can access the internet and
>>ping. I'm curious... if you connect the AT to NIC #1 can you access the
>>shares?
>>
>>I'm also trying to recall the reason for not having the AT on the NIC1
>>LAN segment? If you've prepared to get another cheap router (and that
>>might be the best way) I would ditch the whole second NIC thing and
>>place you PC and the AT the other side of the router.
>>
>>--Tim
>>
>>Tim Carlson wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Yes, I'm trying to get the AT off of the router. So, I plug my NIC#1
>>>into the router which is connected to the Internet, then the AT plugs
>>>into NIC#2. In order for the AT to access Turtle Radio, I have to
>>>share the connection that is established via NIC#1, at least that's my
>>>understanding. If there's another way to do that, then let me know.
>>>
>>>What I'm thinking about trying is:
>>>
>>>
>>>      AT<----->new cheap router<------->XP(NIC2)
>>>                                           |
>>>                                           |
>>>                                         XP(NIC1)<---->router<--
>>>
>>>
>>Internet
>>
>>
>>>I'll keep the "new cheap router" off of the Internet if I can and try
>>>sharing the Internet connection established by NIC1. If I can't, then
>>>
>>>
>I'll
>
>
>>>get another IP address, and run two separate systems.
>>>
>>>Any suggestions for the "new cheap router"?
>>>
>>>Also, as a last ditch effort on the Xover cable method, I was
>>>wondering
>>>
>>>
>if
>
>
>>>it was a duplex issue? It seems that I read somewhere that the AT
>>>
>>>
>operates
>
>
>>>at half duplex. I haven't checked the NIC2 card, but maybe it's set at
>>>full and maybe that's the issue.
>>>
>>>-Tim
>>>
>>>
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