Hurricane Wilma Put Me Out Of Business For A While
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WinXP Routing - My consulting services business is strong
dependent on the Internet. Without them, I'm pretty
dead in the water. Since I can not afford, a company
Satellite backup link, I came up with a more economical way
keep my online network for the case of a critical
Infrastructure failure. We experienced such a failure
24. October 2005 courtesy of Category 3 Hurricane Wilma.
Verizon and other carriers to offer wireless (digital /
analog) access pretty much anywhere in the U.S.. Download
Access prices for this type of "mobile" Internet burst up
to 2 Mb / s, but usually hover in 768Kbps. This is still
a respectable speed, if you find yourself without a functioning
wired internet connection.
It is one thing to have a laptop with W-LAN
everywhere have access tohave at any time, but quite another to
equal access for your entire home / small businesses. However,
it can be done, and that's exactly how I stayed connected
by Hurricane Wilma.
Configuring a Laptop as a Wireless Internet Access
Point
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Note: I'm making the assumption that you already have a
basic understanding of IP routing and the use of
Windows Registry Editor. They areMoreover, for the installation and
Configuring a proxy package, such as WinProxy (I actually used
an older version states that Network Address Translation
with the VZAccess valid Internet IP from Verizon, as assigned
the hiding address). Thus the computer can in your
accessing internal network on the Internet. Optionally, you can
Windows 2000 Prof could / server installation can run the
Internet Connection Sharing.
I have a relatively new HP / Compaq laptopWindows XP
SP2. I ordered the VZAccess card (approx. $ 149) and the
monthly benefits (about $ 59.99) from Verizon. The VZAccess
Card installed in the PCMCIA slot and the laptop already
an integrated 10/100/1000 Ethernet controllers. This
actually gives me the two Ethernet cards. All routing
Equipment must in this case, my laptop, at least two
Ethernet cards to route between networks, in this case, my
Home-office network and theInternet.
The internal network card, the real built-in Ethernet port
in my laptop, was assigned to an address like
192.168.0.254/24 (my default gateway for all my
internal calculator) and the VZAccess card is dynamically
an IP address from the carrier.
The real trick is what needs to be done to WinXP Prof
act as a router. To do this, you must have a
Not modify registry. For those of you who have little experience with
makeRegistry changes, I must tell you that if you have a brand
serious error, run the chance to really mess your
System. There are proxy packages can take care of the
this is for you and you need to change this routing.
Configure Windows XP Professional on routing of IP --
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To run Windows XP Prof IP routing
between network segments, you need to make some changes
the Windows registry.
At"Start -> Run command, type regedit and press Enter.
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesTcpip
Then go to the following parameters. "Chose the
"IPEnableRouter" entry, which will have a default value
0, and change it to 1. Close the Registry Editor and restart
Your system.
If the system is restarted, it will be able to route traffic
(between your internal network and the Internet, your
Wireless card). Of course, you mustadjust the DNS --
Information tends to a corresponding domain name server on
the Internet. All your internal workstations / systems
must be based on the internal network card / IP on the laptop
as the default gateway.
Conclusion
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This seems a fairly simple device, and it can be if you
have a good understanding of routing and network address
Translation. The goal of this article was to show
youcan configure a fairly inexpensive solution that
can keep you in the event of a communication network connected
Power failure. Of course there are other things to do
consider, for example, we were without electricity for 7 days,
However, we had a gas generator which kept us going. The
Bottom line is, where is a will, there's a way. And
the way for me was the Poor Mans Wireless Internet!
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