Verizon Sierra Wireless AirCard 580
Verizon BroadbandAccess and NationalAccess
Dell Inspiron 6000 WiFi Setup for Windows XP for sharing Verizon NationalAccess connection.
First, make sure you disconnect any WiFi connections you may currently have.
You will need to have two or more laptops that are WiFi capable.
I used the Verizon Sierra AirCard 580 (I think this should work with any Verizon card.)
1. Install Verizon software
-Install Verizon NationalAccess software.
-Open VZAccess Manager and start NationalAccess (make sure it can authenticate and connect)
2. Share the Verizon NationalAccess connection.
- Go to Start->Connect To->Show all connections
- Right click on NationalAccess-BroadbandAccess and select Properties
- Click Advanced Tab
- Under Internet Connection Sharing, click Allow other network users to connect through this computer's...
- In the Home networking connection drop-down select: Wireless Network Connection. (Note this will change the
- Wireless Network Connection IP settings to a static address. Not sure why, but don't change it back to DHCP.)
- Close settings and go back to the VZAccess Manger. Close connection and re-connect.
3. Setup a peer-to-peer wireless WiFi network.
- Go to Start->Connect To->Show all connections
- Right click on Wireless Network Connection and select Properties
- Click the Wireless Networks tab.
- In the Preferred networks box, click the Add button.
- Enter a SSID name: NAnet or whatever you want.
- Set Data encryption to: Disable
- Make sure you click the box at the bottom for: This is a computer-to-computer (ad-hoc).... (This allows other
- WiFi computers to see the Wireless network.)
- Click the OK button to save everything.
- Close everything down and restart the computer.
- When the system comes up give it a while and you will see the wireless network trying to connect to the
- peer-to-peer network you created. The first time it will take a while, so be patient.
4. Setup remote laptop to connect to your peer-to-peer WiFi network.
Again, make sure you do are not connected to any WiFi networks. If so, disconnect them before continuing.
- Start the second laptop. XP should see the new peer-to-peer WiFi network and should try to connect to it.
It will take a while to connect and acquire the network address. Don't try to help XP, this seems to take awhile.
Wait till XP says the wireless network is now connected.
- Go to My Computer->My Network Places->View Network connections.
- At the top of the list you should see Internet Gateway: NationalAccess-BroadbandAccess...
- (This is the share connection from the host laptop.)
- If the Internet Gateway shared connection is not shown, you need to setup up a home or small office network.
- To setup the network:
- Click the: Setup a home or small office network option. Click the next button.
- XP may show disconnected hardware, if so, click the Ignore disconnected network hardware box.
- XP should see the shared connection to the host system. Don't change XP recommendation to use this connection.
- Click next till finished.
- Now you should see the Internet Gateway icon for NationalAccess-BroadbandAccess...
- Start Internet Explorer and you should be able to browse the network via the shared connection
.
Notes:
- Seems like Venturi compression is not used when browsing the net from shared laptops. I think VZAccess
Manager is by-passed when accessing from a remote system and Venturi is not used. source-evdoforums.com
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