Ad hoc network for ipod touch

Question

I know there's several posts about this but non are specific to my setup so I though I would create my own thread.
My setup
I have a pc running vista 32 bit and I use this as my server. My internet connection goes through this pc and i shared amonst 3 other pcs. This pc has 2 NIC's, 1 for the internet/modem and is shared, the other to connect to my 1gb hub. I do not have a router, I have the net shared through the server pc then on to a hub which the other pcs are connected too. I have assigned static ips to the network computers and all manage to get on the net.
My laptop (win XP Pro) which is one of the computers connected to this hub also has built in wireless and I would like to know how I can use this wireless feature to get my ipod touch online as well.
The laptop is on the net using the NIC and everything is fine. For the wireless connection I setup an ad hoc connection and it's showing up in the wireless network connections in XP on the same laptop so that's running correctly. My ipod finds this wifi and does connect, however i can not browse the net using it. It keeps saying Safari can not find the server.
server pc wired - ip 192.168.0.1
laptop wired - ip 192.168.0.2
laptop wireless - ip 192.168.0.3
I have tried the following settings in my ipod wifi settings.
ip 192.168.0.4
subnet mask 255.255.255.0
router 192.168.0.1
The wifi symbol shows up in the top left of the ipod but again it just won't connect to the internet. IS my network too complicated or not how things should be setup? I know ad hoc works but perhaps i'm not doing it right.
Any help would be great. Thanks!
Message was edited by: Picos

Answer 1

Hey, thanks for reading my problem!
The vista PC has the internet in to it... cable modem with ethernet wire to NIC.
Auto addressing through virgin media.
Same PC with a second nic with manual addressing.
192.168.0.1
submask 255.255.255.0
I also manually put the dns server address in here from virgin.
This nic connects to my 1gb hub.
laptop using win XP connects to this hub using nic and wire using a manual address
192.168.0.2
submask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.0.1 (vista pc nic address)
dns set as to what virgin media is showing
same laptop built in wireless.
192.168.0.3
submask 255.255.255.0
default gateway 192.168.0.1 (vista pc nic address)
i have tried setting the dns and allowing it to be auto but neither makes a difference.
create ad hoc connection on the laptop
shared authentication
WEP encryption with network key i typed in
key index = 1
advanced setting computer - computer ad hoc network only.
Does this sound about right?
If i'm totally off then feel free to laugh LOL!
i then set my touch manually
ip address 192.168.0.4
submask 255.255.255.0
router 192.168.0.1 (vista gateway ip address)
is this wrong?
Just to clarify, I do not have a router... it's a cable modem connected via a wire to my hub which is a stand alone hub that has no features. The only wireless thing i have is my built in laptop wireless chip that i created the ad hoc connection with.
Message was edited by: Picos