Good evening, all,
I'm trying to set up my laptop as a SoftAP using Windows 7's Wireless Hosted Networking system. I have been able to set up the Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter and use ICS to connect it to my Internet connection. From my Jelly Bean Android phone,
I can connect to sites on the Internet using their IP addresses. However, regular URLs don't work, suggesting that DNS isn't working.
What I've tried:
- I've rebooted, reset, reconfigured and refreshed everything, including the Internet-facing device in Windows 7, the Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter and my phone;
- I have manually set the IPv4 DNS servers in the MS Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter to 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 (Google's public DNS servers) and the DNS servers that my Internet-facing device uses; and
- I have read all of the documentation that I can find on MSDN and Google.
Other information:
- My Android phone is not rooted, so I cannot set the DNS servers automatically. I will not root my phone as an experiment because I don't want to wipe all of the information from it;
- My computer connects directly to the internet. That is, it doesn not connect through another access point or router. It connects to my modem through an Ethernet cable;
- There are no other devices in my network;
- Windows Firewall is the only firewall on my computer AND it's set to the default settings; and
- Output of ipconfig /all:
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MyComputer
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : lan
Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection 2:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-24-D6-35-C2-63
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : ABCD:EF01:1001:1001:a5bf:5262:ABCD:ABCD(Preferred)
Temporary IPv6 Address. . . . . . : ABCD:EF01:1001:1001:5033:8bb4:ABCD:ABCD(Preferred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::a5bf:ABCD:ABCD:ABCD%19(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.137.1(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 520103126
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-17-7D-A7-4A-00-24-D6-35-C2-62
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 8.8.8.8
8.8.4.4
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : lan
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetLink (TM) Gigabit Ethernet
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-23-26-B0-26-08
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::ABCD:ABCD:ABCD:ABCD%14(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.1(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 24 May 2013 12:03:47
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 24 May 2013 22:03:47
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.138
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.138
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 385884966
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-17-7D-A7-4A-00-24-D6-35-C2-62
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.138
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-26-B6-47-80-4A
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-24-D6-35-C2-62
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
PPP adapter Broadband Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadband Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . :
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : ABCD:EF12:a000:16b:ABCD:ABCD:ABCD:ABCD(Preferred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::ABCD:ABCD:ABCD:ABCD%24(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : AB.CD.AB.CD(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : AB.CD.AB.CD
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : fe80::90:ABCD:ABCD:ABCD%24
0.0.0.0
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 432840224
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-17-7D-A7-4A-00-24-D6-35-C2-62
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : ABCD:f2c0::1
ABCD:f2c0::2
AB.CD.154.170
AB.CD.154.22
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
Tunnel adapter isatap.phub.net.cable.rogers.com:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:ABCD:6ab8:ABCD:ABCD:ABCD:ABCD(Preferred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::ABCD:ABCD:ABCD:ABCD%15(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
Tunnel adapter isatap.{0D3E6F12-966E-4E65-8935-5A3DAB8DDA6B}:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter isatap.{F558431E-4ABE-40CF-82FC-492ABAC8BC0C}:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #3
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter isatap.lan:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : lan
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #4
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter isatap.{40656AAC-A5DC-4D8B-A18E-1BD56B1C03A9}:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #5
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter isatap.{D0209999-CED4-411D-BDD4-3EA48D758E6D}:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #6
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
(NOTE above: I mangled IP addresses to variants of ABCD for some privacy. Assume that they are otherwise valid)
I'd be very grateful to anyone who could help me with the rest of the configuration.
DNS resolution in the Wireless Hosted Network not working
