ICS and Networking.

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My network consists of just two computers running XP Home Edition connected
via a hub.

The only way I can ICS on my network is to configure the host adapter with
an IP of 192.168.0.1 and the client to obtain an IP address automatically.
Both computers can surf but they cannot network with each other.

The only way I can internally network is to use IP 192.168.10.1 on the Host
LAN connection and 192.168.10.2 on the client LAN connection. I cannot surf
from the client with this configuration.

To sum it up I can only do one or the other depending on what IP's I use.

Greatfull for any ideas.
 
"Gary" said:
My network consists of just two computers running XP Home Edition connected
via a hub.

The only way I can ICS on my network is to configure the host adapter with
an IP of 192.168.0.1 and the client to obtain an IP address automatically.
Both computers can surf but they cannot network with each other.

The only way I can internally network is to use IP 192.168.10.1 on the Host
LAN connection and 192.168.10.2 on the client LAN connection. I cannot surf
from the client with this configuration.

To sum it up I can only do one or the other depending on what IP's I use.

Greatfull for any ideas.
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Don't make any manual assignments -- let ICS do everything. Configure
the host and client computers as shown here:

Windows XP Internet Connection Sharing
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_ics

Make sure that XP's Internet Connection Firewall is disabled on both
computers' LAN connections. It's OK to enable ICF on the host
computer's Internet connection.

Test the client's configuration:

1. On the host computer, right click the local area network connection
and click Status | Support | Details. It should show:

IP Address: 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: none
DNS Server = none

2. On the client, right click the local area network connection and
click Status | Support | Details. It should show:

IP Address: 192.168.0.x (1<x<255)
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.0.1
DNS Server = 192.168.0.1

3. If #1 and #2 are right, open a command prompt window on the client
and enter these lines. Each one should get four replies:

ping 192.168.0.1
ping 216.239.39.100
ping www.google.com

4. If #1-#3 are right, enter these addresses in Internet Explorer on
the client They should both take you to the Google web page:

http://216.239.39.100
http://www.google.com
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
 
Steve Winograd said:
Don't make any manual assignments -- let ICS do everything. Configure
the host and client computers as shown here:

Windows XP Internet Connection Sharing
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_ics

Make sure that XP's Internet Connection Firewall is disabled on both
computers' LAN connections. It's OK to enable ICF on the host
computer's Internet connection.

Test the client's configuration:

1. On the host computer, right click the local area network connection
and click Status | Support | Details. It should show:

IP Address: 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: none
DNS Server = none

2. On the client, right click the local area network connection and
click Status | Support | Details. It should show:

IP Address: 192.168.0.x (1<x<255)
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.0.1
DNS Server = 192.168.0.1

3. If #1 and #2 are right, open a command prompt window on the client
and enter these lines. Each one should get four replies:

ping 192.168.0.1
ping 216.239.39.100
ping www.google.com

4. If #1-#3 are right, enter these addresses in Internet Explorer on
the client They should both take you to the Google web page:

http://216.239.39.100
http://www.google.com
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
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I am a Satellite user (Satellite for downstream / Dial up upstream). The
SatDirect Plus software I use requires me to use on the Client the following
DNS server addresses. For the Preferred DNS server enter 69.46.139.143 and
for the Alternate DNS server enter 64.158.58.201.

I've tried changing either the Prefered and Alernate DSN servers on the
client to 192.168.0.1 and still cannot get networking to work, but ICS still
does.

I can get networking to work using 192.168.10.1 on the host LAN connection
and 192.168.10.x on the client connection but ICS does not work.

I can get ICS to work using 192.168.0.1 on the host LAN connection and using
192.168.0.x or automatically assigning IP's on the client but networking
does not work.

If I use 192.168.0.1 on the host LAN I cannot ping anything internal from
the client. External from the client is ok. I can ping 127.0.0.1 from the
client.
 
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