ICS Internet connection sharing 2000 to XP Pro

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Is it possible to have Internet Connection Sharing Between Win 2000 and Win
XP Pro ?
The machine connected to the internet is WIN 2000.
The machine wanting the connection is Win XP Pro.
A Local Area Network exists between these 2 machines and works perfectly
The connection on the Win 2000 has been set to allow ICS and also to allow
connection on demand.
The firewall has been unclicked.
The name of the workgroup is Workgroup Should it be MSHOME ?
We have Netbios over TCP IP ticked.
The Win 2000 is not in a domain.
The network is a cross over CAT 5 cable and works fine for all file and
printer sharing.
Thanking you to give me instruction to set all values.
JOST
 
Is it possible to have Internet Connection Sharing Between Win 2000 and Win
XP Pro ?
The machine connected to the internet is WIN 2000.
The machine wanting the connection is Win XP Pro.
A Local Area Network exists between these 2 machines and works perfectly
The connection on the Win 2000 has been set to allow ICS and also to allow
connection on demand.
The firewall has been unclicked.
The name of the workgroup is Workgroup Should it be MSHOME ?
We have Netbios over TCP IP ticked.
The Win 2000 is not in a domain.
The network is a cross over CAT 5 cable and works fine for all file and
printer sharing.
Thanking you to give me instruction to set all values.
JOST
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Hi

Yes, that setup will work fine. Do you have a firewall on the WIN2K PC? If
you do disable or uninstall it while you setup ICS.

There are good tutorials at www.practicallynetworked.com and
www.homenethelp.com that describe what you need to do to setup ICS. Have a
look at those and post again if you still have problems.

Regards

Bill
 
Hi Bill,
Thanking you very much for your prompt reply.
I disabled the Norton personal firewall on both machines, but did not
uninstall them.
I also did not disable the antivirus.
The connection to the internet is a broadband, and the modem or adsl is
connected to the Win2K machine by the USB.
Does this make a difference.
Also on the XP Pro the TCP/IP address is not 192.168.0.x but quite
different.
When I try to run repair TCP/IP on the Lan connection of the XP client the
system cannot do it.
Rebooting the Win 2K machine does not change anything.
I remind you that the Lan network works fine for file access and print
access.
When you are in a pure XP Lan, ICS deposits an icon of the ICS in the
client, machine.
Am I to expect the same indication of the connection from a Win 2000 machine
?
Is it worthwhile to try to establish a Static ICS if the DHCP does not work
? Although the Lan works in other respect.?
Would you have any idea ?
Thanking you.
JOST
 
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