Internet Connection Sharing Problem

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I have two computers on my home network, both using XP Pro. I have set-up
connection sharing for my other computer and any quest computer that I add
to utilise my primary computers internet connection. The first time that I
set this up everything worked fine. Then when I had to reinstall XP on my
client computer, I can no longer get a shared connection. After setting the
connection sharing on both source internet computer and client computer, I
attempt to access the internet from the client computer and I get the
following:

- On source computer: A connection is made to my internet provider.
- On client computer: Internet Explorer displays message 'Cannot find
Server'

I have had this working before. I have added my notebook to the network
(using Windows 2000) and have successfully made internet connections, but
now can not.

Any help on this matter?
 
"John" said:
I have two computers on my home network, both using XP Pro. I have set-up
connection sharing for my other computer and any quest computer that I add
to utilise my primary computers internet connection. The first time that I
set this up everything worked fine. Then when I had to reinstall XP on my
client computer, I can no longer get a shared connection. After setting the
connection sharing on both source internet computer and client computer, I
attempt to access the internet from the client computer and I get the
following:

- On source computer: A connection is made to my internet provider.
- On client computer: Internet Explorer displays message 'Cannot find
Server'

I have had this working before. I have added my notebook to the network
(using Windows 2000) and have successfully made internet connections, but
now can not.

Any help on this matter?
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These tests should help find the problem:

1. On the XP server 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 XP client computer, 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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Steve,

Thanks for the help.

I tried the steps below. The set-up is the same as I originally set-up.

Steps 1 to 3 are as you describe. but I still can not get Internet Explorer
to work. I can ping google, by using either the IP address or Web address,
but can not get IExplorer to work. It still results in message 'Cannot find
Server'.

Kind Regards,

John Callahan
 
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