Internet Connection sharing

  • Thread starter Thread starter Sam Goddard
  • Start date Start date
S

Sam Goddard

Hello,

I'm trying to share an internet connection between two computers, the xp
hist & a windows me client. In the past I have managed to share without a
problem but I am now completely unable to do so.

I have run the Network Connection wizard on both machines but to no avail &
I have tried manually altering settings but have had no luck. It seems that
the client is not picking up any of the ip details from the host pc. Rather
than having an ip address of 192.168.0.x, the client starts up with a random
ip address.

Can anybody tell me what this might be and possibly even suggest a remedy?

Thanks

Sam
 
with 'random ip address' you mean one that looks like this: 169.254.x.y??
not really surprising, since your XP is no DHCP server, so won't dispense
any ip information to anyone.
manually configur your ip settings on both machines, like
xp 192.168.0.1 / 255.255.255.0
me 192.168.0.2 / 255.255.255.0
and assign the appropriate dns server address(es)

then share the internet connection on the xp box.
that should work.

george
 
I have tried manual configuration but this does not work either - could you
explain what you mean by assigning the appropriate dns server address?

Thanks

Sam
 
Hi Sam,

I'll try to clarify.
On XP
Open Network Connections, Properties of the connection (Dial-up? possibly)
tothe internet.
Advanced tab, check Allow other users to connect through etc. and in the
home networking connection select your lan network card.
Possibly also check the next box, Establish a dial-up.
Configure the local network connection TCP/IP settings to be:
ip address: 192.168.0.1
subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
default gateway: none
Preferred DNS: whatever DNS server address you have from your ISP, -possibly
a second one, if available- to provide your computers with name resolution
capability and translate www.something.com into the associated ip address of
the respective server.

On ME
Network Neighborhood properties
Configuration Tab, TCP/IP properties,
IP Address tab, specify
ip address: 192.168.0.2
subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway tab: 192.168.0.1
DNS Configuration tab, Enable DNS, fill in some hostname (doesn't matter
what name, no need to fill Domain) and 1 or 2 DNS server addresses

This should work.

hth

george
 
Back
Top