Sharing a modem from XP Pro to ME

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Ron

I'm trying to share a dial-up modem in my XP Pro machine
with a Windows ME machine using a wireless network. The
network is working fine. I can even control the modem
from the Windows ME machine and make a connection. I
cannot, however, get IE to recognize the connection and
let me browse the internet from the Windows ME machine.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you.
 
"Ron" said:
I'm trying to share a dial-up modem in my XP Pro machine
with a Windows ME machine using a wireless network. The
network is working fine. I can even control the modem
from the Windows ME machine and make a connection. I
cannot, however, get IE to recognize the connection and
let me browse the internet from the Windows ME machine.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you.
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These steps should help you find the problem:

1. On the XP Pro machine, right click the wireless 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 Windows ME machine, go to Start | Run | Winipcfg, select the
wireless network adapter, and click More Info. 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 Windows ME
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
Windows ME. They should both take you to the Google web page:

http://216.239.39.100
http://www.google.com
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