Windows 2000 Host and Windows ME Client ICS

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I am trying to configure a Windows 2000 Pro machine as a host and a
Windows ME machine as a client using ICS. Unfortunately, I followed
the proper procedure in setting up both machines without success. Hope
somebody can help.

My hardware configuration is as follows.


On my Windows 2000 Pro host machine:
equipped with one Intel(R) PRO/100+ PCI Adapter and one D-Link
DFE-538TX 10/100 Adapter. The Intel(R) PRO/100+ PCI Adapter is
connnected to a LAN interface Acatel Speed Touch Home ADSL modem.

On my Windows ME client machine:
equipped with one Prolink PCMCIA 10/100 Adapter.

No problem is encountered as far as internet is concerned on the host
machine but failed to access internet on the client machine.

When I did a ipconfig on my host (Windows 2000 Pro), I got


Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.227.13
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

PPP adapter WinPoET v5.0 Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 220.255.246.242
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 220.255.246.242



whereas on the client machine (Windows ME), I got

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . : OFFICE
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
NetBIOS Scope ID. . . . . . :
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . : No
NetBIOS Resolution Uses DNS : No

0 Ethernet adapter :

Description . . . . . . . . : CardBus 10/100 Fast Ethernet Adapter
NDIS3 Driver
Physical Address. . . . . . : 00-E0-98-BE-29-6A
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . : 169.254.169.124
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . :
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Primary WINS Server . . . . :
Secondary WINS Server . . . :
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . : 09 15 04 2:21:17 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . :

1 Ethernet adapter :

Description . . . . . . . . : PPP Adapter.
Physical Address. . . . . . : 44-45-53-54-00-00
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . :
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Primary WINS Server . . . . :
Secondary WINS Server . . . :
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . :
Lease Expires . . . . . . . :


I've been working on resolving this problem for quite several days
without success. Can somebody help me out please. My thousands of
thanks in advance.
 
I am trying to configure a Windows 2000 Pro machine as a host and a
Windows ME machine as a client using ICS. Unfortunately, I followed
the proper procedure in setting up both machines without success. Hope
somebody can help.

My hardware configuration is as follows.


On my Windows 2000 Pro host machine:
equipped with one Intel(R) PRO/100+ PCI Adapter and one D-Link
DFE-538TX 10/100 Adapter. The Intel(R) PRO/100+ PCI Adapter is
connnected to a LAN interface Acatel Speed Touch Home ADSL modem.

On my Windows ME client machine:
equipped with one Prolink PCMCIA 10/100 Adapter.

No problem is encountered as far as internet is concerned on the host
machine but failed to access internet on the client machine.

When I did a ipconfig on my host (Windows 2000 Pro), I got


Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.227.13
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

PPP adapter WinPoET v5.0 Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 220.255.246.242
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 220.255.246.242

whereas on the client machine (Windows ME), I got

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . : OFFICE
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
NetBIOS Scope ID. . . . . . :
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . : No
NetBIOS Resolution Uses DNS : No

0 Ethernet adapter :

Description . . . . . . . . : CardBus 10/100 Fast Ethernet Adapter
NDIS3 Driver
Physical Address. . . . . . : 00-E0-98-BE-29-6A
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . : 169.254.169.124
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . :
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Primary WINS Server . . . . :
Secondary WINS Server . . . :
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . : 09 15 04 2:21:17 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . :

1 Ethernet adapter :

Description . . . . . . . . : PPP Adapter.
Physical Address. . . . . . : 44-45-53-54-00-00
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . :
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Primary WINS Server . . . . :
Secondary WINS Server . . . :
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . :
Lease Expires . . . . . . . :

I've been working on resolving this problem for quite several days
without success. Can somebody help me out please. My thousands of
thanks in advance.
Click to expand...

On the Windows 2000 Pro host, ICS is configured to share a PPPoE DSL
connection, using "Local Area Connection 2" as the local network
connection to the client computer. But the client computer's Fast
Ethernet adapter isn't getting the right TCP/IP configuration. 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

When the host computer has more than one local network connection, as
yours does, ICS asks you to specify which one to use. It's possible
that ICS is using the wrong connection on the host as the local
network connection. Make sure that it's using the D-Link connection,
not the Intel connection. I've written a web page with details:

ICS for Win2000 - Broadband WAN Connection
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/ics/ics_win2k_install_bband.htm

Another possibility is that the system services that ICS uses aren't
working properly. Are there any relevant messages in Event Viewer?
To run it, click Start | Programs | Administrative Tools | Event
Viewer. For more information, see:

How To Diagnose System Problems with Event Viewer in Microsoft Windows
2000
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=302542

--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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Thank you for your useful comments on this problem. From what you
mentioned, I can see it suggests, at least, two problems that
contribute to the failure connection.

1) The adapter that should be shared is the D-Link card; and
2) It is a PPPoE type of connection.

For 1), I've changed accordingly and after that it shows at least some
sign of connectivity (instead of not connecting at all before change).
The way I can see the connectivity is when I ping the default gateway
on the client (Windows ME) machine, it shows


Pinging 220.255.55.58 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 220.255.55.58: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128
Reply from 220.255.55.58: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128
Reply from 220.255.55.58: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128
Reply from 220.255.55.58: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128

Ping statistics for 220.255.55.58:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms


However, I can have no way to load ANY internet page at all. If I ping
www.yahoo.com, for example, it shows

Unknown host www.yahoo.com

after about 10 seconds of waiting. That makes me suspect the problem
is caused by PPPoE. Someting related to the max MTU setting. When I
did a

ping -f -l 1470 220.255.55.58, it shows

Pinging 220.255.55.58 with 1470 bytes of data:

Reply from 220.255.55.58: bytes=1470 time<10ms TTL=128
Reply from 220.255.55.58: bytes=1470 time<10ms TTL=128
Reply from 220.255.55.58: bytes=1470 time<10ms TTL=128
Reply from 220.255.55.58: bytes=1470 time<10ms TTL=128

Ping statistics for 220.255.55.58:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

and 1470 is the best number I can achieve so far. I also noticed that
this number (1470) is not a fixed number but varied every time I
restart my client machine. In the worst case, it dropped to somewhere
below 1440. I've also tried to manually regedit

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Class\NetTrans\0002
by adding MaxMTU=1470.

But it doesn't seem to solve the problem. I still cannot access any
web page. Any idea whatelse can I try further in order to rectify the
problem? Or, can somebody confirm to me, in this case, the whole
problem came from PPPoE? Thank you.
 
Change the DNS settings for the client to be the DNS server for your
ISP, instead of 192.168.0.1 If your gateway isn't a DNS server, you
won't be able to resolve any external names.

Also see if you can connect to http:\\216.109.117.106\ (www.yahoo.com)
as an ip address instead of a name.
 
Thank you for your useful comments on this problem. From what you
mentioned, I can see it suggests, at least, two problems that
contribute to the failure connection.

1) The adapter that should be shared is the D-Link card; and
2) It is a PPPoE type of connection.

For 1), I've changed accordingly and after that it shows at least some
sign of connectivity (instead of not connecting at all before change).
The way I can see the connectivity is when I ping the default gateway
on the client (Windows ME) machine, it shows


Pinging 220.255.55.58 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 220.255.55.58: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128
Reply from 220.255.55.58: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128
Reply from 220.255.55.58: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128
Reply from 220.255.55.58: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128

Ping statistics for 220.255.55.58:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms


However, I can have no way to load ANY internet page at all. If I ping
www.yahoo.com, for example, it shows

Unknown host www.yahoo.com

after about 10 seconds of waiting. That makes me suspect the problem
is caused by PPPoE. Someting related to the max MTU setting. When I
did a

ping -f -l 1470 220.255.55.58, it shows

Pinging 220.255.55.58 with 1470 bytes of data:

Reply from 220.255.55.58: bytes=1470 time<10ms TTL=128
Reply from 220.255.55.58: bytes=1470 time<10ms TTL=128
Reply from 220.255.55.58: bytes=1470 time<10ms TTL=128
Reply from 220.255.55.58: bytes=1470 time<10ms TTL=128

Ping statistics for 220.255.55.58:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

and 1470 is the best number I can achieve so far. I also noticed that
this number (1470) is not a fixed number but varied every time I
restart my client machine. In the worst case, it dropped to somewhere
below 1440. I've also tried to manually regedit

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Class\NetTrans\0002
by adding MaxMTU=1470.

But it doesn't seem to solve the problem. I still cannot access any
web page. Any idea whatelse can I try further in order to rectify the
problem? Or, can somebody confirm to me, in this case, the whole
problem came from PPPoE? Thank you.
Click to expand...

The adapter that should be shared is the PPPoE connection, not the
D-Link adapter. The D-Link adapter is the one that connects to the
local area network.

If it's an MTU problem, these steps should help fix it:

1. Find the right MTU setting on the client computers, as shown here:

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article04-107

2. Make the setting manually on the client computer, or use DrTCP to
make it:

http://www.dslreports.com/front/drtcp.html

See this site for more information:

Troubleshooting MTU Size in PPPoE Dialin Connectivity
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/794/router_mtu.html
--
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 - Windows Networking
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ
http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm
 
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