Windows XP as a router (No ICS)

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I'm trying to make a router out of my XP box on a network that already has a
gateway(Thomson Speedtouch 780).
Have set the registry entry 'IPEnableRouter' to 1, and have given all the
stations connected to XP it's address as default gateway.
This is how the XP route table looks:
http://www.stjepansvaljek.com/misc/route-print.gif
....is there enough info for the route between 192.168.219.0 and
192.168.100.0 networks?

Thanks.
 
...is there enough info for the route between 192.168.219.0 and
192.168.100.0 networks?
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I meant to ask: is there enough info to route from 192.168.219.0
network(other PCs) through 192.168.219.1 (XP) to 192.168.100.1 (internet
gateway and beyond)?

gateway(192.168.100.1)
|
XP(192.168.100.11, 192.168.219.1)
/
other PCs(192.168.219.0)

Thanks.
 
I meant to ask: is there enough info to route from 192.168.219.0
network(other PCs) through 192.168.219.1 (XP) to 192.168.100.1 (internet
gateway and beyond)?

gateway(192.168.100.1)
|
XP(192.168.100.11, 192.168.219.1)
/
other PCs(192.168.219.0)

Thanks.
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The gateway needs a static route to tell it to send traffic for the
192.168.219.0 network via 192.168.100.11


Jim.
 
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James Egan said:
The gateway needs a static route to tell it to send traffic for the
192.168.219.0 network via 192.168.100.11


Jim.
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Would not the top line in the router table suffice for that?
That is, would not
Net Dest Netmask Gateway Interface
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.100.1 192.168.100.11
direct all "miscellaneous destination" packets towards the internet portal,
via the 192.168.100.1 gateway?

If the original poster is failing to route with his XP computer, there might
be other reasons. I have been unable to turn an XP Home computer into a
router. The literature I have read assures me that an XP Pro computer can
be used as a router; all literature is silent on whether XP Home will
suffice.

Then again, perhaps I don't know how to properly patch my computer's routing
table with static routes.

It seems the OP's computer is triple-homed...with 192.168.5.0 being a third
network.

Your comments would be most appreciated.
 
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vani said:
I meant to ask: is there enough info to route from 192.168.219.0
network(other PCs) through 192.168.219.1 (XP) to 192.168.100.1 (internet
gateway and beyond)?

gateway(192.168.100.1)
|
XP(192.168.100.11, 192.168.219.1)
/
other PCs(192.168.219.0)

Thanks.
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Did you eventually succeed with your router experiment?
What version of XP is your computer running... XP Home, or XP Pro?
Is 192.168.5.0 a third network attached to this same computer? It seems so.
Was the routing table you showed automatically generated by the operating
system? It seems so.

I have tried and failed to make a router from an XP Home computer.
Literature assures me that an XP Pro computer will work; but all literature
is silent on whether XP Home will work.

Your reply to the group would be most appreciated.
 
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Would not the top line in theroutertable suffice for that?
That is, would not
Net Dest        Netmask            Gateway               Interface
0.0.0.0            0.0.0.0            192.168.100.1   192.168.100.11
direct all "miscellaneous destination" packets towards the internet portal,
via the 192.168.100.1 gateway?

If the original poster is failing to route with his XP computer, there might
be other reasons.  I have been unable to turn an XP Home computer into arouter.  The literature I have read assures me that an XP Pro computer can
be used as arouter; all literature is silent on whether XP Home will
suffice.

Then again, perhaps I don't know how to properly patch my computer's routing
table with static routes.

It seems the OP's computer is triple-homed...with 192.168.5.0 being a third
network.

Your comments would be most appreciated.
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In the meantime I have given up on that idea, the router is a property
of my ISP and I don't have access to all it's functions(namely the
route table), so I'm going with the bridge protocol that comes with
vmware. The computer has one real NIC and two virtuals.

Thanks.
 
Would not the top line in the router table suffice for that?
That is, would not
Net Dest Netmask Gateway Interface
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.100.1 192.168.100.11
direct all "miscellaneous destination" packets towards the internet portal,
via the 192.168.100.1 gateway?
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That's okay for outbound traffic. It's the gateway that needs the
route (for return traffic) not the pc.
If the original poster is failing to route with his XP computer, there might
be other reasons. I have been unable to turn an XP Home computer into a
router. The literature I have read assures me that an XP Pro computer can
be used as a router; all literature is silent on whether XP Home will
suffice.
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XP home can act as a router if you switch on routing by editing the
registry as follows


System Key:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters]
Value Name: IPEnableRouter
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)


Jim.
 
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