Woe is me....new thread....part of problem fixed. Thanks to Steve Winograd and others

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The scenario:
3 Computers......1 W2k Pro connected to a dial-up to the Internet, 2 XP
Pro laptops acting as workstations and wishing to share the W2k internet
connection. There is an active connection with an ISP (not AOL) on the W2k
machine. The dial-up connection is set to share. What else do I need to do
to get the XP computers to use the W2k dialup?

The network is now functioning without NETBEUI. TCP/IP is the only protocol.
Each computer is assigned an IP address and subnet mask. The problem I had
had that required NETBEUI was the peer to peer node. This was fixed by a
registry edit as suggested by Steve. All computers can now see each other
and share files.

The W2k machine has an IP address of 192.168.0.1, the 2 workstations have
addresses of 0.2 and 0.3. They all have subnet masks of 255.255.255.0. The
workstations just time out when IE tries to find a website. I am close, but
not there yet. I have spent much time at the Practically Networked website,
to no avail.


Thanks,
MrB
 
"MrB" said:
The scenario:
3 Computers......1 W2k Pro connected to a dial-up to the Internet, 2 XP
Pro laptops acting as workstations and wishing to share the W2k internet
connection. There is an active connection with an ISP (not AOL) on the W2k
machine. The dial-up connection is set to share. What else do I need to do
to get the XP computers to use the W2k dialup?

The network is now functioning without NETBEUI. TCP/IP is the only protocol.
Each computer is assigned an IP address and subnet mask. The problem I had
had that required NETBEUI was the peer to peer node. This was fixed by a
registry edit as suggested by Steve. All computers can now see each other
and share files.

The W2k machine has an IP address of 192.168.0.1, the 2 workstations have
addresses of 0.2 and 0.3. They all have subnet masks of 255.255.255.0. The
workstations just time out when IE tries to find a website. I am close, but
not there yet. I have spent much time at the Practically Networked website,
to no avail.


Thanks,
MrB
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I'm glad that my tip help you solve the problem and eliminate NetBEUI,
MrB. Thanks for letting the news group know the result.

Configure W2k Pro as an ICS host, as shown here:

ICS for Win2000 - DialUp WAN Connection
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/ics/ics_win2k_install_dup.htm

Configure XP as an ICS client, as shown here:

XP ICS - Client Setup Using the Network Setup Wizard
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_ics/clientwiz.htm
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

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I'm all networked and sharing the internet connection. Special thanks to
Steve Winograd for pointing me in the right direction. The "Practically
Networked" website was a valuable tool and is now bookmarked on 2 of my
computers. Again, thanks to others who responded as well. This was a big
burden for several days and it is good that its behind me.

MrB
 
"MrB" said:
I'm all networked and sharing the internet connection. Special thanks to
Steve Winograd for pointing me in the right direction. The "Practically
Networked" website was a valuable tool and is now bookmarked on 2 of my
computers. Again, thanks to others who responded as well. This was a big
burden for several days and it is good that its behind me.

MrB
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You're welcome, MrB.
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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 Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
 
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