Unable to access internet from windows ME client on ICS

From: CFF (cffung_at_myrealbox.com)
Date: 09/17/04


Date: 17 Sep 2004 00:09:56 -0700

I have the following hardware setup intended for home based ICS but
fail to work.
To simplify the description of the configuration, I label these
components as
A, B, C, D, E and F.

                   A B C D
              +----------+ +------+ +----------------+ +------+
              |external | |Intel | |Windows 2000 Pro| |D-Link|
Phone line----|LAN based |---|PCI |---|Host Machine |---|PCI
|----+
              |ADSL modem| |10/100| | | |10/100|
  |
              +----------+ +------+ +----------------+ +------+
  |
                                                                      
  |
              +----------+ +-------+
  |
              |Windows ME| |CardBus|
  |
              |Client |------|PCMCI
|--------------------------------+
              |Machine | |10/100 |
              +----------+ +-------+
                   F E

When I did a ipconfig /all, I got the following:

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

        Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : host
        Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
        Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
        IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
        WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: (i.e. BLOCK D)

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : D-Link DFE-538TX 10/100 Adapter
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-BA-50-28-68
        DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
        Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
        Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.227.13
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2: (i.e. BLOCK B)

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100+ PCI Adapter
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-03-47-40-45-8C
        DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . :

PPP adapter WinPoET v5.0 Connection: (i.e. BLOCK A)

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
        DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 220.255.54.71
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 220.255.54.71
        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 165.21.83.88
                                            165.21.100.88

The IP address (192.168.0.1) on BLOCK B is manually set. BLOCK D is
the
interface that is being shared. I've also tried to share either BLOCK
B
or BLOCK A instead but doing a ping the default gateway results in
request timed out. So, I am assuming BLOCK D is the right interface to
be
shared for the time being. Somebody can correct me if I am wrong.

When I did an ipconfig on my client machine (BLOCK F), I got the
following:

Windows IP Configuration

        Host Name . . . . . . . . . : RADIANT
        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
        Node Type . . . . . . . . . : Mixed
        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. . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.10
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
        DHCP Server . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
        Primary WINS Server . . . . :
        Secondary WINS Server . . . :
        Lease Obtained. . . . . . . : 09 17 04 9:58:41 AM
        Lease Expires . . . . . . . : 09 24 04 9:58:41 AM

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 . . . . . . . :

There is no problem at all when accessing internet on the host machine
but
fail to load any web page when operating on the client machine. What I
need to know is:

1) Out of the three interfaces displayed under Network and Dial-up
Connections, which is the right interface on the host to be shared?

2) what is the right procedure for verifying the connection between
host and
client? Would it suffice to do a ping on both machine? As mentioned, I
can
ping the default gateway on the client successfully but fail to load
web page.

3) Assumming 1) and 2) are ok, would it be reasonable to suspect the
problem
came from the host due of incompatibility problem of PPPoE? I am
saying this
because I can't get ping -f -l 1500 to work but lower MTU numbers.

Having mentioned the above, all I want to do now is to isolate the
problem so
that I can proceed to sort it out the particular issue. Right now, I
have no
clue on what can I do next even though I've been playing with lots of
different settings without success. Can somebody help please?



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