RE: disable ICS, now cannot reach Internet

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okay problem fixed after much hair pulling...

I couldn't find ANYTHING describing this situation so I turned it around and
started hunting for tips to follow as if I was installing (rather than
dropping) ICS and it wasn't working.

I found instead of simply unchecking the ICS feature for the modem, or even
deleting the dial-up connection in network properties, I needed to go into
services and specifically *disable* ICS and routing services. They were set
as manual and stopped, but obviously that didn't fix whatever was screwed up
in the Registry.

After disabling these services, the PC stopped trying to route Internet
requests through the modem and, like a good boy, is now using the NIC for
these requests to be picked up by the hardware router.

"Jim Johnson - Serenity Consulting" wrote:

> * 3 PCs in peer to peer. W2K PC was using ICS & dial-up to reach Internet.
> * Upgraded to broadband with router to share the connection.
> * Disabled above ICS, changed ethernet card from fixed IP to use DHCP from
> router.
> * All 3 PCs sucessfully getting IP via router's DHCP function.
> * Other 2 PCs can sucessfully see both LAN and reach Internet via broadband
> * The W2K PC can only reach devices on the LAN, including the router's
> web-based setup, but cannot reach anything outside the LAN.
>
> It seems like the W2K PC is blocking any IP address outside the LAN, perhaps
> still trying to route them to the modem (which is idle)? Is the routing
> component of ICS still active, in spite of being turned off?
>
> Suggestions on how to fix this issue?
>
> Jim Johnson
.

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