Re: ICS problem - LAN works, but no internet connection

From: pjay (somehwere_at_over.the.rainbow)
Date: 05/21/04


Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 10:05:05 +1200


"Jhon Smith" <temp_trash666@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:6899029c.0405210849.380ef471@posting.google.com...
> Hello,
>
> I have an ICS problem. After searching on the net how to solve it, I
> and am running out of ideas -- help would be *very* appreciated.
> Here follows a description of the situation.
>
> I had setup a connection between the two computers and everything
> worked. For no apparent reason, one day I had lost internet access
> from the client computer. The connection between the two computers is
> OK: I can read/write each other shared folders.
>
> The client computer recognizes that I have an internet connection; it
> appears in the "network connection" folder. But when I try to connect
> to an outside site, I get an "could not find server or DNS Error"
> error.
>
> Host: win XP Pro. Internet access works.
> Client: win XP home
>
> I have removed all firewalls. I am working with administrator accounts
> on both computers.
>
> I have done "netsh int ip reset netsh.log" on both computers, to no
> effect.
>
> On the client side, if I go to
> MyNetConnection->Properties->advanced->settings, I get a message that
> "port already used, chose an other one". This happens for whatever
> port I chose; cancel doe not work. I have to manually kill the window
> to get out of this.
>
> Here are the ipconfig details:
>
> Host:
> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
>
> PPP Card ADSL connection :
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 80.200.136.178
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 80.200.136.178
>
> Client:
> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : mshome.net
> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.237
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
>
> Pinging:
> From host to everywhere: OK
> From client to 127.0.0.1 - 192.168.0.237 - 192.168.0.1 -
> 192.168.0.237: OK
> From client to anywhere else: Request time out.
>
> I would really appreciate help on this - I am thinking of reinstalling
> windows on both computers...
>
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Marc

Hmmm - I thought you had to have the client set to "Get IP Addresss
Automatically" for ICS to work? Also I have found that setting the host to
"Get IP Address Automatically" then enabling ICS works best.

Good Luck
PJAY



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