Re: dial up sharing not working all else is

From: Harold (hhare.ug_at_realestate.org)
Date: 11/13/04 

Date: 12 Nov 2004 16:23:17 -0800

James Egan <jegan@mailinator.com> wrote in message news:<mh49p0dpop8pq2q2uv19564fe9jq5c76oh@4ax.com>...
> On 11 Nov 2004 14:16:48 -0800, hhare.ug@realestate.org (Harold) wrote:
>
> >My ISP instructs that we set to "obtain DNS address automatically".
>
> That's for the dialup (DHCP) connection to connect to the ISP. If you
> are using static addressing on your LAN (as opposed to automatic by
> DHCP) then you need to enable dns on the ics client and tell it about
> the nameservers. You might get away with using the ICS host for the
> nameserver address but since your connection is not working, using the
> isps nameservers directly is something you might try.
>
> >
> >And as to the IP address of the router. I am not sure what it is but
> >doesn't the fact that each machine can ping the other without problem
> >indicate that this is not a problem.
>
> If you are not sure what is going on, your best bet is to start again
> as suggested by Chuck and follow the step by step instructions he has
> posted. That automatic configuration option is better than the static
> one you are currently trying to use.
>
>
> Jim.

I hae in fact started again and followed Check's instructions. That
is how I am where I am.

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