Re: ICS setup problem
From: Chuck (none_at_example.net)
Date: 11/19/04
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Date: 19 Nov 2004 10:21:13 -0600
On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 10:01:55 -0600, HLAMUTHNOSPAM@EARTHLINK.NET wrote:
>Interesting diagnostic tool...Everest. Glad I know about it. Found the
>problem without it, though, based on your DHCP service comment. I am
>not sure how I got where I got to, but somehow in my experiments on
>the system that finally connected, I enabled the acquire address
>automatically for my network. This was the key.
>
>I apparently misinterpreted the comments about the router to hub
>conversion to require me to make each PC have its own IP address. Only
>the ICS server needs a fixed address...the others acquire their
>addresses dynamically. Why don't the instructions just say that? It
>may be idiosyncratic when the ICS is being implemented rather than
>just a simple hub. I suppose I should have known, but it still
>irks...but does not surprise me...that the instructions are never
>actually reviewed with non-experts, like senior manager ;-).
>
>I appreciate your time, efforts, and insights....I am one hell of a
>lot smarter about network protocols etc now than before....
>
>I have noticed that there seems to be some activity inside the
>network...not noticeable to the internet...around the network. A bunch
>of ack-nak keeping things updated...5 or so packets a second.
>Consequently, the network is never quiescent entirely. Good old Zone
>Alarm though shows nothing getting through from the Internet. Got to
>love those trusted zones.
>
>Thanks, again, for the help.
>
>Henry
Henry,
Why don't the instructions just say that? That's rhetorical, right? I gave up
trying to understand Microsoft years ago.
Your observed background network activity could be one of several things. Maybe
your browsers communicating with the master browser. Maybe services being
broadcast by each server. Maybe ARP traffic. NetBIOS is a very chatty
protocol. Hopefully nothing to be alarmed about, but you might want to keep an
eye on ZA anyway.
Get Port Explorer (free) from
<http://www.diamondcs.com.au/portexplorer/index.php?page=home> to show you what
network connections your computer is actually opening, and what processes are
opening them.
And Process Explorer (free) from
<http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/procexp.shtml>. Provides way more
information than Task Manager.
Glad you got it solved. Maybe we both learned a bit. Thanks for the feedback.
-- Cheers, Chuck Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
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