Re: Change XP's ICN DHCP settings

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From: Malke (malke_at_nospoonnotreally.com)
Date: 12/16/04


Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 20:18:15 -0800

Ron Sorensen wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Is it possible to change the ip address range that the DHCP server
> dishes out to the clients when using Internet Connection Sharing (XP
> Pro).
> Currently it hands out addresses in the 192.168.0.xxx range. The
> problem with this is I need to make a VPN connection to the office and
> the office
> already is using the same range internally and that doesn't work. If
> I use all static ip addresses at home instead of DHCP I can get it to
> work, but I'd like to be able to use DHCP.
>
AFAIK, you must use the 192.168.0.xx for ICS. How are you connecting to
the Internet? Broadband or dialup? If broadband, get a cable/dsl router
instead of using ICS.

Malke

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