Re: ICS works with static IP client but not DHCP client

From: Richard G. Harper (rgharper_at_email.com)
Date: 02/05/05 

Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 19:13:07 -0500

Give up in defeat. Buy the router. Seriously. When ICS works it works
great but when you run into a problem the router is cheap compared to the
time it would take you to find the problem. 

-- 
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User]  rgharper@gmail.com
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* for the benefit of all.  Private mail is usually not replied to.
* My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
"Naz" <Naz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:AFAEC50B-B570-4F20-B759-8411C179FE46@microsoft.com...
> Hi there.  Wondering if anyone has encountered this and may be able to 
> shed
> some light.  I have a simple home network: a desktop "host" machine 
> running
> ICS connected to a broadband modem and also to a Netgear wireless access
> point.  I also have a laptop "client" machine that connects wirelessly to 
> the
> AP.
>
> I set up ICS on the host machine using all the default settings, and then 
> on
> the client machine I've configured the wireless adapter with an IP address 
> of
> 192.168.0.2 and a gateway/DNS server of 192.168.0.1 .  Eerything works
> beautifully -- the client can share files with the host, and they both 
> access
> the internet.
>
> If I try to switch the client to "DHCP mode" however, it all falls apart. 
> I
> set the wireless adapter to "Automatically obtain an IP address" and poof, 
> no
> file sharing and no internet access on the client.  Client can't obtain an 
> IP
> address via DNS ... it just appears as 0.0.0.0.  It seems like ICS on the
> host machine is just not giving out  IP addresses.
>
> Both the machines have WinXP Pro on them.  The DT machine is SP2, and the
> notebook machine has whatever combination of patches my office has put on
> there plus it's on the work domain.  Incidentally, I've also tried
> eliminating the Wireless AP from the setup and just used plain wires, and 
> the
> same thing happens.
>
> Anyone have any ideas of what could be going on?  I really want to get 
> DHCP
> to work because it's a pain to have to reconfigure my IP settings every 
> day
> when I come home from work.   I should really just go buy a router (I've
> wasted WAY too much of my time already), but I have too much pride to give 
> up
> in defeat.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Wireless Network in Public Places Options
    ... two client radios, none of the packets will go through the router. ... but that's not the way commodity wireless access points work. ...
    (microsoft.public.win2000.networking)
  • Re: ICS on small home network no longer works for http traffic
    ... 1) If you're using MS ICS or Windows ... After installed a new router or cable modem replacing dial-up to access ... the Internet, you can't access some web sites. ... The client PC can ping to a outside IP, or a name and DNS> resolves the name ok. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web)
  • Re: Gaming adapter as access point
    ... remember is that *ALL* 802.11 wireless is bridging. ... Linksys WRT54G/GS with DD-WRT firmware in client mode. ... have to study VPN ... then act as a router on the LAN side. ...
    (alt.internet.wireless)
  • Re: DI 624 revC- severe wireless latency after consistent throughput
    ... >The latency measurements were from pinging the router from the wireless ... >between the router and the wireless client. ...
    (alt.internet.wireless)
  • Re: Change wireless configuration
    ... I have them set up for ICS over a Wireless system, set up in what I think ... ICS is a MS term. ... It allows one computer to share its Internet connection with other computers in a LAN situation. ... to the Wireless Router, the XP Pro PC is connected to the Router by a ...
    (alt.internet.wireless)