Re: Internet Connection Sharing Problem

Steve,

I finally got it running. A router (Linksys BEFsr41) between the PC and the
Modem solved the problem. Nothing needed to be done to the individual PCs
after all. DHCP provided by the router does it all. Thanks for your help.
Thanks to ChuckTX too.

Dindo


"Dindo LABATITI" <cofz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:e2iCFylYFHA.712@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Steve,
>
> I did ping the addresses to told me to. I had success only with
> 192.168.0.1. The other two timed out.
>
> The NIC to the DSL modem shows an IP address outside 192.x.x.x range with
> subnet mask of 255.255.0.0.
>
> I followed the instructions in your website on freshly setting up ICS on a
> new installation. Nothing doing.
>
> Then there's this strange voluminous exchange of data on my LAN NIC. All
> other PCs show activity on their NICs with the same amount of data
> transfer even when there's no user on the computers. File and Printer
> sharing works fine all 11 computers (including the supposed internet
> gateway). I noticed at one time that this exchange stopped when I stopped
> the Universal Plug and Play Device service.
>
> What could possibly be the issue here?
>
> Dindo
>
>
> "Steve Winograd [MVP]" <winograd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:7hdb91hkq18pls75c0018kpftvov6lob6m@xxxxxxxxxx
>> In article <eDoplbdYFHA.1404@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Dindo LABATITI"
>> <cofz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> Have you disabled any services? If so, which services, on which
>>>> computers (host or client)?
>>>>
>>>> These tests should help you find the problem:
>>>>
>>>> 1. On the ICS host computer, right click the local area network
>>>> connection and click Status | Support | Details. It should show:
>>>>
>>>> IP Address: 192.168.0.1
>>>> Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
>>>> Default Gateway: none
>>>> DNS Server = none
>>>>
>>>> 2. On each ICS client computer, right click the local area network
>>>> connection and click Status | Support | Details. It should show:
>>>>
>>>> IP Address: 192.168.0.x (1<x<255)
>>>> Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
>>>> Default Gateway: 192.168.0.1
>>>> DNS Server = 192.168.0.1 or your ISP's DNS server
>>>>
>>>> 3. If #1 and #2 are right, open a command prompt window on a client
>>>> and enter these lines. Each one should get four replies:
>>>>
>>>> ping 192.168.0.1
>>>> ping 216.239.39.99
>>>> ping google.com
>>>>
>>>> 4. If #1-#3 are right, enter these addresses in Internet Explorer on a
>>>> client. They should both take you to the Google web page:
>>>>
>>>> http://216.239.39.99
>>>> http://google.com
>>>
>>>Steve,
>>>
>>>I followed your instructions on the client computers. But the problem
>>>persists. I can ping 192.168.0.1 but not google. Aside from that , the
>>>NIC
>>>connected to the DSL modem shows no IP address and its icon on the system
>>>tray shows exclamation point. I have tried giving the NIC an address of
>>>192.168.0.2 since the address is not used by any of the 10 clients. No
>>>good.
>>>
>>> I am at my wits' end. I'll just have to reinstall winxp and see if the
>>>situation repeats. Thank you very much for your help.
>>>
>>>
>>>Dindo
>>
>> I'm sorry, but I can't tell from your reply what happened when you
>> tried the tests that I gave.
>>
>> Did your computers pass the first two tests? If not, ICS isn't set up
>> properly.
>>
>> If they passed the first two tests, can the clients ping
>> 216.239.39.99? If they can ping that address but can't ping
>> google.com, something's wrong with DNS resolution. In that case,
>> manually assign your ISP's DNS server on the clients.
>>
>> If your DSL connection uses PPPoE, the LAN connection doesn't get an
>> IP address from your ISP. In that case, assigning a static IP address
>> to the LAN connection is fine, but it has to be in a different subnet
>> than ICS uses. Good values include 192.168.1.1/255.255.255.0 and
>> 10.0.0.1/255.0.0.0.
>> --
>> Best Wishes,
>> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>>
>> Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
>> for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
>> addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
>>
>> Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
>


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