Re: ICS not working

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In article <8F0575CD-623D-4167-A14E-C0545B061612@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Degerrin" <Degerrin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>HI,
>I have a problem accessing the Internet from an ICS client:
>
>I have 2 WinXP computers connected through LAN (file sharing, IP and pinging
>each other works fine).
>I configured the internet host (Win XP SP1) to allow ICS, and configured the
>firewall (Sygate personal firewall) to allow access.
>
>The problem is the ICS client computer's (Win XP SP2) browser cannot connect
>to the internet through the browser. Pinging an external site's domain or IP
>results in "Destination host unreachable". This also happens when if I turn
>of the firewall.
>
>(P.S. I cleared the "LAN settings" checkboxes under IE's "Internet Options")
>
>Would appreciate any idea and assistance.
>
>Degerrin.

These tests should help 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 the 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

3. If #1 and #2 are right, open a command prompt window on the 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
the client. They should both take you to the Google web page:

http://216.239.39.99
http://google.com
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