Re: Internet connection sharing problems(it don't work, I think I broke it)



In article <Ow#xgUNwFHA.3208@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Simon Willcox"
<willcox_simon@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>Please can someone help an idiot. Please forgive me if this is in the wrong
>>>forum, but I'm not sure where to go. I have 2 pc's that are networked
>>>like this;
>>>
>>>PC 1. Laptop with Ethernet card and USR access point. I have enabled ICS
>>>and it defaulted my IP address to 192.168.0.1, so I set the IP in the AP to
>>>192.168.0.2 with the subnet set to 255.255.255.0 and I then put in the
>>>gateway as 192.168.0.1(I have no idea if this is right or wrong, what should
>>>go here). I have an Intel Anypoint USB DSL modem on here as well.
>>>
>>>OK I hope you're still with me. On PC 2 I have a desktop with a PCI USR
>>>wireless LAN adaptor with an IP of 192.168.0.4. and I have run the network
>>>wizard on this machine. Oops, sorry, both machines are running XP Pro. Now
>>>the network bit is ok I can see both machines from both machines and can
>>>access the files. I am now on PC 1 and am connected to the internet and can
>>>surf. I go to PC 2 and can surf the network and files but when I open IE6,
>>>I get that horrible white page that tells you it don't work. I put the
>>>internet machine IP into PC 2 as the gateway? is this right?
>>>
>>>Any help in overcoming this would be grateful. I have been to
>>>http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/ics/ics_troubleshoot.htm#at%20all
>>>but it hasn't helped me. I think it is because I don't know what I am
>>>doing.
>>
>>If you configure the network settings manually on PC2, make all of
>>these settings. I suspect that the DNS Server setting isn't right:
>>
>> 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
>
>Steve/Chuck
>
>Thanks, I tried Steve's suggestion and it is all working now. I am typing
>from PC2.
>
>The only problem I now have is, I have Norton Internet Security 2005 and
>when the security is active I can surf the web on PC2 but I lose my network
>connect on the drives of PC1. As soon as I disable NIS then the network
>works again. Is this because I need to unblock a port. If so how do I find
>out which port to unblock. Will that then let me activate NIS on both
>machines?
>
>I do have ADSL but it is on a dial up connection not an always on, on an
>Intel usb modem
>
>Thanks for your help again.
>
>Simon Willcox

You're welcome, Simon.

To allow PC2 to the drives of PC1, configure Norton Internet Security
2005 to allow access on the local area network.
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