Re: Can XP Pro act as a router (no ICS)

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ivan.svaljek@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

>My net:
>
>DSL router 192.168.1.1
>
>WinXP 192.168.1.10 gateway 192.168.1.1
> 192.168.0.1
>
>WinME IP 192.168.0.10 gateway 192.168.0.1
>
>
>Is there a way to make XP route the traffic that comes from WinME to
>the DSL router.
>I can ping 192.168.1.10(WinXP) from 192.168.0.10(WinME), but I can't
>ping the router(192.168.1.1).
>I've enabled 'Routing and Remote Access' service, and 'IPEnableRouter'
>registry key.
>
>

Why do you want to have the two computers on different subnets
(192.168.0.nnn and 192.168.1.nnn)?

DSL routers are intended to work with the computers on the same subnet
and there may be some alternative method of achieving the end results
that you want to have.

Good luck


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--
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