Re: My ICS connection - still from hell.

In article <Oy7VUVnoGHA.3936@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Zilva"
<zz@xxxxxx> wrote:
I've made a post about this problem a few weeks ago but
after having followed advice, I'm still no better off.
Hopefully I can eleborate on the problem.

I have 2 computers:
HUMUNGOUS with WinXP Pro SP2 with adsl connection.
FRED with WinXP Home SP2 connected to HUMUNGOUS via a
crossover cable.

Local Area Connection Status on both machines shows activity
between them.
I've run the WinXP Home Office setup on both systems.
I'm using static IP addresses of 192.168.0.1 (HUMUNGOUS) &
192.168.0.2 (FRED).
Subnet mask is 255.255.255.0
There is no default gateway on HUMUNGOUS.
Default gateway on FRED is 192.168.0.1
Preferred DNS server is 192.168.0.1 (HUMUNGOUS) & the
Alternate DNS server is 10.1.1.1 (my ISPs DNS server).
Network name is MSHOME
I have Zonealarm running however the problem isn't resolved
by stopping it.

AFAIK, the 2 machines should be networking together, however
I cannot establish network shareing from either computer or
internet access from the 2nd computer.

From FRED I can only see MSHOME but not any shared folders.
From HUMUNGOUS I can see it's own shared folders, but
there's no sign of FRED.

What am I missing?

I assume that you've enabled Internet Connection Sharing on
HUMUNGOUS's Internet connection. Configuring FRED with an IP address,
default gateway, and DNS server isn't enough.

I think that the free version of ZoneAlarm is incompatible with ICS.
If ZoneAlarm is causing problems, just stopping it isn't enough. You
have to un-install ZoneAlarm, then go to Start | Run | Msconfig and
disable any remnants that it leaves behind on the Startup and Services
tabs. Enable the Windows Firewall on HUMUNGOUS before un-installing
ZoneAlarm.
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Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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