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| 120890 | 2003-02-13 09:31:00 | Ouchie, I would try unticking the "Specify IP Address" on your Client PC and letting DHCP assign it (Dynamic Host ConfigurationProtocol I believe, it gives it a unique IP each time its turned on) Just make sure that the Gateway is turned on first, then turn on the Client PC! |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 120891 | 2003-02-13 09:42:00 | Unticked. Rebooted. No change!! I wonder if at some stage I changed something I shouldn't have and forgot about it. Is there some way I take it all back to default settings and start fresh? |
Bobble (3142) | ||
| 120892 | 2003-02-13 10:08:00 | check out this site here (www.practicallynetworked.com)] one other thing. how good is your net connection? i find with poorer net connection it pays to set the mtu to 576 for both the modem and lan (and tweak the rwin) however make sure they are reset back to default before setting up ICS. as standard windows uses 576 for modem and 1500 for lan, however sometimes it gets a tad screwy with ICS installed. |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 120893 | 2003-02-13 10:15:00 | tweak! Its about time I recognised a name from way back (I used to visit here lots before there were log-ins and passwords and... you know, back in the olden days :P ) I've seen that site already and as far as I can tell I'm doing everything right! My net connection is great, pretty speedy, pretty reliable. and from that point on you've lost me. Whats mtu? rwin? |
Bobble (3142) | ||
| 120894 | 2003-02-13 11:22:00 | have a look at this (speedguide.net) little tool. nice to see a few more of the 'oldies' :) |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 120895 | 2003-02-14 03:47:00 | Suggest search the forum for ICS, or spell in full, or try support.microsoft.com /a> |
smeemike (3163) | ||
| 120896 | 2003-02-14 05:02:00 | On the gateway machine, turn off ICS and ping the address 127.0.0.1. You should get very low ping times, like >10ms. Try this again with ICS turned on. What results did you get? Try the ping 127.0.0.1 test on the client too, with and without ICS turned on. In both cases it should work, and with very low times. This address is an address internal to your PC that tests correct hardware and software setup. If you get no result for one or both of the tests, try uninstalling the ICS software, and uninstall the TCP/IP protocol and then the network card from the device manager (in this order). Shut down the computer and remove the network card, restart a few times and shut down again. put the network card back in again and restart. Install the drivers again (if you need to) and restart. Now you can set up the LAN again, with the IP addresses - and stick to static IP, as I am pretty sure winME doesn't like assigning addresses to other PC's. If you can access the shared files and stuff, try reinstalling the ICS software again. This time it should work - and if not you may need to use a proxy server instead, but this can be explained later if none of this works. Another wee question, is the win98 PC capable of being the host PC (gateway)? I have had far more luck using win98 as an internet gateway then winME, so you may want to try this... Craig. |
craig_b (2740) | ||
| 120897 | 2003-02-14 06:15:00 | Pinging in all situations came back at 0ms Here's where we stumble upon something I mentioned earlier tho, ICS is just not showing up on the client. I've installed from the windows cd at least a million times now (yeah ok slight exaggeration) and each time nothing comes up. No tool bar icon like I have on this machine, no settings when I go to network properties. Surely this has to have something (if not everything) to do with it? (or is that just a difference between win98 and ME?) Although I must add that If I search for ICS on the hard drive it comes up with ics log files etc just as it does on winME computer. I guess it's in there somewhere. When I go to reinstall ICS, it's not even ticked under installed components. This is odd is it not!? I'm seriously considering reformatting both beasts and starting fresh! I guess there's no reason why the win98 'puter can't be the host, it has a modem and an ISP connection and all working bits n bobs... it's just old & slow, and is only used once a week or so, so naturally isn't my first choice as host. |
Bobble (3142) | ||
| 120898 | 2003-02-14 06:35:00 | Fair enough about not using it as the host then . Ok, did you read the page from MS's site posted above, that has some info about setting up ICS - there is something there about only installing ICS on the gateway but i am not too sure . I run a similar system but with xp on the gateway, and have no trouble at all with ICS . Here are some things to check - I know they are in XP, but may not be in ME, but have a look anyway . Do you have these options under the internet settings - go to dial up networking, and right click the internet connection (disconnect from net first)? On XP it is under the advanced tab on the network connection dialog (could be there under a different name) . - Allow other network users to connect to the internet through this connection - Connect whenever another user requests information from the internet - Allow other users to control or disable this connection You will want to have the first and last options selected, but only use the second if you have an automatic disconnect after so many minutes set . Check that these options are set and redial . Reset the client PC and see what happens . Also, what version of IE do you have on the client, as ICS needs at least IE 5, if not 5 . 5 so make sure you have that . Craig . |
craig_b (2740) | ||
| 120899 | 2003-02-14 06:57:00 | That link above wouldn't work for me! I tried a few variations of it and still got nothing. I have had a peek at various pages on the MS site though, and now now for sure that ICS should be showing in my network properties, (well yeah I suspected as much!) but it still isn't. I suspect I'd need to sort this out before anything else will work. I have no idea HOW to sort that out tho. I'm not used to installing something and having the computer instantly lose it! I can't think why it'd be saying it's installed, asking for a reboot, then disappearing again. Any ideas? None of the 3 options you mentioned are in the internet settings on either of those computers, must just be an XP thing! Client has IE 5 and host has IE 5.5 |
Bobble (3142) | ||
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