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| Thread ID: 29137 | 2003-01-11 01:59:00 | Networking | Susan B (19) | Press F1 |
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| 112861 | 2003-01-11 01:59:00 | OK, you all knew I was looking forward to this.... :p Have set up my network between a Win XP Home and a Win 98 computer and got them sharing files, pinging each other, etc etc, but try as I might I cannot get the Win 98 PC to browse the internet. The Win XP is the Host and browses the web no problem but when I open IE on the Win 98 client and point it to Google (for example) it will try for a few moments, show the web address down in the status bar then give up and produce the Page Not Found error with Done in the status bar. Any other attempts produce an immediate refusal to even try to go anywhere. Makes no difference whether firewall is on or off on either machine but I have left it off mostly whilst experimenting. Ran the XP Network Wizard on both machines to begin with but when the internet couldn't be browsed I then followed the PF1 Network FAQ to change the IP addresses to static addresses, etc. Nothing has made the slightest bit of difference. Does anyone have any bright ideas to solve this problem? Goes off to find something very strong to drink |
Susan B (19) |
| 112862 | 2003-01-11 02:03:00 | Could this be because it is XP Home. There are limitations on its networking, I believe. | Graham L (2) |
| 112863 | 2003-01-11 02:15:00 | Hey If you can get the machines to ping eachother, then you could try a proxy server instead of ICS, as ICS has been known to have it's limits and limitations (from the networking experiences of yours truely). ProxyPlus (http://www.proxyplus.cz) is a pretty good Proxy to use (and it's free!), however it can take some time to sort out how to enable Socks5 for use with MSN Messenger and maybe ICQ. However this is all countervened by the fact you can get it to run as a service on XP! If you plan on using proxy plus post back and I'll help you out with sorting some of it out CyberChuck |
cyberchuck (173) |
| 112864 | 2003-01-11 02:46:00 | Have you set the 'Gateway' IP address on the win98 mach to the IP of the XP machine? You may also need to set a DNS IP on the Win98 to the XP's IP. | wuppo (41) |
| 112865 | 2003-01-11 03:08:00 | cyberchuck: If I have to I will investigate ProxyPlus but only as a last resort - I'd rather try and sort this out first if I can. Will let you know either way. :-) wuppo: Yes, I have tried those settings with no results -- makes no difference. |
Susan B (19) |
| 112866 | 2003-01-11 03:38:00 | What are the settings in IE6 on the W98 machine? (in Connections) ICS may in fact be working, but IE on that machine is just not looking where it should? |
godfather (25) |
| 112867 | 2003-01-11 04:29:00 | godfather: I was wondering about the settings you are referring to (it's IE 5 . 5 on that machine btw, not IE 6) but I'm not sure what I should be looking for . There are two dial-up accounts with one of them the default and I had the "Never dial a connection" setting enabled but changed it to "Dial whenever a network connection is not present" with still no luck in browsing the web . I also went into the LAN settings and enabled the Automatically Detect Settings option - no change there either . What else should I be looking at in there? Should those dial-up accounts be removed altogether?? :O |
Susan B (19) |
| 112868 | 2003-01-11 04:39:00 | I can't say, its a while since I had 2 running on dial-up. What I do remember was that it worked, but the connection wouldnt hang up when the remote machine had completed, so I scrapped it. Just to recap, why don't you post all your IP addresses here (XP PC, 98 PC, Gateway.) Should be 3 IP addresses? as I remember |
godfather (25) |