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| Thread ID: 59501 | 2005-07-04 07:08:00 | Wireless and Internet Sharing | chris_nz (7123) | Press F1 |
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| 369257 | 2005-07-04 07:08:00 | My host is a Win2000 computer which accesses the Internet through a ADSL modem. My client is a XP laptop with a wireless PCMCIA card. The network works fine .. from each machine I can see the other. ICS sharing *was* fine too. Nice to surf the Internet from a comfy chair and the laptop. I upgraded the laptop to SP2, and Internet sharing was still fine. Then I did a Windows Update on the Win2000 host. Bang goes the sharing. (The network still works). Ipconfig (from a command prompt) mutters about DHCP server but that exceeds my limit. Any help would be appreciated, Chris |
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| 369258 | 2005-07-04 12:43:00 | Both can see each other? From the Win2K client, try this: Click Start --> Run --> cmd Now, type: ping 210.48.100.25 ping pressf1.co.nz Post the results Chill. |
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| 369259 | 2005-07-04 23:14:00 | Thanks for the suggestion chilling silence The first ping 210.48.100.25 timed out The second ping pressf1.co.nz was successful (I thought it would be the other way round) Thanks again Chris |
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| 369260 | 2005-07-05 00:10:00 | 10 minutes later .. Hang on! Pressf1.co.nz should be 210.48.100.45 NOT 210.48.100.25 right? I tried ping 210.48.100.45 and that was successful (from the host Win2000 computer) |
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| 369261 | 2005-07-05 00:19:00 | Back again ... the laptop (which has been the problem) said 'host unreachable' for ping 210.48.100.45 It sai 'could not find host pressf1.co.nz for ping pressf1.co.nz |
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| 369262 | 2005-07-05 05:15:00 | Solved! FYI I followed these steps (from some nameless site.) ..................................... How do I get internet connection sharing working over a network? 1. Here's an easy way. Go to the computer which will be connecting to the internet. Win9x: Go to add/remove programs in control panel, windows setup, and install internet connection sharing from the network section. WinXP: Go to control panel, network connections, right click the internet connection, and click properties. Go to advanced, and enable internet connection sharing. 2. Make sure the network is setup with TCP/IP. Still on the host PC. Win9x Win2000: Go to control panel, network, properties of the network's TCP/IP (should have the name of your network card next to it) WinXP: Go to control panel, network connections, properties of the LAN connection. Make sure the IP number is set to 192.168.0.1, and the subnet mask is 255.255.255.0 3. Go to the same TCP/IP section as above with the other computers on the network. Set the IP addresses to something different each time (192.168.0.[something else]), but the subnet mask is always 255.255.255.0 Then, staying in the TCP/IP properties, set the default gateway and DNS server to the IP of the HOST computer (make sure you click add in Win9x to add the IP to the list). Do not do this step with the HOST computer. 4. Connect to the net. Make sure Internet Explorer is set to automatically detect settings (Go to tools, internet options, connections, LAN settings). 5. Leach away! Same sort of thing with ADSL (provided it's not plugged directly into a hub), and make sure you set these options in the LAN network card settings, not the card the ADSL modem plugs into! ................................ Now my question is WHY does this work and WHAT HAPPENED when it didn't work. Thanks for everyone's help... Chris |
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