i don't want to share!

[Xanophile]

How can I rid myself, and my network, of sharing internet resources? As
far as I know, I have ics turned off on all my computers, but when
another computer is in use online, mine is slow as all hell. This is
VERY frustrating, as I depend on this pc for my business, and
researching topics online is at least 75% of that. But I also need the
network. Which is also buggered up since I can access their files, but
nobody can see mine.

The computers are networked through a router (dlink 704p) and are set up
to connect directly to the internet, NOT through a host or anything
else. I use a network without a domain. Under the properties for each
network connection, there are no options for ICS, and the firewalls are
disabled. Because of the kinds of program I need to run
(communications, etc) I'm DMZ'd and running Zonealarm Pro, which is also
exactly the same as it's always been

This is actually a fairly new problem. For 3 years prior to moving my
office downstairs, we never had connectivity problems because of network
resources. Of any kinds whatsoever. Everything always worked just as I
wanted it to. Now it even takes an eternity to log onto msn or icq if
another pc is in heavy use. The setup is exactly the same as it always
was, just relocated. The only difference is two new computers have
joined the network. Neither of which are set up for ICS

I've scanned for every trojan/virus/backdoor/hack I can possibly scan
for, and come up clean on every count.

How can I blow this ICS bastard to back to hell where it belongs? Could
it be something so simple I haven't even thought of it? Any ideas would
be welcome.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

How can I rid myself, and my network, of sharing internet resources?
As far as I know, I have ics turned off on all my computers, but when
another computer is in use online, mine is slow as all hell. This is
VERY frustrating, as I depend on this pc for my business, and
researching topics online is at least 75% of that. But I also need
the network. Which is also buggered up since I can access their
files, but nobody can see mine.

The computers are networked through a router (dlink 704p) and are set
up to connect directly to the internet, NOT through a host or anything
else. I use a network without a domain. Under the properties for
each network connection, there are no options for ICS, and the
firewalls are disabled. Because of the kinds of program I need to run
(communications, etc) I'm DMZ'd and running Zonealarm Pro, which is
also exactly the same as it's always been

This is actually a fairly new problem. For 3 years prior to moving
my office downstairs, we never had connectivity problems because of
network resources. Of any kinds whatsoever. Everything always
worked just as I wanted it to. Now it even takes an eternity to log
onto msn or icq if another pc is in heavy use.

Not sure if that means anything other than that your internet connection is
getting bombarded with traffic....or you have cabling problems?

The setup is exactly
the same as it always was, just relocated. The only difference is
two new computers have joined the network. Neither of which are set
up for ICS

I've scanned for every trojan/virus/backdoor/hack I can possibly scan
for, and come up clean on every count.

How can I blow this ICS bastard to back to hell where it belongs?
Could it be something so simple I haven't even thought of it? Any
ideas would be welcome.

Not sure why you think ICS is enabled.....what do the TCP/IP settings on
each computer have? What's doing DHCP - your router, I imagine? ipconfig
/all will tell you the DHCP server that was used....I'd guess that if you
were all working fine upstairs, and now aren't, there's a
hardware/cabling/switch/hub problem somewhere.

 

[Xanophile]

After fighting with the monster known as ICS for a few hours I decided
it just wasn't worth putting that much effort into. Backed up,
reformatted and everything's fine now. I was certain to make sure the
gateway discovery client was *NOT* installed, as that's what screwed
everything up to begin with when I introduced the new pc's.

Everything's back to how it should be, now.