ICS setup twist

[Remush via WindowsKB.com]

I've got ICS working on my 2 computers at home, one is xp pro sp2, the other
is xp home sp2. The pro machine is the ics host with a dial up internet
connection. The xp home machine is the client. I've set the tcp/ip settings
on the client machine to "optain ip address automatically" and this works
fine. Heres the twist I found a tutorial for setting up ICS on the microsoft
website that stats that you can set the client machine's ip address to a
static number as long as its in the range off 192.168.0.2 - 192.168.0.254

But if I set a static ip address within the specified range to the client
computer, then it can no longer connect to the internet. So I was wondering
if there is another setting I'm missing ?

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

I've got ICS working on my 2 computers at home, one is xp pro sp2, the other
is xp home sp2. The pro machine is the ics host with a dial up internet
connection. The xp home machine is the client. I've set the tcp/ip settings
on the client machine to "optain ip address automatically" and this works
fine. Heres the twist I found a tutorial for setting up ICS on the microsoft
website that stats that you can set the client machine's ip address to a
static number as long as its in the range off 192.168.0.2 - 192.168.0.254

But if I set a static ip address within the specified range to the client
computer, then it can no longer connect to the internet. So I was wondering
if there is another setting I'm missing ?

Make all of these settings on the client:

IP Address: 192.168.0.2 - 192.168.0.254
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.0.1
DNS Server = 192.168.0.1 or your ISP's DNS server
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[Guest]

Why do you have to bother with these settings? I originally set my ICS client
to get it's IP address automatically and it worked fine, as far as I could
tell.

What's the advantage of these settings? Can anyone tell me?

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

Why do you have to bother with these settings? I originally set my ICS client
to get it's IP address automatically and it worked fine, as far as I could
tell.

What's the advantage of these settings? Can anyone tell me?

In most cases, both static and dynamic (automatic, DHCP) are fine and
work just the same for Internet access.

One exception: If you run a server (e.g. FTP, E-mail, HTTP, game) on a
client computer, you probably need to assign the client a static IP
address to configure port forwarding on the host computer.
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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[Remush via WindowsKB.com]

I've got ICS working on my 2 computers at home, one is xp pro sp2, the other
is xp home sp2. The pro machine is the ics host with a dial up internet

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computer, then it can no longer connect to the internet. So I was wondering
if there is another setting I'm missing ?

Make all of these settings on the client:

IP Address: 192.168.0.2 - 192.168.0.254
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.0.1
DNS Server = 192.168.0.1 or your ISP's DNS server

That was it !!! setting the DNS Server to the ip address off the host / 192.
168.0.1 allowed me to set a static ip to the client machine. Thanks for your
input Steve Winograd.

Kind Regards,
Remush

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

That was it !!! setting the DNS Server to the ip address off the host / 192.
168.0.1 allowed me to set a static ip to the client machine. Thanks for your
input Steve Winograd.

Kind Regards,
Remush

You're welcome, Remush! I'm glad that my suggestion helped you solve
the problem. Thanks for reporting the result.
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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