Home network & sharing an internet connection

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Up until last week I was able to connect to the internet from either one of two computers at home. They are networked together using a Cat5 cross-over cable and set up on a Microsoft Home Network (as supplied with Windows XP).
I am having trouble sorting a problem sharing one internet connection between two computers. I have set up a microsoft home network and can ping the promary machine from the secondary, I can share files and print from one to the other but I cannot access the internet from the secondaryh machine. I have tried assigning IP addresses to the secondary machine and letting the system assign them all to no avail. Both machines are running Windows XP, however I do not have a Windows XP disk to re-install Windows on the secondary machine. Does any body have any suggestions.

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

Up until last week I was able to connect to the internet from either one of two computers at home. They are networked together using a Cat5 cross-over cable and set up on a Microsoft Home Network (as supplied with Windows XP).
I am having trouble sorting a problem sharing one internet connection between two computers. I have set up a microsoft home network and can ping the promary machine from the secondary, I can share files and print from one to the other but I cannot access the internet from the secondaryh machine. I have tried assigning IP addresses to the secondary machine and letting the system assign them all to no avail. Both machines are running Windows XP, however I do not have a Windows XP disk to re-install Windows on the secondary machine. Does any body have any suggestions.

These tests should help you find the problem:

1. On the primary machine, right click the local area network
connection and click Status | Support | Details. It should show:

IP Address: 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: none
DNS Server = none

2. On the secondary machine, right click the local area network
connection and click Status | Support | Details. It should show:

IP Address: 192.168.0.x (1<x<255)
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.0.1
DNS Server = 192.168.0.1

3. If #1 and #2 are right, open a command prompt window on the
secondary machine and enter these lines. Each one should get four
replies:

ping 192.168.0.1
ping 216.239.39.99
ping google.com

4. If #1-#3 are right, enter these addresses in Internet Explorer.
They should both take you to the Google web page:

http://216.239.39.99
http://google.com
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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