ICS & XP2

[pinky]

HI! I'm new to this forum, and first of all let me say hello to
everyone.
I've got a problem with SP2. I use a Lan at home, without hub ( I just
connect 2 pc with a lan cable). Before installing SP2 I could share
files between 2 pc and I could share my intenet connction without
problems (I used to download files, use program sharing, outlook
express etc etc etc all behind the lan without any problems). Now the
"gateway", which is really a normal pc which connects directly to the
net, has SP2, and I can't share my intenet connections anymore. The
other PC still has SP1.
I read on many forums, as well as on microsoft site, that users have
had problems with windows firewall, but none of the proprosed solutions
seems to apply to my problem, mabye because they're about problems with
programs and not with sharing internet connections.
I used the automatic XP lan setting, but this doesn't help either.

can you help me?
thanx, andrea (italy)

 

[Haggis]

HI! I'm new to this forum, and first of all let me say hello to
everyone.
I've got a problem with SP2. I use a Lan at home, without hub ( I just
connect 2 pc with a lan cable). Before installing SP2 I could share
files between 2 pc and I could share my intenet connction without
problems (I used to download files, use program sharing, outlook
express etc etc etc all behind the lan without any problems). Now the
"gateway", which is really a normal pc which connects directly to the
net, has SP2, and I can't share my intenet connections anymore. The
other PC still has SP1.
I read on many forums, as well as on microsoft site, that users have
had problems with windows firewall, but none of the proprosed solutions
seems to apply to my problem, mabye because they're about problems with
programs and not with sharing internet connections.
I used the automatic XP lan setting, but this doesn't help either.

can you help me?
thanx, andrea (italy)

maybe this could help...

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

HI! I'm new to this forum, and first of all let me say hello to
everyone.
I've got a problem with SP2. I use a Lan at home, without hub ( I just
connect 2 pc with a lan cable). Before installing SP2 I could share
files between 2 pc and I could share my intenet connction without
problems (I used to download files, use program sharing, outlook
express etc etc etc all behind the lan without any problems). Now the
"gateway", which is really a normal pc which connects directly to the
net, has SP2, and I can't share my intenet connections anymore. The
other PC still has SP1.
I read on many forums, as well as on microsoft site, that users have
had problems with windows firewall, but none of the proprosed solutions
seems to apply to my problem, mabye because they're about problems with
programs and not with sharing internet connections.
I used the automatic XP lan setting, but this doesn't help either.

can you help me?
thanx, andrea (italy)

Un-share and then re-share the Internet connection on the gateway
computer. Use the Network Setup Wizard to make the settings, since it
knows exactly how to configure the Windows Firewall.

Then, check these settings on both computers:

1. On the gateway, 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 other computer, 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 other
computer 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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