ICS and "old" Broadband Connection setting

[Guest]

I have networked my laptop and desktop (both with XP SP2) and can
successfully see shared folders from either machine. However, although I have
gone through the steps in KB306126 to set up ICS on the desktop (step 1) and
on the laptop clent (step 2), I am having no success with step 3 - setting up
a "broadband connection" on the laptop. Consequently, I am unable to connect
the laptop to the internet via the network. I have deleted an old broadband
connection from the laptop in network connections and in the IE6
Tools/Options/Connections tab. However, when I try to set up an internet
connection in IE6 with the New Connection Wizard as per step 3, when I try to
create a broadband connection I get the message "Your broadband connection
should already be configured....". I have tried the suggested remedy of
running Repair on the Network Connection but that makes no difference.

Please can anyone advise how I can remove the rogue "broadband connection"
so that i can get ICS up and running?

 

[Guest]

If the Desktop has been set up to share the Internet Connection, then you do
not set up a connection on the laptop as well.

The Laptop should be setup to access the internet via LAN.

Now all this is made simple for you if you run the Network Setup Wizard:
first on the Desktop and then following the prompts, do the laptop.

 

[John R Weiss]

I have networked my laptop and desktop (both with XP SP2) and can
successfully see shared folders from either machine. However, although I have
gone through the steps in KB306126 to set up ICS on the desktop (step 1) and
on the laptop clent (step 2), I am having no success with step 3 - setting up
a "broadband connection" on the laptop. Consequently, I am unable to connect
the laptop to the internet via the network. I have deleted an old broadband
connection from the laptop in network connections and in the IE6
Tools/Options/Connections tab. However, when I try to set up an internet
connection in IE6 with the New Connection Wizard as per step 3, when I try to
create a broadband connection I get the message "Your broadband connection
should already be configured....". I have tried the suggested remedy of
running Repair on the Network Connection but that makes no difference.

Please can anyone advise how I can remove the rogue "broadband connection"
so that i can get ICS up and running?

Windows ICS is a band-aid at best. Your best bet is to get a DSL/cable router,
plug your modem into that, plug your computers into the router (setting up a
proper LAN), and dispense with ICS.

 

[Guest]

I used the wizard on both machines which gave me the ability to share
documents. Although the wizard finished successfully on both machines, I was
unable to get ICS to work. That was why I then tried the manual steps
outlined in KB306126 and hit the blocker as previously described.

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

I have networked my laptop and desktop (both with XP SP2) and can
successfully see shared folders from either machine. However, although I have
gone through the steps in KB306126 to set up ICS on the desktop (step 1) and
on the laptop clent (step 2), I am having no success with step 3 - setting up
a "broadband connection" on the laptop. Consequently, I am unable to connect
the laptop to the internet via the network. I have deleted an old broadband
connection from the laptop in network connections and in the IE6
Tools/Options/Connections tab. However, when I try to set up an internet
connection in IE6 with the New Connection Wizard as per step 3, when I try to
create a broadband connection I get the message "Your broadband connection
should already be configured....". I have tried the suggested remedy of
running Repair on the Network Connection but that makes no difference.

Please can anyone advise how I can remove the rogue "broadband connection"
so that i can get ICS up and running?

That KB article has both correct and incorrect information about
setting up an ICS client computer.

The section under the heading "On the client computer", which contains
9 steps, is correct.

The next section, which contains 11 steps and refers to a broadband
connection, is incorrect.

If that doesn't get everything to work, these tips should help find
the problem:

1. On the host computer, 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 client 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 client
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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