ICS problem w/ AOL

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Doo-dah

I've been trying to sort out Internet Connection Sharing between my kids
PC and mine. I'm on AOL which I understand can be a problem with ICS.
I use XP, Pro, the other machine uses Win Me.

The setup is a USB modem into my PC, then a straight cable from my PC
network port into a router. The other PC has a straight cable from the
NIC port into another port on the router, effectively using as a hub (I
think).

I have had ICS running OK with a cross-over cable using 98se and a
different ISP, but have not tried to connect in this way before, ie
using the router.

I can get the network running fine, but cannot connect to the Internet
from the other PC at all.

Also when I try to run ipconfig or ping on my machine, I get a message
saying that they are not recognised as a valid command or batch file.
Something's (or a number of things) obviously wrong.

Anyone any ideas?
 
Something seems amiss here. First, if you're truly using a router (e.g.,
D-Link, Linksys, Netgear), a "hardware device", the typical configuration is
to patch the cable/dsl modem to the router via it's WAN port, then patch
each client's network adapter to the router's LAN ports. At this point, ICS
is completely irrelevant, that's what you have the router for! You only
use/need ICS when you do NOT have a hardware router (in effect, ICS allows
you to convert one of your PC's into a router).

So before going much further, you either need to cleanup your configuration,
or else correct my understanding of it. Until that's done, going much
further is pointless. Again, installation of a hardware router makes ICS
unnecessary, and EVERYONE (including YOU) should be patched to the router
over LAN ports. The router is patched to cable/dsl modem and now takes
responsibility for managing that connection.

The only other possibility is you don't have a router, but a simple switch.
In this case, your current config (as explained) actually would make sense,
you would need to continue making your PC an ICS host.

HTH

Jim
 
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