Internet connection sharing (Ad-Hoc networks)

[Riyad]

Hi,

I'm trying to share a DSL internet connection between my
two computers, using an ad-hoc wireless network (both
computers are running XP pro.). I've got the IP
addresses and subnet masks set up so I can file and
printer share with no problem, and everything else but
ICS works. My Internet connection is set up for sharing
on the computer hooked up to the internet, but when I try
to access the Internet on the other computer it can't
find the server. I've disabled ICF on every network
connection except for the internet connection. The
networking wizard is useless, as it expects the IP adress
and subnet mask setting to be given automatically. I've
set the IP address and Subnet Mask directly, and cleared
all the internet connections and check boxes in the LAN
settings box for the Internet properties. Is there
something else I have to do before I can use ICS? Does
anyone have the URL of a web page that explains how to
manually configure ICS?

Please help me,

Riyad

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

Hi,

I'm trying to share a DSL internet connection between my
two computers, using an ad-hoc wireless network (both
computers are running XP pro.). I've got the IP
addresses and subnet masks set up so I can file and
printer share with no problem, and everything else but
ICS works. My Internet connection is set up for sharing
on the computer hooked up to the internet, but when I try
to access the Internet on the other computer it can't
find the server. I've disabled ICF on every network
connection except for the internet connection. The
networking wizard is useless, as it expects the IP adress
and subnet mask setting to be given automatically. I've
set the IP address and Subnet Mask directly, and cleared
all the internet connections and check boxes in the LAN
settings box for the Internet properties. Is there
something else I have to do before I can use ICS? Does
anyone have the URL of a web page that explains how to
manually configure ICS?

Please help me,

Riyad

Don't configure the TCP/IP settings manually on the host computer's
wireless network connection -- use the settings that ICS makes. To
make sure that they're OK, disable and re-enable ICS on the DSL
connection: right click the DSL connection and click Properties |
Advanced.

If you configure the client computer's TCP/IP settings manually, use
these values:

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 or your ISP's DNS server
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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