internet connection sharing cannot be enabled

[zipdapinhead]

I have posted this to a number of newsgroups regarding my inability to
enable Internet connection sharing. I have no hardware conflicts. I have
legal copies of the os on all of the computers (three) and it worked before
in XP home (until I was made to relocate our daughter's computer in a
different part of the room.
It is not working in XP Pro.

I have tried many times and many ways to get it to work and Microsoft has
been of no help at all.

If there is anyone out there that an be of help I will be eternally grateful
..

My configuration is as follows.

My host which is a dell Dimension2350 computer has two nics. One nic is
connected to the RCA cable modem. (It works) It is a 3Com
One NIC is a broadcom. That Network card (NIC) is connected to the HUB. It
is not a router. It is a hub!

I can access files on the other computers and they can do likewise! We can
share printers with no problems (except when someone forgets to put paper
into the printer)

I have tried to install ICS by using the Internet connection wizard with no
luck and have tried to enable internet connection sharing by the other
available Microsoft ways.

I keep getting error messages. Help

The client computer(with XP PRO) has two nics connected to the hub and the
other one (with 98) has 1 nic attached to the hub . These are wired
connections and they are all working, except I can not share my internet
connection

 

[Guest]

1 you dont list the errors,how can i help you

2 dumb to have ics and a hu

router is much more secur

get a router and forget the insecure ics.

 

[Steve Nielsen]

A couple of things come to mind...

If the hub is a "smart hub" or even actually an ethernet switch you may
need to power cycle it a time or two to force it to re-learn the NIC
addresses.

On the host PC verify the IP address is 192.168.0.1, netmask is
255.255.255.0 and no gateway address. (Start, Run, type in CMD and press
enter, then type in IPCONFIG and press enter)

From the 98 machine can you ping 192.168.0.1? What does WINIPCFG say
the 98's address is? You may need to temporarily force it to
192.168.0.xxx (xxx - any number between 2 and 254) netmask 255.255.255.0
and gateway 192.168.0.1 and reboot. Then see if it'll ping the gateway
(your ICS host). Set it back to automatic IP assignment, reboot and see
what happens.

Win98 has a bad habit of cacheing network addresses and not releasing
and renewing them even when you tell it to with WINIPCFG. Sometimes it
takes a few reboots.

Steve

 

[Grumpy Aero Guy]

dumb question... you sure you haven't accidentally snuck a cross-over cable
into the works somewhere?

As you're using a hub, you should using standard (straight thru) cables.

I've seen this type of thing wreak havoc.