Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) problem with XP SP2 (simple solution?)

[Mister Tomato]

I'm sure the answer is here, but there are thousands of ICS messages
to sort through. Summary: I have two PCs connected by ethernet, and
one PC, main, connected to the internet by USB cable modem. Everything
works fine, except the second PC can't access the internet! Any help
finding a quick answer?

Win XP/SP2 on both PCs, via the wizard, internet sharing is enabled on
PC1, and the laptop.

The laptop that is connected to my desktop via NICs using a crossover
cable. This works fine, I can read and write files between PCs from
either direction. For purposes of networking between PCs, I'm a happy
camper! Any help finding a quick answer why PC2 can't access the
internet? Buying more hardware is not an option. First is the
laptop's ipconfig, then the desktop's. TIA!

Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : loptap
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x
Family Fast Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-90-F5-0D-38-06
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1



C:\WINDOWS>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : desktop
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : voliacable.com

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810X
Family PCI Fast
Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0F-EA-21-4D-56
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : voliacable.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Terayon Cable Modem (NDIS 5)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-E0-6F-AF-07-EF
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 85.202.142.126
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.248.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 85.202.136.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 82.144.192.43
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 82.144.192.40
82.144.192.50
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, June 10, 2005 10:37:00 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, June 10, 2005 12:37:00 PM

C:\WINDOWS>

 

[David Candy]

You can only have ICS enabled on one computer, the one that connects to the internet.

 

[Mister Tomato]

Thank you for the quick reply! I made mistake in my previous post.
ICS is on only the main PC.

 

[Guest]

Don't know if it will help you, but i had a similar problem with ICS.
Informations on M$ web site says that both computers workgroup name must be
set to MSHOME.NET, and after that, the Internet Connection Wizard will setup
the remaining parameters (on the second PC, not the one connected to the
modem)

Take a look at M$ knowlegde base, it has been very useful for me, maybe it
can be for you !

"Mister Tomato" a écrit :

 

[Mister Tomato]

Changing MSHOME to MSHOME.NET shouldn't make any difference, but I
tried anyway. Elsewhere, I did make a little progress. If I enter the
actual IP numbers for a site on my client/laptop PC, not the
www.whateversite.com name, it works great! That is, it looks like the
DNS is not resolving www.whateversite.com into it's 999.999.999.999
IP numeric address. Is there a setting I should alter so that my
client PC uses the correct DNS?

Hey!!! SUCCESS!!! I manually entered the DNS numbers in my client, it
works great! Thanks for all the help, it kept me on the correct
path!! )

 

[Mister Tomato]

I did make a little progress. If I enter the actual IP numbers for a
site on my client/laptop PC, not the www.whateversite.com name, it
works great! That is, it looks like the DNS is not resolving
www.whateversite.com into it's 999.999.999.999 IP numeric address. Is
there a setting I should alter so that my client PC uses the correct
DNS?
---later---
Hey!!! SUCCESS!!! I manually entered the DNS numbers in my client from
the host I found by ipconfig/all, it works great! Thanks for all the
help, it kept me on the correct path!! )