Internet connection sharing problem?

[dan]

Hi,

I have just setup a connection between two computers both running Windows XP
Pro SP2. My computer is setup as the client and my younger brothers computer
connects to the internet through mine. Both computers have windows xp
firewall disabled and both have zonealarm installed. Both computers are
connection via cross-over cable. I agree a router is a much better option
but I will only buy one if I have to!

I thought I setup the connection successfully. He can see the connected
internet gateway in his network connections and he can view my shared
folders (network places) He can also use other internet applications such as
file-sharing apps and msn. My problem is internet explorer and opera and
firefox will work for like 5 minutes then each time I type a web address in
I will get a timeout error. The problem will go away once rebooting his pc
but then after 5 or so internet pages time out. Does anybody else have this
problem?
I had the problem once before when I setup a connection from my laptop to my
computer and solved it but I forgot how I done it. Please help, he is going
mad lol.

Dan

 

[Richard Goh]

Do you have the Free version of ZoneAlarm? It does not support Internet
Connection Sharing.

 

[contrex]

Do you have the Free version of ZoneAlarm? It does not support Internet

Connection Sharing.

It's a official statement from zonelabs but it's not really true. I
use the free-version and I'm able to share my internet connection.
You just have to enable first the 15-days trial pro-version. Then you
enable internet sharing and then you can re-install the free-version.
Even if the free-version has no settings about internet sharing, the
previous settings of the pro-version were saved and they are reused in
the free-version. Incredible, but true