Internet Sharing in a network

[Ewen]

I'm pretty new to this stuff but here goes...

I networked two computers together in my flat, one with a
broadband internet connection which i made the host, and
the other which i made a client and just plugged straight
in using ethernet cards. I set it up using the networking
wizard and everything was fine until today when the
internet conecction on the client computer stopped
working and just dissapeared! Following the help and
support on XP i pinged each computer which worked ok and
we can still share files. Apparently network is "enabled"
but i still can't get on net with the client. Hopefully
someone has some advice?

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

I'm pretty new to this stuff but here goes...

I networked two computers together in my flat, one with a
broadband internet connection which i made the host, and
the other which i made a client and just plugged straight
in using ethernet cards. I set it up using the networking
wizard and everything was fine until today when the
internet conecction on the client computer stopped
working and just dissapeared! Following the help and
support on XP i pinged each computer which worked ok and
we can still share files. Apparently network is "enabled"
but i still can't get on net with the client. Hopefully
someone has some advice?

Reboot the host computer and then reboot the client. That might get
everything to work again.

If not, these tests will help find the problem:

1. On the ICS host computer, right click the local area network
connection and click Status | Support | Details. It should show:

IP Address: 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: none
DNS Server = none

2. On the ICS client computer, right click the local area network
connection and click Status | Support | Details. It should show:

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

3. If #1 and #2 are right, open a command prompt window on the client
and enter these lines. Each one should get four replies:

ping 192.168.0.1
ping 66.102.7.99
ping www.google.com

4. If #1-#3 are right, enter these addresses in Internet Explorer on
the client. They should both take you to the Google web page:

http://66.102.7.99
http://www.google.com
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Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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