networking problems

[Ookie Wonderslug]

Ok. I have two XP machines connected by a network crossover cable. On
my machine I have a cable modem attached by a USB. I can surf the web
no problem and see the files on the other computer just fine. The
other computer can see my files just fine, but cannot surf the web.

I run the network wizard and it says everything should be fine. But
it's not. An odd thing I have noticed is that whenever I run the
network wizard is "suggests" that the other computer is the one
conected to the internet. But it's not and never has been.

I am using ZoneAlarm Pro instead of windows firewall. Could that be
the problem? My kid is driving me nuts with this and I just don't know
what to do. I have set the properties of the connections to "Allow
this computer to share it's internet connection" and all that. It
assigns the IP's automatically. I can ping the other computer just
fine. Just no internet on the networked pc.

Any ideas?

 

[Kurt]

You need to enable ICS on the Internet connected computer.

...kurt

 

[Ookie Wonderslug]

You need to enable ICS on the Internet connected computer.

..kurt

It is enabled.

 

[Kurt]

First of all, Always disable firewalls when trying something new. I haven't
had a problem with Zone Alarm and ICS, but eliminating as many things that
could be the problem, leaves you with fewer things to check. For ICS
(whether you set it up manually or not), the computer sharing the Internet
connection
by default is assigned the IP address 192.168.0.1 for the LAN (crossover
cable interface). This means the connection for the cable modem has to be on
some other network. If they're the same you have to change one or the other.
Assuming that's ok, your computer should be handing out DHCP addresses on
that network, which means the the other computer should work if it is
configured to get it's IP address and DNS settings automatically. If you go
to the command line and type "ipconfig", you should find that it has an ip
address of 192.168.0.something. It's default gateway should be 192.168.0.1
by default (the IP address of your computer - you can also see this with
ipconfig (or ipconfig /all) ).

You can debug from the command line on the "other" computer.

ping 192.168.0.1 (or whatever your computer's LAN address is)
ping 208.200.248.1 (some address on the Internet that replys to pings)
ping google.com (see if you're getting name resolution)

tracert google.com
or
tracert 208.200.248.1 (see where it stops)


etc.

....kurt