Networking with XP Home & Windows 2000

[Guest]

I have a home network using XP Home as my main computer. I am trying to
configure a Windows 2000 Professional computer to access the internet
wirelessly from my XP Home computer.

I have enabled ICS in my XP Home computer and my Windows 2000 computer shows
it connection, but the LAN activity has packets sent and nothing received.

My taskbar on my Windows 2000 shows as though I am connected, but no web
pages pull up.

Can anyone help?

Thanks.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I have a home network using XP Home as my main computer. I am trying to
configure a Windows 2000 Professional computer to access the internet
wirelessly from my XP Home computer.

I have enabled ICS in my XP Home computer and my Windows 2000 computer shows
it connection, but the LAN activity has packets sent and nothing received.

My taskbar on my Windows 2000 shows as though I am connected, but no web
pages pull up.

Can anyone help?

Thanks.

A good starting point would be to explain how your WinXP
PC connects to the Internet. You should also do this on
each PC:
- Click Start / Run / cmd {OK}
- Type these commands:
echo %Computername% > c:\test.txt {Enter}
ipconfig /all >> c:\test.txt {Enter}
notepad c:\test.txt {Enter}
- Paste the contents of these files into your reply.

 

[Guest]

My main computer hooks up to an ethernet port which goes to my Linksys WRT54G
router.

Here are the contents:




Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : home-bb561268da

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : hsd1.ca.comcast.net.



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.ca.comcast.net.

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetLink (TM) Gigabit
Ethernet

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-14-85-C0-64-6B

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.87.76.178

68.87.78.130

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, August 09, 2006
5:28:57 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, August 10, 2006
5:28:57 PM



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:



Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : TE100-PCBUSR 32-Bit Cardbus PC
Card #2

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-06-4F-3B-98-16



Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : home-bb561268da

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : hsd1.ca.comcast.net.



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.ca.comcast.net.

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetLink (TM) Gigabit
Ethernet

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-14-85-C0-64-6B

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.87.76.178

68.87.78.130

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, August 09, 2006
5:28:57 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, August 10, 2006
5:28:57 PM



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:



Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : TE100-PCBUSR 32-Bit Cardbus PC
Card #2

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-06-4F-3B-98-16

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

You appear to have sent me the twice the information for
your main PC and nothing at all for the second PC.
I cannot draw any conclusions based on your data.

I also wonder why you would want to share your
Internet connection via your main PC. A far better
way would be to plug both PCs into your router so
that they can access the Internet independently. If
your router has only a single output, get a small switch.
Your computer dealer might have a second-hand
10 MBits/s switch for next to nothing.

My main computer hooks up to an ethernet port which goes to my Linksys WRT54G
router.

Here are the contents:

Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : home-bb561268da
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : hsd1.ca.comcast.net.

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.ca.comcast.net.
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetLink (TM) Gigabit
Ethernet
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-14-85-C0-64-6B
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.87.76.178
68.87.78.130
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, August 09, 2006
5:28:57 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, August 10, 2006
5:28:57 PM

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : TE100-PCBUSR 32-Bit Cardbus PC
Card #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-06-4F-3B-98-16

Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : home-bb561268da
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : hsd1.ca.comcast.net.

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.ca.comcast.net.
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetLink (TM) Gigabit
Ethernet
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-14-85-C0-64-6B
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.87.76.178
68.87.78.130
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, August 09, 2006
5:28:57 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, August 10, 2006
5:28:57 PM

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : TE100-PCBUSR 32-Bit Cardbus PC
Card #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-06-4F-3B-98-16

 

[Guest]

I also wonder why you would want to share your

Internet connection via your main PC. A far better
way would be to plug both PCs into your router so
that they can access the Internet independently. If
your router has only a single output, get a small switch.
Your computer dealer might have a second-hand
10 MBits/s switch for next to nothing.

The reason for sharing from my main PC is to get the Windows 2000 computer
to access it wirelessly.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

The usual method is to plug the wireless access point
into the router. In this way, all devices, wireless or
wired, have access to the Internet.