No internet on client (adhoc network)

[Guest]

I have a XP host and a Vista client on my adhoc network.

I've reinstalled...

1. The OS for my XP host machine.
2. AOL for internet
3. Drivers for Wireless USB adapter

I've then.....

1. Gone into the Wireless adapter properties
2. Clicked on 'Wireless Networks'
3. Added my network name in 'Preferred networks' disabling 'Data Encryption'
4. Clicked 'Advanced' then on 'Computer-to-computer (ad-hoc) networks only'

I have no firewalls installed as yet and I've disabled Windows firewall.

Manually configuring 'Internet Connection Sharing' through Local Area
Connection gives me the error:

Internet Connection Sharing cannot be enabled.
A LAN connection is already configured with the IP address
that is required for automatic IP addressing.

The Network Setup Wizard fails to work too.

My Area Connection has the IP address 192.168.x.x
My Wireless adapter AND the adapter in my Vista laptop have the IP address
169.255.x.x

File sharing is fine. No problem at all but my client laptop can't access
the internet ( due not having the correct IP address)

Ipconfig/all logs as follows :

HOST
-------
Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : BLADESMAN
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : home

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : home
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network
Connecti
on
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-11-54-C0-79
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 10 May 2007 21:48:26
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 11 May 2007 21:48:26

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Linksys Wireless-G USB Network
Adapt
er with SpeedBooster v2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-B6-54-39-4F
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.198.41
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

PPP adapter {C4C48640-2EAB-440A-A1E3-541E3F681C6F}:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.209.30.180
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 172.209.30.180
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 205.188.146.145
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

CLIENT
--------

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Tracy-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : RT73 USB Wireless LAN Card
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0D-F0-38-DB-71
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::49ac:6c02:4857:ded9%9(Preferred)
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.222.217(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 218107376
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8055 PCI-E Gigabit
Ether
net Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-36-F1-9E-E8
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
isatap.{8B486015-9742-44E9-9D95-CF38C5975
D21}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
fe80::5efe:169.254.222.217%13(Preferred)

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 10:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
isatap.{886C7424-54A9-4819-A002-FF7D2BF9E
FA3}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Any help will be greatly appreiciated. This has been a frustrating journey
so far

 

[AJR]

Unless there has been a change - AOL does not support ICS.

 

[Guest]

I just posted a question with similar behavior where I cannot see my other
computers and all the troubleshooting I have done cannot resolve the problem,
which started when I installed, or upgraded to, AOL 9.0 VR. I wonder if that
is the root of the problem!

 

[Guest]

Hi Lief,

Did you upgrade from AOL 9.0?

The reply from AJR suggests AOL does not support ICS

 

[Guest]

Yes, I was using AOL 9.0 SE, but had a number of problems with it, so
upgraded to AOL 9.0 VR (Vista Ready), even though I am not running Vista.
The VR version solved the problems I had in SE, but starts up and runs
slowly. The main frustration is inability to network with my other
computers. See my post "Network Connection Wizard Fails" posted yesterday.