No sharing tab to enable ICS with Bluetooth

[Eric Mackie]

I am attempting to share my internet connection with a Palm TX which
communicates with my PC via Bluetooth. When I try to enable ICS there is no
sharing tab present on my ethernet connection. The help says that this
happens when you only have one network interface. However, I have two
interfaces, the ethernet adapter and the Bluetooth adapter. How do I get ICS
enabled?

 

[Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)]

Posting back with the result of ipconfig /all may help.

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[Eric Mackie]

Here are the results of ipconfig /all:

Windows IP Configuration

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

Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Device (Personal Area
Network)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1C-26-DC-60-29
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82566DC-2 Gigabit Network
Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1D-09-1F-3B-60
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::81d6:71e8:47b3:c06a%9(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.102(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : February-24-08 7:19:56 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : February-25-08 7:19:55 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 201334025
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 24.222.0.95
24.222.0.94
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . :
2001:0:4137:9e66:3c1e:ff2:3f57:fe99(Preferred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::3c1e:ff2:3f57:fe99%8(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.1.102%16(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 24.222.0.95
24.222.0.94
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 10:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
isatap.{3D83F85C-245D-4F1E-9025-03BC3FAF73FF}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

 

[Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)]

Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection doesn't have IP address. That
is the problem.

How to setup Windows ICSIn addition, the ICS host provides DHCP to ICS
clients. ... To setup a win9x (in our case) as ICS client to access the
internet, you need to do two things. ...
www.howtonetworking.com/Windows/ics.htm


--
Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com

 

[Eric Mackie]

Don't I need to get ICS enabled before I will get an IP address via DHCP?

Eric