Peculiar winxp with aol internet connection sharing problem.

[Arek]

Hi,

Two machines: server win xp with aol broadband setup. second NIC
configured:
ip. 192.168.0.1
empty default gataway or 192.168.0.1
dns: 1st: 192.168.0.1 s
dns2: aol's

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CLIENT:
client:
ip. 192.168.0.2
default gateway & dns: 192.168.0.1

Installed & enabled: client for ms net; file & printer sharing;
netbeui; PPPopoE

Internet Explorer configured in OPTIONS/LAN settings - all empty boxes

PROBLEM:
server can't ping client but can view shared files


client can ping server but cant see shared fiels


how to set up ICS with AOL

Could AOL be doing something on purpose do disable ICS with win xp?

Thanks


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[Madhur Ahuja]

Hi,

Two machines: server win xp with aol broadband setup. second NIC

win xp is not a server os!

configured:
ip. 192.168.0.1
empty default gataway or 192.168.0.1

dont set the gw in this nic. you need to set the gateway on client
client only.

dns: 1st: 192.168.0.1 s

same for the dns. dont set it to 192.168.0.1

dns2: aol's

--
CLIENT:
client:
ip. 192.168.0.2
default gateway & dns: 192.168.0.1

Installed & enabled: client for ms net; file & printer sharing;
netbeui; PPPopoE

Internet Explorer configured in OPTIONS/LAN settings - all empty boxes

PROBLEM:
server can't ping client but can view shared files

this is problably a firewall problem. Disable your firewalls.

client can ping server but cant see shared fiels

What error message do you get.

how to set up ICS with AOL

Could AOL be doing something on purpose do disable ICS with win xp?

no!

Instead of describing, post the results of *ipconfig /all* of both
computers here.
Also post the output of these commands
net view \\compname
net view \\ipaddress

 

[Samuria]

why have you got 2 nics? are you using a router or modem. If you are
using a modem you only need 1 nic

 

[Ben Cottrell]

why have you got 2 nics? are you using a router or modem. If you are
using a modem you only need 1 nic

Shouldn't that be the other way around? Using a Router - connect all
PCs and modem to router.. no router (ICS) - connect other PCs to one
NIC and modem to the other NIC..

 

[Sinner]

Shouldn't that be the other way around? Using a Router - connect all
PCs and modem to router.. no router (ICS) - connect other PCs to one NIC
and modem to the other NIC..

Unfortunately, most people mistakenly call Broadband devices, modems. They
are not. A DSL device could be plugged into a NIC, a switch, a hub, or a
router, depending on your level of expertise and complexity of your lan. A
modem, generally can only be plugged into a serial port, be it traditional
or USB. Even the internal modems have a serial port associated with them.

 

[Ben Cottrell]

Unfortunately, most people mistakenly call Broadband devices, modems.

yes, i know where the word "modem" comes from. However, the word has
evolved from "analogue/digital converter" to "little box that sits on my
desk and connects me to the computer" .. since there's no word for
a broadband "modem", people call them "broadband modems"

technically, the word "broadband" shouldn't be used for DSL either ..
but that's another matter

 

[Ben Cottrell]

"little box that sits on my desk and connects me to the computer"

oops

i meant

"little box that sits on my desk and connects me to the internet"

 

[Arek]

Sorry there is no second NIC as I've mistakenly called the ADSL modem
a NIC.

win xp is not a server os!

Neither is Windows 2000 Pro but am happily using it, without any major
downs, as a 24/7 server for over 2 years. Its just WinXp that is so
awkward to configure right.

dont set the gw in this nic. you need to set the gateway on client
client only.


same for the dns. dont set it to 192.168.0.1

Ok. so will empty the GW & DNS fields.

this is problably a firewall problem. Disable your firewalls.

will disable the winXP firewall's.

What error message do you get.


no!

Instead of describing, post the results of *ipconfig /all* of both
computers here.
Also post the output of these commands
net view \\compname
net view \\ipaddress

will do that,

thanks


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