Problem enabling ICS

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Jaime Stuardo

Hi all...

I have Windows XP Professional with SP1 installed on a PC. This PC has a DSL
Internet connection and other computers in my LAN need to connect to
Internet through this computer.

These are the configurations for the server PC and for one client PC:

--------- SERVER PC (which is connected to Internet) ---------------

1.- Operating System: Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1 with all other
patches installed
2.- Two network cards. One is connected to a DSL modem and the other to a
HUB
3.- In ICS configuration options:
3.1.- "Allow other network users to connect through......" is checked.
Home networking connection is set to "LAN" (that is the name for the LAN
connection connected to the HUB)
3.2.- "Establish a dial-up connection whenever....." is checked
3.3.- "Allow other network users to control or disable......" is checked
4.- Both NIC's have static IP addresses (192.168.1.1 for the one connected
to the DSL modem, and 192.168.0.1 to the one connected to the HUB)
5.- I have created a new connection named "Manquehue Net" which was placed
in "Broadband" section.
6.- I cannot use the Network wizard because at the end, it displays a
message saying that an error occurred, so that I need to set it up manually.
7.- I didn't use automatic IP since that way computer is very very slow when
booting (it spends a lot of minutes trying to resolve the names)
8.- This information is shown by IPCONFIG /ALL command when Internet is
connected:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : jaime
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Internet:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : SiS 900-Based PCI Fast Ethernet
Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-6E-2F-CF-F9
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter LAN:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : D-Link DFE-538TX 10/100 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-BA-8A-B8-FA
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

PPP adapter Manquehue Net:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 200.74.183.235
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 200.74.183.235
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 200.74.160.103
200.74.160.104
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled


--------- CLIENT PC (which is connected to the LAN) ---------------

1.- Operating System: Windows 2000 Professional with all patches installed
2.- One network card connected to the HUB
3.- This is the result for IPCONFIG /ALL command

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : carolina
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast
Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-BF-0E-39-84
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . :


PING command works, and I can browse through the other computer, so the LAN
connection is good.

I tried to set the default gateway in the client PC to 192.168.0.1 but it
didn't work either.

Any help will be greately appreciated.

Thanks in advance
Jaime
 
One the clients, you need to configure the gateway to 192.168.0.1 and set
the DNS server to 200.74.160.103

There shouldn't be an problem with using automatic addressing on such a
small network and it will set up the total configuration for you. To do
this all LAN connections should be set to automatic before you enable ICS.
 
But it is a problem to use automatic addressing.

Some time ago I had the same problem (the big delay when booting the PC) and
someone here adviced me to use statis IP addressing. I did so and no longer
delay.

The DNS is automatically assigned by my ISP.

Or do you mean I have to use automatic addressing in the client computers?

Jaime
 
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