Problem enabling ICS

[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

 

[Rob Elder MVP-Networking]

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.

 

[Jaime Stuardo]

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