problem w/ ICS across a home-network

[nirm]

Hi guys,

I have 2 PCs both running Win-XP SP2. I have an internet connection via
a DSL cable modem (Motorola SURFBoard); the connection is working great
with one PC, and I wanted to share this connection with the other PC as
well.

I use the home-network Win-XP wizard to connect these two via Ethernet
adapters and a crossed ethernet cable. The file & print sharing is
working OK and the workgroup is fully accessible and visible from both
PCs. The internet connection is shared as well. On the primary PC it
works OK, and on the secondary machine it is shown under "network
connections" classified as an internet gateway, and is fully
controllable and configurable from *both* PCs.

The problem I am experiencing is the following:
I am able to access the internet from the secondary PC, *but*, only to
those sites (i.e. IP addresses) that have been accessed by the primary
PC first.
It's as if the primary machine has been turned into an internet proxy
serving the 2nd machine, and it is impossible to access sites that have
not first been cached by the 1st machine...
E.g.: after first accessing Google from the 1st machine, the 2nd
machine accesses it easily, and I can use the search-engine. However,
any attempt to follow a link from the search results yields failure

I know that it sounds crazy, but this is the exact behavior.

Can anyone of you guys help me out on this?

Thanks a bunch in advance,
nirm

 

[Robert L [MS-MVP]]

How do you setup DNS on the 2nd computer? or posting the results of both computers' ipconfig /all may help.

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
Hi guys,

I have 2 PCs both running Win-XP SP2. I have an internet connection via
a DSL cable modem (Motorola SURFBoard); the connection is working great
with one PC, and I wanted to share this connection with the other PC as
well.

I use the home-network Win-XP wizard to connect these two via Ethernet
adapters and a crossed ethernet cable. The file & print sharing is
working OK and the workgroup is fully accessible and visible from both
PCs. The internet connection is shared as well. On the primary PC it
works OK, and on the secondary machine it is shown under "network
connections" classified as an internet gateway, and is fully
controllable and configurable from *both* PCs.

The problem I am experiencing is the following:
I am able to access the internet from the secondary PC, *but*, only to
those sites (i.e. IP addresses) that have been accessed by the primary
PC first.
It's as if the primary machine has been turned into an internet proxy
serving the 2nd machine, and it is impossible to access sites that have
not first been cached by the 1st machine...
E.g.: after first accessing Google from the 1st machine, the 2nd
machine accesses it easily, and I can use the search-engine. However,
any attempt to follow a link from the search results yields failure

I know that it sounds crazy, but this is the exact behavior.

Can anyone of you guys help me out on this?

Thanks a bunch in advance,
nirm