Working LAN, but no client Internet

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Hi. I'm very new to this, and badly need help. I have my main PC (XP Pro)
connected to another (XP home) via two ethernet cards and a cable. The
network is working fine for file and printer sharing, and my main PC has a
working internet connection. I set this all up by running the network wizard.

However, the other PC's network icon is marked as 'limited or no
connectivity', but as I say, is working fine apart from internet sharing.

Since I urgentlly need that machine to be able to access the net, I would be
really grateful if anyone could point me to a step by step page that might
help me sort this out. I'll be very happy to provide any other details that
are needed, if anyone has any ideas.

Many thanks.
 
Hi. I'm very new to this, and badly need help. I have my main PC (XP Pro)
connected to another (XP home) via two ethernet cards and a cable. The
network is working fine for file and printer sharing, and my main PC has a
working internet connection. I set this all up by running the network wizard.

However, the other PC's network icon is marked as 'limited or no
connectivity', but as I say, is working fine apart from internet sharing.

Since I urgentlly need that machine to be able to access the net, I would be
really grateful if anyone could point me to a step by step page that might
help me sort this out. I'll be very happy to provide any other details that
are needed, if anyone has any ideas.

Many thanks.
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Please run the Network Setup Wizard again on both computers.

On the main PC, select the connection method "This computer connects
directly to the Internet. The other computers on my network connect
to the Internet through this computer."

After the Wizard finishes on the main PC, run the Wizard on the other
PC. If the Wizard detects the main PC's shared Internet connection,
tell it to use that. Otherwise, select the connection method "This
computer connects to the Internet through a residential gateway or
through another computer on my network." Then, finish the Wizard and
wait a couple of minutes.

If the other PC still can't access the Internet after that, these
tests should help find the problem:

1. On the main PC, right click the local area network connection and
click Status | Support | Details. It should show:

IP Address: 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: none
DNS Server = none

2. On the other PC, right click the local area network connection and
click Status | Support | Details. It should show:

IP Address: 192.168.0.x (1<x<255)
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.0.1
DNS Server = 192.168.0.1

3. If #1 and #2 are right, open a command prompt window on the other
PC and enter these lines. Each one should get four replies:

ping 192.168.0.1
ping 216.239.39.99
ping google.com

4. If #1-#3 are right, enter these addresses in Internet Explorer.
They should both take you to the Google web page:

http://216.239.39.99
http://google.com
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Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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Steve, many thanks for the reply. I've followed your instructions. The
network wiz is correctly setting the IP for the host PC, but when I run it on
the client, it's leaving the IP address auto assigned.' I've filled it in
manually with the settings you gave me. I can ping the host PC at
192.618.0.1, but pinging 216.239.39.99 of google.com just gets a timeout.
So, I still have the LAN, but still no internet access from the client
(internet access is fine on the host).

I'd be really grateful for any further suggestions

Thanks for your time.

John Scott
 
I'm not too sure how much of a help this'll be but you can give it a
shot. If you go to control panel and then network connections on the
computer connected to the internet you should be able to see your
ethernet card. right click it and go to properties. Then go to the
advanced tab. Tick the box saying "Allow other network users to connect
through this computer's internet connection." That should help. Good
luck.
 
Thank you, guys, my problem is (almost) solved.

This will probably sound so basic to you that you'll fall around laughing,
but... It occured to me that the client machine had previously been part of
another home network. For this network, I just clicked the default 'mshome'
name.

When I thought of this, I wondered if it was still stored somewhere, and XP
didn't like me trying to be in two networks with the same name. Anyway, I
changed the workgroup name on both computers. The internet icon immediately
appeared on the client PC.

I still couldn't connect, but I've now tracked this very definitely to
interference from ZoneAlarm. This will be easy to sort out, and isn't really
a topic for this group.

So many thanks, once again.

John Scott
 
Thank you, guys, my problem is (almost) solved.

This will probably sound so basic to you that you'll fall around laughing,
but... It occured to me that the client machine had previously been part of
another home network. For this network, I just clicked the default 'mshome'
name.

When I thought of this, I wondered if it was still stored somewhere, and XP
didn't like me trying to be in two networks with the same name. Anyway, I
changed the workgroup name on both computers. The internet icon immediately
appeared on the client PC.

I still couldn't connect, but I've now tracked this very definitely to
interference from ZoneAlarm. This will be easy to sort out, and isn't really
a topic for this group.

So many thanks, once again.

John Scott
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You're welcome, John. Nice job of getting to this point.

Workgroup names have nothing to do with Internet access. It's a
coincidence that Internet access started working after you changed the
workgroup name. Rebooting the computers is probably what fixed it.

Which computer has ZoneAlarm? Running the free version of ZoneAlarm
on the main PC will almost certainly interfere with the other PC's
Internet access. The paid version of ZoneAlarm can work with Internet
sharing on the main PC.
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
 
Hi again, Steve.

Zonealarm (Paid) is on the Host PC. I know it will work OK, because I had
it on my previous network - but I also remember it was a major hassle getting
it to work (and now I've forgotten what I did!!). But I'm checking out the
Zonelabs forum. I found the answer in a message there last time - now I just
have to try to find it again.

This network stuff isn't easy! Still, I can definitely see the light at the
end of the tunnel - thanks again for all the help!

John
 
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