Xp - w98 internet connection sharing

[Colsey]

I have a network between these machines but the client (w98) has no internet
access - any ideas?

tia

 

[Apparition]

Things to check:

ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) turned on on the
Internet connected machine?

Win98 TCP/IP setup correctly? Default Gateway, DNS etc?

Firewall installed or XP firewall on? (May be blocking
access).

Win98 IE configured to connect through LAN?

Reply to this if you need help checking these.

 

[Colsey]

Cheers for the reply
ICS is turned on in xp machine
W98 tcp/ip add 192.168.0.2
W98 connection via lan
Firewall is norton's and 1920168.0.2 is in trusted zone
Default gateway 192.168.0.1 installed
DNS - disabled
Wins config Disabled
Any more info needed?

 

[Guest]

Could be the DNS.

Try entering the IP address of the XP machine in the DNS
entry of the W98 machine.

If this doesn't work, try un-installing the Norton
firewall. I've had this problem and un-installing
Norton, checking that everything worked, and then re-
installing Norton sorted it for me.

 

[Alex Nichol]

Cheers for the reply
ICS is turned on in xp machine
W98 tcp/ip add 192.168.0.2
W98 connection via lan
Firewall is norton's and 1920168.0.2 is in trusted zone
Default gateway 192.168.0.1 installed

In my limited experience with something similar, have Gateway off on the
client machine, and no firewall there at all. The only firewall should
be on the connection to the internet that is shared (but on that machine
the local connection can be in the trusted zone, with firewalling 'off'
or 'minimal').

Also be sure that in the firewall on the internet connection - if you
use Norton there (I use Zone Alarm, so it may be a bit different) you
must allow Application Gateway service and General Host process for
Windows services (svchost) access *and* to act as servers - this appears
to be so that DNS requests to your ISP can get through

 

[Malke]

Could be the DNS.

Try entering the IP address of the XP machine in the DNS
entry of the W98 machine.

If this doesn't work, try un-installing the Norton
firewall. I've had this problem and un-installing
Norton, checking that everything worked, and then re-
installing Norton sorted it for me.

I'm coming a bit late to the thread, but 1) be sure you have a username
and password on the Win98 box and are actually logging in instead of
going directly to the desktop; 2) be sure the same user account with
password is created on the WinXP box; 3) be sure Guest is turned On on
the XP box (sometimes this helps, although $deity only knows why).

Malke