XP - XP Direct Cable Connection and Internet Connection Sharing

[Marc Stevens]

I've got two machines both running XP Home connected via Ethernet PCI cards
and a Crossover Cable.

They can see each other perfectly well over the network:
- slave can ping host, see it in Windows Explorer, print on the host's
printer etc.
- host can ping slave, see it in Windows Explorer.

Host is 192.168.0.1 (fixed); Slave is 192.168.0.2 (fixed). Both on subnet
255.255.255.0, MSHOMENET DNS etc.

All fine EXCEPT slave cannot get to the Internet via the host. (Host dials
in via internal modem--slave only has connect via Ethernet card to Host).

Have tried dozens of set up permutations but getting nowhere.

Can you help?

 

[Phil Margolies]

I've got two machines both running XP Home connected via Ethernet PCI
cards and a Crossover Cable.

They can see each other perfectly well over the network:
- slave can ping host, see it in Windows Explorer, print on the host's
printer etc.
- host can ping slave, see it in Windows Explorer.

Host is 192.168.0.1 (fixed); Slave is 192.168.0.2 (fixed). Both on
subnet 255.255.255.0, MSHOMENET DNS etc.

All fine EXCEPT slave cannot get to the Internet via the host. (Host
dials in via internal modem--slave only has connect via Ethernet card
to Host).

Have tried dozens of set up permutations but getting nowhere.

Can you help?

In TCP/IP Properties the "slave" needs to be set to "Obtain an IP address
automatically." It will then receive it's IP address from the "Host."

 

[antony rainer]

-----Original Message-----
I've got two machines both running XP Home connected via Ethernet PCI cards
and a Crossover Cable.

They can see each other perfectly well over the network:
- slave can ping host, see it in Windows Explorer, print on the host's
printer etc.
- host can ping slave, see it in Windows Explorer.

Host is 192.168.0.1 (fixed); Slave is 192.168.0.2 (fixed). Both on subnet
255.255.255.0, MSHOMENET DNS etc.

All fine EXCEPT slave cannot get to the Internet via the host. (Host dials
in via internal modem--slave only has connect via Ethernet card to Host).

Have tried dozens of set up permutations but getting nowhere.

Can you help?

--

Regards,

Marc


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[antony rainer]

Dear Steve, I wonder if you could help.

Have two XP machines both connected to each other, like
yours via PCI cards. In the netowrk places menu it says
that the connection is satisfactory but when I try to
access the shared file icon of the other PC, I get a
prompt for a password to which I have not got a clue. I
think It means the network administrator needs to be
configured but again, utterly clueless.

Many thanks
Tearing hair out of Manchester.

 

[Marc Stevens]

Phil,

I had dynamic addressing set up earlier today but had exactly the same
results.

Invariably the slave was assigned 192.168.0.2 anyway (which is how I've set
it up as static).

Why should this make a difference anyway when they are already communicating
over file/printer/ping?

 

[Phil Margolies]

Phil,

I had dynamic addressing set up earlier today but had exactly the same
results.

Invariably the slave was assigned 192.168.0.2 anyway (which is how
I've set it up as static).

Why should this make a difference anyway when they are already
communicating over file/printer/ping?

This article explains it better than I could.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/using/howto/homenet/ics.asp

 

[Vulcan]

I've got two machines both running XP Home connected via Ethernet PCI
cards and a Crossover Cable.

They can see each other perfectly well over the network:
- slave can ping host, see it in Windows Explorer, print on the host's
printer etc.
- host can ping slave, see it in Windows Explorer.

Host is 192.168.0.1 (fixed); Slave is 192.168.0.2 (fixed). Both on
subnet 255.255.255.0, MSHOMENET DNS etc.

All fine EXCEPT slave cannot get to the Internet via the host. (Host
dials in via internal modem--slave only has connect via Ethernet card
to Host).

Have tried dozens of set up permutations but getting nowhere.

Can you help?

You don't say, but have you installed ICS and if so is it on the correct
NIC on the host?

If you haven't installed ICS then the client (slave) will not be able to
connect to the Internet.

If it is installed make sure it is on the NIC that connects to the
Internet and not the one that connects to the client PC.

I have just carried out exactly this operation using static IP addresses
and it works a treat.

HTH
Vulcan

 

[Marc Stevens]

Hi Vulcan,

Thanks for wading in!

Time for stupid question:

How do I know if I've installed ICS?

I'm assuming it's a standard part of XP Home and once I invoke the "Setup
Home/Small Office Network" wizard, as well as set the Modem connection on
the host (within Network Connections (is this what you mean by "NIC"?)) to
(working from memory here:..) "allow others to connect to internet through
this machine" + "allow others to dial...etc.", that ICS is indeed installed.

A bit of exta info:

In the same window as I can see the modem connection and the Ethernet LAN
(PCI) connection (as well as a second LAN connection which I presume is some
sort of device on the motherboard), following the setup of a Home/Small
Office Network by the wizard, I also get a Network Bridge (or something with
a similar name -- sorry I'm not in front of the machine at present...). I
wonder whether this SHOULD be here? I would have thought that I only need a
Network Bridge if there were 2 different LANs needing to talk to each
other...?

Regards,