Internet Connection Sharing- I'm lost

[mateo]

Im trying to share my dialup connection among a few computers I have networked. I have the LAN itself running in fine order, so that's a non-issue. I have ICS enabled on the connection itself, with on-demand dialing, and have the host's adapter set to 192.168.0.1, as required. The Internet Connection Sharing service is also running, and set to Auto. Also, I have the other rigs set to get an IP automatically. However, when I try to start FAH or even do simple browsing, whether the dialup connection exists or not, I get no connection to these other rigs.

I've never done any of this before, and I'm quite lost :eh?:. How should I troubleshoot this thing?

[bluestreakLB]

I'm fairly new to this aspect of computers however all routers are assigined the IP

192.168.1.1 It's worth a shot (changing the 0 to a 1)

Leme know....

[su root]

Make sure you set your Network Card to 192.168.0.1, and not your Dialup modem.

When in doubt, disable ICS, and reinstall it.
Make sure you are enabling sharing in your modems's connection, and not on the network card. (you share it TO the network card).

Are your other computers getting their IP addresses?
start/run/ type cmd, at the prompt, type ipconfig to see your IP address.

bluestreakLB: With ICS, it won't let you change it from 192.168.0.1. That is an acceptable IP address as-is.

[bluestreakLB]

"bluestreakLB: With ICS, it won't let you change it from 192.168.0.1. That is an acceptable IP address as-is"


Ok, as i said i dont know much...sorry.

You may want to test and see if the NIC in all your computers are even working, pretty much a start here first type thing.

Internal loop ping=

127.0.0.1

(go to run program type "ping 127.0.0.1")

[JDXNC]

Originally posted by su root


bluestreakLB: With ICS, it won't let you change it from 192.168.0.1. That is an acceptable IP address as-is.

Yes it will, it will complain and set it to the .0.1 but after its done you can go and change it to whatever you like. Mine is set to 192.168.1.1 . Actually I have 2 gateways in my lan, one for each house, mine, and the other at my parents is 192.168.1.10 and everything works fine.

[JDXNC]

Do you have the default gateway on the other computers set to 192.168.0.1? I would manually configure all the IP's in the network, makes things much easier down the road... I readlly dislike DHCP for some reason.

[mateo]

Originally posted by bluestreakLB
You may want to test and see if the NIC in all your computers are even working, pretty much a start here first type thing.

I already said at first that the LAN itself is in working order, thats not the issue. ICS itself is.

su root, that's how it was first set up, and I did the check and the IPs are there.

JDXNC, I tried setting the gateway just now, and it was a no-go. I hate automatic stuff too, but thats how M$ said it "had" to be in the help files, so thats how I did it.

Im still at a loss :(

[pik4chu]

Originally posted by JDXNC
Do you have the default gateway on the other computers set to 192.168.0.1? I would manually configure all the IP's in the network, makes things much easier down the road... I readlly dislike DHCP for some reason.

ive had bad experience with ICS playing nice with static addressing, dont know why or if its just me but Ive had real problems with it. I would try this though.

leave the comps for DHCP, but configure the primary DNS server to the one with ICS installed (192.168.0.1) and try ipconfig /release then /renew to see if that helps.

[JDXNC]

Originally posted by loner


I already said at first that the LAN itself is in working order, thats not the issue. ICS itself is.

su root, that's how it was first set up, and I did the check and the IPs are there.

JDXNC, I tried setting the gateway just now, and it was a no-go. I hate automatic stuff too, but thats how M$ said it "had" to be in the help files, so thats how I did it.

Im still at a loss :(

Ok... first of all DON'T LISTEN TO M$! :rolleyes: /they like to make you think a lot of things have to be thier way.

What I would do... start over from scratch.
Everything here is assuming you are using Win 2k/XP but its very similar for the 9x OS's.


Set the computer connected to the internet's NIC to 192.168.0.1 and set the subnet mask as 255.255.255.0 and its default gateway to 192.168.0.1 and the Primary DNS to 192.168.0.1 , while on this computer go to the properties of the dial up connection and set "share connection with others" in the Advanced tab and enable dial on demand and/or the firewall if you want. I suggest you do enable the firewall to protect against MSblaster.

Now on any client pc(anyone that you want to use the shared access) open the properties of its NIC. Open the TCP/IP settings and set the IP to 192.168.0.2(go to .3 and so forth for any other machines) and set the subnet mash to 255.255.255.0 and then set the default gateway to 192.168.0.1 and the Primary DNS to 192.168.0.1. Click ok to save the properties and close anything you have open.

For best results, restart both PC's and then connect to the net and everything SHOULD work.



Hope that helps. :)

[mateo]

Hehe, I know don't listen to M$, but I was being sure ;). Frankly, Im a bit sick of things right now, so I'll do this tomorrow afternoon and let you guys know how it goes. Thanks for all the help :).