ICS not working

[sunny_tolia]

I've got 3 comps including this one with XP(SP 2)

'n 98SE(without any updates) on the other two.XP is connected to

cable internet.So I've got 2 NIC on this machine since this is the ICS

host computer.

However, I cannot share the internet

using the network setup wizard or manually

but I can share the files 'n printer.

Im using the standard patch cables with RJ45

connectors along with a switch to connect

the comps on LAN.

I've tried some online tutorials but they are somewhat

different than one another and never really helped me

out.

This is what I've done till now.

First of all I've renamed the two Local Area Connections in

My Network Places to LAN(for local network) and WAN(for Internet)

For the NIC that is connected to the internet the TCP/IP

parameters are provided by the ISP.In the General tab of WAN following

things are installed:

1)Internet Protocol(TCP/IP)

2)Client for Microsoft Networks

3)File and Printer sharing for Microsoft Networks

Then in the Properties>Advanced tab of WAN I enabled "Allow other

network users to connect thru this computers internet connection" as

well as "Allow other network users to control or disable the shared

internet connection".

The General tab of the LAN properties also got the same 3 things

installed with the IP as 192.168.0.1 'n Subnet 255.255.255.0

For the other 2 pcs I've set the IP addresses to be obtained

automatically.All the pcs got the same workgroup name.

The other PC got the IP 169.254.30.143 'n subnet 255.255.0.0 automatically

so it could not ping 192.168.0.1

Therefore I changed the IP of the other pc to 192.168.0.2 'n

subnet to 255.255.255.0

Also I put in 192.168.0.1 in the gateway.I was then able to ping to

192.168.0.1 perfectly but still cudnt share the internet.

Are any settings still left?

Plz help.

[darkfiber1010]

You've done a good job at getting most of everything set up, it sounds like it could just be something little that you are missing.

Disable any firewalls on the LAN connection to make sure it is not interfearing (you can keep the firewall on the WAN side). So for example assuming your using the built in firewall in XP, go to the advanced tab in the windows firewall menu and uncheck the LAN connection.

Also could you give me more information. How are you trying to get the clients to get their dhcp addresses? Are you issuing a release all & renew all? Are you disabling and enabling the NICs? Or are you just restarting the computers. The computer that got the 169.245.x.x address was that an XP or 98 machine? Also the third pc did that get an address or did you assign that statically as well?

Good luck, Jon