premier69 Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 hey ive got a rather crappy computer running XP sp1 with 2 NIC's one for the internet via adsl telia here in sweden.the other NIC is supposed to connect my laptop to the crappy xp sp1 machine using a crossover lan cable.my laptop has win2k and has no problem accepting an internet connection sharing from any other network i connect it to, it has no problem getting a dhcp ip adress and no lan problems what-so-ever.how do i enable internet connection sharing in winxp? it's easy on win2k and always works but i find the lan managment in xp to be very crappy.what services has to be enabled in win xp, what setting, in what order and why wont the second nic get assigned a valid ip by the first nic?its always something along the lines of: 169..... and the repair button as always never works... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilifrei64 Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 Go to your lan adapter properties and go to the advanced tab. Select internet connection sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
premier69 Posted November 7, 2005 Author Share Posted November 7, 2005 done that, won't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scankurban Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 If you don't have any connection problem try to disable win2k connection sharing may be its still running or laptop has a static ip, the last one disable xp integrated firewall maybe its blocking somethings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlash428 Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 Are both NIC cards on the XP machine on the same subnet? Have you tried setting up this system as a "router", putting the two cards on different subnets and starting the routing service? (the laptop would have to be on the same subnet as the NIC card it is plugged into). For the 2nd subnet you can use any private address space (10.x.x.x, 192.168.x.x, etc.--different from the subnet of the of 1st NIC), although you may have to give the laptop, and the 2nd NIC card on the XP, a static IP.By the way, I have never tried this, but just want to offer suggestion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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