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sunny_tolia
05-18-2005, 08:15 PM
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.

Plz help.

Brf
05-19-2005, 07:43 AM
Did you install and run the XP Internet Sharing Wizard on the Win-98 machines?

sunny_tolia
05-19-2005, 08:34 AM
yes i did tht too but tht didnt help:(

monkey_1
05-19-2005, 10:17 AM
1.-Configure manually the IP addresses in the Win98 machines:
Machine 1= IP 192.168.0.2, Subnet mask 255.255.255.0, Gateway 192.168.0.1, DNS your ISP DNS servers
Machine 2= IP 192.168.0.3, Subnet mask 255.255.255.0, Gateway 192.168.0.1, DNS your ISP DNS servers

2.-Enable <a target="_blank" href=http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315236>IP Forwarding</a> in the XP machine... And disable the XP firewall...

<font color=orange>Mono</font color=orange>

sunny_tolia
05-19-2005, 12:37 PM
Thx alot Mono my probs solved.I forgot
to enter the DNS 'n I was able to access the net
without enabling IP forwarding in XP.I guess thts not required.

Sunny.