Sharing Wifi Internet through ethernet cable (XP to 98SE) (All)

[Autoground]

Greets,

I have a machine recieving a strong wifi signal, and I am trying to use ICS to share that internet connection through an ethernet cable with an older computer running Win98SE.

As of now, I consistently recieve a message that the cable is unplugged (though it is not).
Temporarily ignoring this first fact, when I enable the connection and turn ICS on, immediately the internet connection on the host computer dies.
As soon as I turn off the ICS and disable the ethernet connection, the internet access returns to the host.

I have called to ask my ISP if they have a block on ICS. They say that they do not.

My Host Computer has been given a private IP address by this ISP.

I thank you a bunch for any help you can offer.

-a

PS I have tried uninstalling ICS and reinstalling using XPs Connection Wizard.

[josefz]

I have experienced the same issue last week. There is my (working) solution:
1. Turn off the ICS.
2. Enable it by editing the "IPEnableRouter" registry entry (set it to 1) at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip \Parameters. See more: <a target="_blank" href=http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/w2kprout.html> Windows 2000 / XP Professional TCP/IP Routing</a>.
3. Set ethernet TCP/IP to
IP address: 192.168.0.1
subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
default gateway: let be empty
DNS: let be empty.
4. Do not restart. Turn off the computer and, after while (10+ seconds) turn it on.
Problem with lost connection to Internet on the host computer solved.

5. On the other computer, set the TCP/IP to:
IP address 192.168.0.x (x between 2 and 255)
subnet mask 255.255.255.0.
default gateway 192.168.0.1
DNS the same as my ISP determined for internet connection.
(restart required).
Now you should ping 192.168.0.1 and ISP's DNS addresses succesfully. If not, try change NETBIOS support state on this machine (restart required).

[Autoground]

awesome. kind of.

I followed those directions, though i was somewhat uncertain which IP address from the host computer to punch into the client computer's DNS. There were two listed when i used IPconfig.

Regardless of that, I come up against my second problem: "network cable is unplugged."
but it's not.

I've tested the cable on two separate machines, and the cable works fine.

So. Now this hurdle to jump. Any suggestions?

[Brf]

Are you using a cross-over cable?

[josefz]

Enter all DNS addresses that your ISP determined for internet connection, in order recommeded by ISP. Enter them into every computer's configuration so that if one DNS server is not reachable, your computer can find the other server(s). The more the better.

About "unplugged" cable: Brf said.
Two computers can be connected directly together in an Ethernet with a crossover cable. "Directly" means you need not to use (and it is not allowed to use) any additional active network device (switch or hub).

With a switch or hub, you must use straight-thru cables however.

[Autoground]

ugh, after using wikipedia to identify the difference between crossover and standard ethernet cables, and after squinting ferociously as the tiny wires at the cable ends for 5 minutes... I do not have a crossover cable. ::sigh::
sorry for the silly question, then.
here's to hoping a router works. at least, i think this thing is a router....

[Autoground]

okay, so, I have in my possession a Cisco 675 DSL router.
It has two ethernet ports on it.
Is it possible to use this DSL router as a simple hub?

This would be great for me because i have a short Crossover cable that reaches perfectly where i need it to go if i add it onto a hub connected to my other longer cable.

So can I use this ole thing as a hub somehow?

Thanks!
-a

[Autoground]

nevermind, i just got a crossover cable and connected it to the ether.

still working on making sure I'm entering the right DNS addresses. Didn't work with 98SE so I'm breaking down and upgrading this old comp to XP.