re: Can I connect Windows 2000 without using ICS?
Sunday, November 25, 2001 at 8:17 pm
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Curt R
(1315 messages posted)
Try putting address of a DNS server on the internet in the configuration of your
client PC. That's what I found works best on a LAN situation at home. I use the
one my ISP uses.
On Sunday, November 25, 2001 at 4:39 pm, Rob Bradlee wrote:
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>I have a home LAN that shares a cable modem internet connection. Both current machines
>are Win98 first edition. Everything works fine. I used to have a laptop using
Windows
>2000 that I managed to set up to connect to the LAN (I have a hub). I lost that
>laptop on Sept 11th in NYC. I bought a new Dell Latitude 810 laptop with Windows
>2000 Professional. I have it configured to use TCP/IP on the LAN using 192.168.0.3
>as an address. I can ping around the network. I can see the two 98 machines in
>"Computers Near Me". I can ping IP addresses outside in the big wide world. The
>ONLY thing that doesn't work is DNS. I have the win98 host machine configured as
>the gateway (192.168.0.1). The host machine uses Sygate as the NAT. I cannot ping
>using www.someplace.com type addresses. I cannot get IE to find any web pages.
>Is there ANY way I can get it to work without installing Win98 SE on the sharing
>host? It's my wife's business machine and if I mess it up there will be hell to
>pay. I can't afford a second Win2000 Pro machine. I need to make what I have NOW
>work. Any help would be much appreciated. Is there a way to make it work or am
>I painted into a corner by the "progress" at MS? Info via email would be great.
> Thanks.
>
>I have a question about Connect
>a Windows XP or 2000 system to a Windows 95, 98, or Me system over a Network:
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