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re: Question about 'Getting Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) to work with PPPoE'
Wednesday, September 17, 2003 at 11:22 am
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Lou
(568 messages posted)
There's been a number of questions lately regarding sharing the internet between
2 machines. This can be extremely frustrating as I have been down that road as well.
One has access (the host) while the client has problems. I, too, went through the
list of things needed to be done to secure a connection to the client and ended up
scratching my head trying to figure out what kept going wrong. The solution to the
problem was to purchase a router. Setting it up and getting both machines online
took about a half-hour. The particular model I got was the SMC 7004ABR. This one
features the standard 4 LAN ports, a printer port (which also solved the problem
I was having with sharing it), and a 9-pin serial connection for a backup external
modem. I also have PPPoE now and all I needed to do to configure this was enter
the router management software, enter the username, password, and servicename. No
screwing with the machines as they receive their IP's from the router, not the ISP.
Didn't want to write a novel here but that router was the best $60 bucks I've ever
spent on computer equipment. And you don't have to stick with that model, either.
Linksys also makes pretty good routers as well so shop around. There's the whole
wireless thing too, though I'm pretty good at hiding the wires that they don't bother
me at all.
On Wednesday, September 17, 2003 at 7:26 am, James wrote:
>I have a question about Getting
>Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) to work with PPPoE:
>I have two machines using win2k. On the host machine I have Realtek RTL8139(A) Fast
>Ethernet Adapter connected to NTL Broadband and also a Belkin 11Mbps Wireless USB
>Network Adapter. Both machines can talk with each other and I can share files and
>drives. So I know that part is ok. Problem is the second machine, (client) cannot
>access the internet. I have done everything in the instructions to the letter but
>still no connection. The Host machine connects to the internet ok. No problem there.
>One this is that ti says that you must have nothing in the list box of Internet
Protocol(tcp/ip)
>Properties - Advanced - IP Settings has DHCP Enabled in it but the other two DNS
>and WINS are empty. Can anyone help as it is driving me nuts.... Thanks James
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