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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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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I have exactly the same issue.  Did you ever get it worked out or did you give up 
and buy a router?







On Wednesday, September 17, 2003 at 11:22 am, Lou wrote:

>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.

>

>
 

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I am also having a real hard time getting the usb adaptor to work with my son's system. I am getting a signal but I can't get online. Is there something I need to do with the OS?


On Monday, May 31, 2004 at 10:25 am, Ron Strouss wrote:
>I have exactly the same issue. Did you ever get it worked out or did you give up
>and buy a router?
>
>
>

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