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by liaor 1 view

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I have a friend that is subscribing to broadband (cable) internet.
She has her computers connected to an ethernet hub and the cable modem uplinked to it.

She wanted to share a printer from, say "ComputerA". This should be accessible from "ComputerB"

I had her install File and Sharing for Microsoft Networks on "ComputerA" and File and Sharing for Microsoft Networks and Client for Microsoft Networks on "ComputerB". She set ComputerA to share the printer.

After ComputerB finished restarting because of the network software installation, it couldn't access the internet anymore. I her ping ComputerA but she says that she got the message "Network Host Unreachable". Also, she reports that "winipcfg" shows that she doesn't have a gateway set (I think this might be why she is cut off).

Also, when changing the port on ComputerB from LPT1 to \\ComputerA\Printer, it reports that it is a bad port

The IP address are assigned by the ISP.

Any ideas on how to get internet back to ComputerB or get the gateway to be assigned?

ComputerA is running Win98 SE
ComputerB is running Win95 Version A

Thank you for any help.
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by ong_matthew

Firstly , remove all services that you have added and restart the system .
Try to connect to the internet . Is it working ?
If not , check the setting and change the gateway, dns , ip settings and make sure it work . Then carry on loading the services and make sure you load all drivers and do a clean reboot.
If yes , check with and ensure the connection. Could be a hardware problem.

by culverc

Sharing an internet connection at home is much more difficult than most realize. First of all, your GATEWAY will be the IP address of your cable modem. If either of your computer's NIC cards are configured to use DHCP (or obtain IP automatically) then their IP addresses will change each time you logon to the ISP. This presents a big problem to other computers on the home network that wish to utilize its resources, because they won't find it!!! First, contact your ISP and setup one of your computers to access the cable modem and the internet properly. Then, share your internet connection by either installing a second NIC card with a STATIC IP address and enable Internet Connection Sharing (comes with 98SE) or download a Proxy Server utility(try winfiles.com) to share the connection. Or, see if your ISP supports multiple computers or STATIC IP addresses. Or, go buy a Dlink Residential Gateway that shares it for 32 people automatically so you don't have to hassle with it all. Home networks don't work well with ISP's. You need static IP's for the computers to talk with each other and a Proxy Server to share your connection with others in order to get around the DHCP your ISP wants to give you.

by liaor

Unbind File and Printer sharing from Microsoft Networks from TCP/IP

Install IPX/SPX Protocol

by chemlab1

to use an ipx/spx compatible protocol. I don't know if it will work, but it is worth a shot. The protocol is used for file sharing. Good Luck

by philip lee

If you are using Win9x, there is not much network options that you could have... 3 basic protocol options.
1, IPX/SPX (not much configuration, some games, no internet, file sharing).
2, NetBEUI (no configuration, no internet, file sharing)
3, TCP/IP (internet sharing needs 3rd party software, unless you wanna use ICS, hard to configure, file sharing, games)

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