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by stephen

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I have been trying to run ICS under windows 2000 server but I cannot get any clients to connect.
I have disabled DHCP WINS and DNS on the server.
I have also enabled internet connection sharing and on-demand dialing for my modem dial up.
The servers NIC ip is set to 192.168.0.1
All the client pc's NIC's are set to "Obtain an IP address automatically"
The local network is running fine because all the shared volumes are available and I am able to ping all the clients.
All the clients browser settings and mail are set to connect via a LAN.
Am I not seeing something so obvious (Wood and Trees springs to mind)
Thanks for any help in advance, this is really bugging me.

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by silverfireiii

In order for it to work, the client computers need to have the gateway and the primary dns set to 192.168.0.1 Also, I give the client computers a static IP from 192.168.0.2 up to 192.168.0.252 I am not sure if you have to give them a static IP,but I always do and it works. Make sure on the Server that everything having to do with a proxy server is disabled and you do not have automatic detection enabled. Years ago when I set up my first it wouldn't work and that was why.

by erikdr

Obtaining an IP address automatically means that DHCP on the server _must_ be active, otherwise what supplies the address?

The clients should have the servers address as their DNS server and default gateway. Also don't specify any proxy setttingsin the browser, NAT (which ICS does) is something totally different from proxy.
If the clients do get IP addresses in the correct range (192.168.100.x I remember, not 0.x) then I see no reason why it wouldn't work.If the IP address assigned is wrong, do use static ones instead.

Have fun,

- The Netherlands

by stephen

When you set up NAT or ICS they act as a DHCP and are able to assign address' as you can see from my question above this is true as I am able to view my server and its shared volume. Also if i run "ipconfig /all" at the command on the clients it states that the DHCP Server is 192.168.0.1, the Gateway is 192.168.0.1 and the clients IP is 192.168.0.2.

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