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by larry barton

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I'm trying to connect 2 PCs through a hub so they can share their cable modem for interent access. One system has Me and the other one has XP Home.

They can both see the internet, but can't see each other. I have double checked the workgroup,usernames, permissions, bindings on the NICs, protocols (NETBEUI for LAN, TCP/IP for internet), created the diskette in XP and ran the applet on the Me system, but nothing works.

I'm sure I'm missing something real easy, but I haven't been ableto figure it out yet.

Help!

Thanks,

Larry Barton

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by thechas

You might try installing Peer to Peer networking.
Or, a similar network scheme.

Also, if you are using ICS, it should only be installed on the PC with the internet connection, prefferably the XP system.

Chas

by kuhlio

This is just a shot in the dark, but do you have file and printer sharing enabled on both PCs?

by bohicam1

The puter hosting the internet connection should have a second nic card installed. The first nic should be the one that the cable modem goes into. The second nic should have a cable running back to the hub so that the other puter can access the files and the internet from the host.
Good luck!

Mike

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