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by singlecoillover

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I have a wireless/wired network set up in my house. I use ICS to connect to the internet via a dialup connection. On my secondary PC (not directly connected to the internet) when I try to remotely connect the internet gateway on my primary PC (directly connected to the internet) it pops up a little box saying "connecting..." after a while, it changes to "Connection Failed!". Now, if I connect the dialup connection from the primary pc, ICS and everything works fine. I'm at a loss for what to do to fix this, seeing as it gives me no error codes, or anything. I'll be happy to clarify any details further. Thanks for any help you can give.

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by langr

Not sure what your network looks like, but will go with this assumption: ICS gateway (primary) computer is on the "wired" part of your network, probably connected to your wireless AP/router. Your secondary (client) computer is trying to connect over the wireless part of your net (via the router/AP).

Here's the first thing to check: your router's IP address -- it probably defaults to 192.168.0.1... and that's the (major) problem. When you set up ICS on your primary computer, it sets the IP address for the gateway computer to 192.168.0.1, so you have to use a different IP address for the router. Just change the router's address to .2.

It can get more involved, but give above a try. More info here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308006/ (plus more info available by searching MS for "troubleshooting internet connection sharing"

by singlecoillover

Actually no, I have two computers in my bedroom, that are connected via ethernet cables to my router. The primary computer connects via a wireless ethernet adapter. (I did try the same thing with my wired computers, same result) I Disabled the DHCP server on the router when I set the network up. It's default IP was 192.168.15.1, my primary computer has an ip of 192.168.0.1, secondary computers are 0.2 and 0.3

As far as I can tell I did everything right, when I set up the host computer I used the wizard, so ICF shouldn't be interfering or anything.

I appreciate you replying! Thanks!

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