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by gms57

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I am working on a peer-to-peer network with 7 computers. I have set up a TCP/IP lan with mulitple O/S's. I am now having trouble implementing "Internet Connection Sharing" on the newest "Me" computer. I am told that the sharing is setup correctly however, each of the other computers that were set up subsequently using the floppy created by the "Me" computer still cannot invoke the internet call to the "Me" computer. I have gone through the troubleshooting steps without success. Any suggestions are welcome.

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by dhouchin

On the ME computer, check the settings for ICS. Right click on the ICS icon in the task bar and select OPTIONS. Make sure that your internet connection and your lan connection have the correct adapters selected and that Internet Connection Sharing is enabled.

If this appears to be correct, look at the network properties on your ME system. You should see (Home) and (Shared) next to the appropriate entries.

While connected to the internet, go to a command prompt and PING a website by name. Note the IP address. Then go to a workstation do the same thing. If it fails, PING the IP address. If it succeeds when you use the IP address, it means that your DNS settings are not correct.

If you cannot PING the IP address, check your IP settings, including the Gateway and subnet masks.

If you are able to PING the name, but still not able to access the web, check your browser settings and make sure that you are NOT set to use a proxy server.

I hope this helps...

Dennis

by nvpaladin

Make it easy on yourself with only 7 computers and install NETBUEI instead of TCP/IP. May be a bit slower, but a heck of alot easier

by dhouchin

ICS requires TCP/IP. If other protocols are installed, you need to be sure that TCP/IP is really functioning. You can do this by PINGing the ip addresses of your local network. From all workstations other than the ICS host, PING 192.168.0.1, which is the address of the ICS host - this will tell you if the workstations can communicate using the current TCP/IP settings. Your other workstations should have addresses like 192.168.0.2, 192.168.0.3, 192.168.0.4, etc.

Use winipcfg (or ipconfig) on the workstations to confirm the settings.

by wlbowers

Stop trying to use Internet Sharing.
Buy 1 SMC7004BR and Install.
It works with DSL, Cable, and has a db9
port to work with isdn and 56k modems. It
will maintain a constant connection with
the latter. It has a 4 port hub built in and
can be connected to a second hub with a
rollover cable or a link port.
Oh yea its a Firewall, DHCP server and
single port print server also. It works with
all of windows plus mac.

Lee

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