Steve Winograd
April 11th 03, 06:06 AM
In article >, "John Peyton"
> wrote:
>Uugh! I've set up a home network with my desktop (WinXP)
>and notebook (Win98). The desktop has a NIC connected to
>a Netgear MR814 wireless router. The notebook connects
>via a Netgear MA401 wireless 802.11b PC card. The
>network works fine, I can print from the notebook to the
>printer connected to the desktop. I can also view both
>computers in the network (on each computer) and access
>files in the sharedocs folders.
>
>But ICS does not work on my network. I've got it set up
>right as far as I can tell, but for some reason the
>desktop does not share the internet connection via the
>modem with the notebook.
>
>I've got all 4 boxes checked under the Advanced tab of
>the modem connection properties control panel. I've
>changed the router's IP address to 192.168.0.2 and its
>assignable range to 192.168.0.3 to 192.168.0.50. So I
>know that ICS has 192.168.0.1 available.
>
>Netgear tells me that since the network works, I'm on my
>own for support for ICS.
>
>Anyone have any suggestions?
>
>Thanks,
>
>John
If I understand correctly, you connect to the Internet using a dial-up
modem in the desktop computer. If you had a cable modem or DSL
connection, you could share it via the wireless router, with no need
for ICS.
You need to use the wireless router as an access point only:
1. Disable the router's DHCP server -- changing its addressable range
isn't enough. I suspect that the router is assigning an IP address to
the laptop and that the laptop's default gateway points to the router.
The laptop must get its IP address from the desktop computer, and its
default gateway must point to the desktop computer.
2. Connect both computers to the router's LAN ports. Don't connect
anything to the router's WAN port.
With that setup, reboot the notebook and use Winipcfg to check its
TCP/IP configuration. It should show:
IP Address: 192.168.0.x (1<x<255)
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.0.1
DNS Server = 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server = 192.168.0.1
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
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> wrote:
>Uugh! I've set up a home network with my desktop (WinXP)
>and notebook (Win98). The desktop has a NIC connected to
>a Netgear MR814 wireless router. The notebook connects
>via a Netgear MA401 wireless 802.11b PC card. The
>network works fine, I can print from the notebook to the
>printer connected to the desktop. I can also view both
>computers in the network (on each computer) and access
>files in the sharedocs folders.
>
>But ICS does not work on my network. I've got it set up
>right as far as I can tell, but for some reason the
>desktop does not share the internet connection via the
>modem with the notebook.
>
>I've got all 4 boxes checked under the Advanced tab of
>the modem connection properties control panel. I've
>changed the router's IP address to 192.168.0.2 and its
>assignable range to 192.168.0.3 to 192.168.0.50. So I
>know that ICS has 192.168.0.1 available.
>
>Netgear tells me that since the network works, I'm on my
>own for support for ICS.
>
>Anyone have any suggestions?
>
>Thanks,
>
>John
If I understand correctly, you connect to the Internet using a dial-up
modem in the desktop computer. If you had a cable modem or DSL
connection, you could share it via the wireless router, with no need
for ICS.
You need to use the wireless router as an access point only:
1. Disable the router's DHCP server -- changing its addressable range
isn't enough. I suspect that the router is assigning an IP address to
the laptop and that the laptop's default gateway points to the router.
The laptop must get its IP address from the desktop computer, and its
default gateway must point to the desktop computer.
2. Connect both computers to the router's LAN ports. Don't connect
anything to the router's WAN port.
With that setup, reboot the notebook and use Winipcfg to check its
TCP/IP configuration. It should show:
IP Address: 192.168.0.x (1<x<255)
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.0.1
DNS Server = 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server = 192.168.0.1
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com