sharing internet connection(XP)

hi,,i hope someone can help,,im a total newb..anyway here's my problem..i have 2 pc's one with Winxp Home(pc A) and the other with WinXP pro(pc B)..PC A and B is connected to a switch and the switch to a router..im using adsl router..(i know this setup is not really practical because its open to attacks and stuff but this is all i can do) i used the networking wizard and got the PC's to communicate with each other..by the way pc A is the one with the internet connection..ping work on both pc also file sharing but i cant seem to browse the net using pc B.. i even tried using a proxy still no go..my internet connection sharing is enabled..firewall off on both pc..still no go..i know this setup works because it worked for me when i had winxp and ME before i updated to winxp home..only 1 NIc card for each computer but it worked before..i even reformatted my pc to use winme again but it still wont work..can someone tell me what i can do to solve this? thanks!

Can you access http://66.102.11.104 from the second computer? If you can, you have a DNS problem (you can't convert domain names into IP addresses). Go to your ISPs website and find the addresses of their two DNS servers. Then, on the XP pro computer open up Network Connections from the Control Panel. Right-click your Local Area Connection and select Properties. Double click Internet Protocol TCP/IP and in the bottom part of the new window, enter in the IP addresses of the two DNS servers. Once you've done this, try accessing a page like www.google.com

unfortunately the the client pc cant access both the address you gave me..i tried putting the DNS server..using proxy..changing the MTU values but the client pc still wont connect to the net..everything else is fine..ping,share or print works..would you mind telling me what setting i should do..i mean what setting should be on the internet options lan setting..would i be needing the proxy and what stuff to put in the ip..i have the client pc configured to use the host pc as gateway but it still wont work...anymore suggestions? pls..i really need help on this

Check that from the second computer you can ping the address of the computer with the Internet connection (probably 192.168.0.1). In Network Connections, right-click the Local Area Connection and double click Internet Protocol TCP/IP. Check that the default gateway field is filled with the IP address of the other computer.

In Internet Explorer, you don't really need to make many changes. Open Internet Options and select the Connections tab. If you have any dial-up connections, make sure that "Never dial a connection" is selected. In LAN Settings, everything should probably be unticked - you most definitely don't want to use a proxy server. If this doesn't work, try ticking the option "Automatically detect settings" only.

HTH,

Edwin

yes i can ping computer A from computer B,i can share files but the client computer cant access the net..i san see that no packets is being received by computer B..it only receives packets when i ping the host computer or share files and that it..hope you can help me fix this

Have you set the default gateway to the IP address of the computer with the Internet connection? (see my previous post for details)

yes computer b is using the address of computer a as gateway..

Double check that on computer A (with the Internet connection) if you right-click the Internet connection and select Properties and select the Advanced tab Internet Connection Sharing should be enabled.

Also check that on the second computer you haven't set Internet Explorer to use a proxy or anything (check the 4th post of this thread).

If it still doesn't work, either accessing the address http://66.102.11.104 or www.google.com can you click Start, Run and type "ipconfig /all > C:\ipconfig.txt" (without the quotes). Do this on both computers then copy the contents of the two ipconfig.txt files into your next post.

Computer A:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : nhe08
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0A-E6-CC-1D-86
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

PPP adapter mydsl2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 203.131.157.171
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 203.131.157.171
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 203.172.11.21
203.172.11.25
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Computer B:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : RANDY
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 4:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : D-Link DFE-528TX PCI Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-05-5D-28-0E-72
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.3
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

i did all that you had suggested by still the client pc cant access the internet

That info looks good.

Can you double check that when you open Network Connections, right-click the Local Area Connection, select Properties and click the Advanced tab that Internet Connection Firewall is disabled on both computers. Also make sure you disable any third-party firewalls (such as ZoneAlarm)for the time being.

I'm sure you've done this right, but you have enabled Internet Connection Sharing on the mydsl2 connection, rather than the Local Area Connection, haven't you?

yes i double checked everything,,no firewalls enabled or installed right now...yes ICS is enabled on mydsl2 connection..but still the client pc wont connect on the net

Going back to your first post, you have an ADSL router plugged into a switch. Could you not connect directly to the Internet through the router. If you go to the web admin interface for the router, there should be an option to turn on the DHCP server. Enable this and then set the two client computers to obtain their IP addresses from a DHCP server. Make sure that you disable Internet Connection Sharing, or there'll be two DHCP servers on the network.

Restart the two computers and check in Network Connections that they have obtained an IP address from the router. They should have an IP address and a default gateway which should point to the router. This should be all you need to do to access the Internet - hopefully the router should give the clients all the information they need.

I would have thought this way should be simpler, and it would mean that the second computer could access the Internet without the first computer being turned on.

its a PPPoe router with only one rj45 port..also there is something wrong with the other pc's NIC card it cannot dial-up the mydsl connection even when it s set-up directly with the router by itself..i dont know why though..do u hink this could be the problem?