Internet Connection Sharing

[ksoth]

I am having trouble setting up ICS on my Windows 2000 machine. I am using a Windows ME system as the ICS Host, and setting an ICS client up on 2000 is much different than ME. I have tried searching the net, but what I have found shows things that are not apparent on my 2000 system, so I am further at a loss. If anyonw knows how to do this or of a site that will show me how, it would really be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Guest]

You really should be able to figure this out with some research on the net, even if things don't exactly line up with your specific system at home. But since I just went through this, and had some of the same difficulties, I'll try to help out a bit. First, what type of connection are you sharing? (ie. dial-up or cable/dsl?) Second, do you have two network cards in the host machine? Give me some more info about your setup, and I can try to help you a bit more.
Zhenya

 

[ksoth]

I've looked and looked, but everything I've read, I cannot do! It's extremely frustrating. I am sharing a dialup 56k, with only 1 network card (don't need two because It's not cable or dsl connection). I just isntalled 2000 yesterday to try and get a more reliable business computer (it was running Windows ME). Now, when both computers where running ME, ICS ran great because of the ICS Setup disk that is created with setting it up on the host machine. But, that setup disk doesn't work with a 2000 machine, so it has to be setup manually, which I've tried to do but every resource I've found hasn't helped. I'm new to Windows 2000, and it works differently than 98, and I can't find my way around as easily. Is there a conflict with trying to have ME as an ICS host and 2000 client? Like I said, I had it working when both machines where running ME, so all the hardware is good... Thanks for your interest in helping me!

 

[Guest]

You should not have any problems with running what you have. You can use the Win2k system to connect to the Internet and share the connection to the WinME client using ICS. What you need to do is the following:

1) Connect the Win2k system to the Internet by creating a new icon in the "Network and Dial-up Connections" folder.

2) Share this connection using ICS.

3) On the WinME system, configure it to get its' IP information from the ICS system. This will include IP address, default gateway and DNS server addresses.

To find out what you need to know, do the following:

1) Click "Start", then "Help".
2) Under "Index", open the topic "enabling Internet Connection Sharing" and read it and the topics associated with it. Just follow the instructions carefully and it should work OK.

JS

 

[ksoth]

The problem with that is that the Win ME system is the main system in the house which is used most often and is the primary internet machine. I want that as the host as it is the one that is used most often, for gaming, internet, etc. Mainly, I want the Win 2000 machine for mostly e-mail. Is there a way to do it with the 2000 machine as the client, not the host? It's just not as practical in my situation to use the 2000 machine as the host... Thanks.

 

[Guest]

It shouldn't matter which machine is client and which one is host. Since the windows ICS utility uses TCP/IP, any computer or OS with TCP/IP installed can be a client on the network. When you enable ICS, it should set up the host with the ip address 192.168.0.1 If you set up your client machine to automatically obtain an ip address, ICS should automatically assign one. Otherwise, you can assign the client one yourself, ie 192.168.0.2 set the subnet to 255.255.255.0 and if it asks for a router address, set that to 192.168.0.1 Windows' ICS should do all that for you though.
Zhenya

 

[Guest]

If the Win2k system is the ICS client, and the WinME system is the ICS server, this will also work. Set the Win2k system to get its' IP information by DHCP. To do this:

1) On the Win2k box, in the "Network and Dial-up Connections" folder, open the properties of the "Local Area Connection", then double-click the "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" line.

2) Select "Obtain an IP address automatically" and "Obtain DNS Server address automatically".

3) ICS will take care of the rest.

You can check this fairly easily by opening a command prompt on the Win2k box and running the command: "ipconfig /all". You should end up with a configuration something like this:

IP address:
192.168.1.X, where X is a number between 2 and 254

subnet mask:
255.255.255.0

DNS servers: The same as on the WinME system.

JS

 

[ksoth]

Success! It works. The only way it worked was with a reinstall of ICS on the host ME system. For some reason, it was all out of whack before, for some unknown reason. That's what was all confusing, as the client machine is now setup exactly the way it was before, but now it works... Weird. Anyways, thanks to everyone for your help!