NEED HELP NETWORKING!!!!!!

I have been trying and trying to get the computer in my room to run off of our main computer using ICS.I have SBC YAHOO DSL. I believe I have everything hooked up right but it seems that some of my settings are messed up. I have gotten to the point where, on my computer in my room I am able to see the HOST computer under network connections but when I try to browse the internet it attempts to DETECT PROXY SETTINGS and then it gives me a PAGE CANNOT BE DISPLAYED message. I am also having a problem when I attempt to enable my second local area connection. When I do this I am no longer able to browse the internet on my host computer. Somebody please help me !!!!!!!!!I am rady to through my computer out thE WINDOW.

 

I was thinking about getting a router but before I did I wanted to try using Internet Connection Sharing because supposedly it works but I cant get it hooked up right. Does anyone else know something that could help me? PLEASE REPLY!!!!!

 

Did you run ICS on both computers?

Are you configured with NIC cards?

How exactly do you have them connected?

 

I did run ICS on both computers, and I do have my NIC's plugged in and they are working properly, but im not sure if their settings are correct. I am connecting my computers together using crossover cable.
Do you know why when I enable my second network connection on my host computer, I am no longer to access the internet on my host computer?

 

Check your IRQ's. They maybe be trying to use the same ones.

Try releasing the IP address on both computers and see if that helps.

We can manually set the "slave" computers addresses later once you have them "talking" with eadh other.

 

Thanks for replying. How do I check my IRQ's, and how do I release my IP address?

 

To check your IRQ's and other resources use Device Manager. THe IRQ's of both cards can be the same on the host computer but all the other resources should be different. Check Network Adapters, Properties. Click on the resources tab. While your in Device Manager see if the devices are reported as working properly.

To release your IP addresses, I need to know which operating system your using (ie Win 98, 2000, XP, etc.)

 

I checked my IRQ's and all of them were fine except for my WAN MINIPORT (IPX), it has a yellow exlamation point by it.

For IP release reference I am using Windows XP on both my computers.

 

The WAN Miniport Driver allows two NT or Windows 95 machines to connect over ISDN giving TCP/IP, NetBEUI and IPX connectivity between the two machines

So this could be the root of the whole problem.

Most likey it is a corrupt or missing driver (part of XP).

Right click on it and go to properties, reinstall the driver. You'll need your XP CD.

Reboot afterwards and try the network. Check Device Manager to see if the yellow exlamation has gone away.

Let me know the results.

 

I did go in and reinstall the Driver and it said that it was finished installing, but after I restarted and went back into device manager WAN MINIPORT is no longer listed under network adapters.

You should also know that I now can browse the internet on my host computer while I have my second network connection enabled.

 

Right. That WAN MINIPORT will ONLY show up if there is a problem. Installing the dirver fixed it so, it will not show.

Is the problem all solved now?

 

No, I still cant access the internet from my Client computer, the only thing that has changed is what I told you before, I am now able to enable my second network connection and browse the internet from my host computer.

 

Are you able to share files?

 

Yes, I am able to share files between my machines.

 

OK. We're almost there!

Run the Internet Connection Wizard on the RENOTE computer and see if that solves the problem. If it doesn't, then we'll go with the manual setup.

 

I ran the network setup wizard on my computer and then I checked and I still can't access the internet from my client computer.

 

On each computer, one at a time.

Open your Network Connections. Double click on the icons, one at a time. On the support tab, Write down the connection status information and post the information.

 

On my HOST computer these were the results

For my first network connection, the one that connects to the internet this is what I got.

Address Type: Assigned by DHCP
IP Address: 70.224.247.32
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 70.224.247.33


For my second network connection this is what I got.

Address type: Automatic Private Address
IP Address: 169.254.87.16
Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway:


These are the results I got off of my CLIENT computer.

Address type: Automatic Private Address
IP Address: 169.254.182.185
Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway:

 

The second connection and the Remote computers' IPs are wrong. That is the problem now.

Let's take the follow steps and try and fix it automatically, if that doesn't work, we'll do it manually.

Step 1> Temporarily shut down (better yet remove) all Anti-Virus and Firewall programs.

Restart the computers.

On the HOST computer.

Step 2> Set the Internet Connection Sharing.

Click Start> Select My Netwrok Places and right click, sekect Properties.

NOTE: If there is a Network Bridge> DELETE it and then continue.

Right click the connection that you use to connect to the Internet.

On the menu, select Properties.

Click the Advanced tab.

Under Internet Connection Sharing, click the "Allow other network users to connect through this computers' Internet connection" check box.

With dial-up, click to select the "Establish a dial-up connection when ever a computer on my netwrok attempts to access the Internet" chek box if you want to allow your computer to automatically connect to the Internet.

Click OK, when the message occurs please click YES.

Restart the computer.

It should then have an IP of 192.168.0.1 and a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 If this is what your results are then the REMOTE should connect to the Internet.

If this doesn't work then we'll do it manually (as I said before).

Let me know the results.