Connecting laptop to desktop

[Mr Bob]

I am running the a computer with the MB in my sig, and have a Toshiba Satellite M45-S331 laptop connected to a 2nd ethernet port on my MB. (First port is connected to my internet connection)

The laptop can connect to my computer, but I can't access the internet on it. I went into the network connection options window and selected the "Share the internet" option on my computer.

Restarted both computers, and the laptop still cannot connect to the internet, even though it shows it is connected to my computer.

The laptop has the IP 192.168.0.23, whereas my main computer is 192.168.0.1

My computer connects to the internet just fine.

Any ideas what's up?

 

[CrispyFried]

i think you need to "bridge" the two adapters.

 

[DaiShan]

Set the gateway on your laptop to 192.168.0.1. You will probably also need to manually set your DNS servers on the laptop, make sure that you use the same ones as your desktop.

 

[Mr Bob]

Where do I find the Preferred WINS server information at?

 

[DaiShan]

Originally posted by: Mr Bob
Where do I find the Preferred WINS server information at?

You shouldn't need WINS, but its under the advanced tab on tcp/ip properties.

 

[Mr Bob]

Laptop's settings:

IP 192.168.0.39
SUb masl: 255.255.255.0
Default gateway 192.168.0.1
DNS servers are set to the same ones on my desktop.

Still cannot connect to the internet.

Would it help if I provide a screenshot of the network connection information?

 

[DaiShan]

Do this, open a command prompt on the laptop and type "ping 192.168.0.1" what do you get? Then type "ping yahoo.com" what happens here? Finally type "ping 66.94.234.13" Let us know the results.

 

[Mr Bob]

Pings 192.168.0.1 with no packet loss

Cant ping yahoo.com nor 66.94.234.13, the ip times out, and yahoo.com says cannot find host.

I see on the bottom right that I actually am connected to my desktop. The two computers blink, and it shows bytes sent/received.

When I restart the laptop, my desktop shows "network cable unplugged" basically saying the connectiong from my desktop to my laptop is gone.

 

[DaiShan]

Read this technet article on ICS in Windows. There are instructions at the bottom, make sure that you haven't missed a step.


/edit I'm sorry forgot to post the link! http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;234815

 

[Mr Bob]

Linky?