DSL'ing two PC's - Obviously I'm doing something wrong ;-)

[Kaustav]

Usual old question, so I'll cut straight to the chase.
Server running Win2K Pro has an ADSL modem on it. Is connected and live on the net. The ADSL connection has ICS enabled. Server has a NIC as well as the ADSL modem attached.

Client has a NIC. Client set to Auto detect IP code and auto assign DNS.

Automatically Detect Settings is disabled in Internet Explorer.

Client still cannot talk to the Internet. Why? Must be doing something wrong. What have I missed out? Basically, I want to get my client laptop to share the net connection which the ADSL server is enjoying. The Client is also running Win2K.

 

[vash]

1. Does the server have two (2) nic cards? Pretty essential to get ICS working.
2. Did the client PC try to get a new DHCP address? Try to release and renew its IP address. If it gets an IP like 192.168.x.x, then the DHCP is working correctly.

If the machines can ping each other or talk via \\name, then there is something wrong with ICS.

vash

 

[Kaustav]

I bollocks, my server has just one 10/100 NIC in it. My ADSL modem is a USB modem. The client is connected via a crossover cable to the above 10/100 NIC. What's the second NIC used for?

 

[vash]

<< I bollocks, my server has just one 10/100 NIC in it. My ADSL modem is a USB modem. The client is connected via a crossover cable to the above 10/100 NIC. What's the second NIC used for? >>

Ahh.. that's a bit different then.
Since you don't have your DSL connect to a NIC, then you won't need the second NIC at all.

You *should* be fine. As long as the two PCs can talk with each other now, ICS should renew the DHCP address on the client's machine. Try typing this on the command prompt on the client's machine (in bold)

c:\>ipconfig /renew

vash

 

[cavingjan]

Can your two computers talk to each other? If so connectivity is fine; move on to the next step. If not, check to see if the cable is bad or the IP addresses aren't in the same range.

Do you have the server listed as the gateway for the client machine? Secondly is the client logging into the server? I'm not sure if there is an issue with not being logged into the server with ICS or not.

 

[Kaustav]

Ah don't worry, I figured it out.... disable ICS on the server, and then turned it back on again and then did an ipconfig /release and /renew on the client... works perfectly now... odd why it didn't work before... oh well! I'm happy now

Kaustav