Help with Satellite I.C.S.

[SpYdEr2723]

Ok I am having a problem, I have the Direc PC dial return system. Now I am on a network with a total of 3 PC's all running XP. The comp I am on can connect without a problem, but all of the client computers can do nothing that involves that sat. I went into the device options and put a check in the "I want to share this internet connection." That won't work, but I do have an option to use only the modem and bypass the sat all together and when I do that it will work. Also what is getting me is I can ping out to like yahoo and google but I can't load the web pages. I am just wondering if there is a lil switch or something I am missing. Please help I have been working on this for three days and I also talked to tech support for about 2 hours and nothing helped so any ideas you have will be appreciated.
SpYdEr

EDIT: Right now I am using the 4.0.0.36. I tired to upgrade to the 4.0.0.40 but it would lock up any time I tried.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Dont bother calling tech support. Those morons in Atlanta wouldnt know ethernet from thier assholes. Anyhow, what version of the software are you using?

 

[SpYdEr2723]

up

 

[SpYdEr2723]

up

 

[ChillX]

Turn on ICS, reboot, and then open up a command.com and post the results of an "ipconfig /all" and a "route print". And get the results for one of the clients as well (no ICS).

Actually, hang on. Does the thing show up as two network connections (one for the modem and one for the satellite)? If it does, make sure you turn on ICS for both connections and then do the above. If it's a "dial return" system, I would imagine (although I've never used one) that there would be one permanent like network connection for the satellite and a dial-up thingie for the modem. Both need to have ICS on. Make sure you go into the network and dial-up properties section (or whatever it's called in XP, that's what it is in 2K) and check.

Even if you get ICS on for both devices, you will probably have to adjust some things on the other machines to get it to work, that's why I'm asking for the data from the top.

 

[SpYdEr2723]

ok here are the numbers from the host comp:
Windows IP Config
Host Name.........................: spyder
Primary Dns Suffix..............:
Node Type..........................: Unknown
IP rounting enabled...........: yes
WINS Proxy Enabled..........: no

Ethernet adapter LAN
Connection -specific DNS suffix.............:
Physical Address...................................: 00-60-08-93-8D-CF
Dhcp Enabled........................................: no
IP...........................................................: 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask..........................................: 255.255.255.0

Sat conection
Connection -specific DNS suffix.............: direcpc.com
Physical Address...................................: 00-80-AE-00-00-01
Dhcp enabled........................................: no
IP...........................................................: 10.111.1.168
Subnet Mask..........................................: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway...................................: 20.177.62.34
DNS Servers...........................................: 198.77.116.8
198.77.116.12
____________________________________________________________________________
ROUTE PRINT
====================================================================
Interface List
0x1..................................................... MS TCP Loopback interface
0x10003 ...00 60 08 93 8d cf ............. 3Com le blah
0x30004 ...00 80 ae 00 00 01............. Satellite USB Device
====================================================================
====================================================================
Active Routes
network destination netmask Gateway interface metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 205.177.62.34 10.111.1.168 1
10.111.1.0 255.255.255.0 10.111.1.168 10.111.1.168 30
10.111.1.168 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 30
10.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 10.111.1.168 10.111.1.168 30
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
192.168.0.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.1 20
192.168.0.1 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 20
192.168.0.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.1 20
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 10.111.1.168 10.111.1.168 30
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.1 20
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 10.111.1.168 10.111.1.168 1
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.1 1
Default Gateway: 205.177.62.34
==========================================================================
persistent routes:
none
___________________________________________________________________________________
CLIENT COMP with out ICS
___________________________________________________________________________________

Windows IP Config
Host Name.........................: thuneral
Primary Dns Suffix..............:
Node Type..........................: mixed
IP rounting enabled...........: no
WINS Proxy Enabled..........: no

Ethernet adapter LAN
Connection -specific DNS suffix.............:
Physical Address...................................: 00-A0-CC-65-B1-A0
Dhcp Enabled........................................: yes
Auto config............................................: yes
IP...........................................................: 192.168.0.120
Subnet Mask..........................................: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway....................................: 192.168.0.1
DHCP......................................................: 192.168.0.1
DNS server..............................................: 192.168.01
_____________________________________________________________________________
ROUTE PRINT
=====================================================================
Interface list
0x1........................................................ MS TCP blah
0x10003................................................ netgear blah
=====================================================================
=====================================================================
Active routes
network destination netmask Gateway interface metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.2 20
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
192.168.0.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.120 192.168.0.120 20
192.168.0.120 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 20
192.168.0.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.0.120 192.168.0.120 20
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 192.168.0.120 198.168.0.120 20
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.0.120 198.162.0.120 1
Default Gateway: 192.168.0.1
=========================================================================
Persistant Routes:
none
__________________________________________________________________________________

wow that was a page full, I also have screen shots if you want them and they can help you figure out what is wrong.
ok thanks. Also at random times the client comp will connect to ICQ for a while then it will disconnect and say that the rate limit is exceded, and iMesh works just fine. so please help
SpYdEr

 

[ChillX]

Ok, looks more like the client settings are messed up rather than ICS.

Try setting the client machine to a fixed IP adddress (such as 192.168.0.5). subnet mask to 255.255.255.0, default gateway to 192.168.0.1, and set the DNS servers to 198.77.116.8 and 198.77.116.12 (the ones assigned by DirectPC). And disable DHCP and auto-config.

That should work - I think. If not, re-get the info for the client machine after making those changes.


And try pinging your machines and then ping some outside sites. Make sure they are pingable first (try on the computer with the direct sat. connection first). If it works, post that up. If not, post the error message (different errors mean different things).