internet connection drops when ICS client disconnects; dhcp prob? SOLVED

[vexingv]

i finally got WinXP's ICS to work using 3 nics and crossover cable to network 2 PCs...i have 2 nics on my pc thats bridged and one on the client pc. tho its ghey that i still have to dial my PPPoe account on the client to connect to the internet. but what sucks is that my connection on the host machine is dropped whenever the client adapter/nic is disconnected (when pc shutdown/restart). i'm using covad dsl. i unchecked the "Establish dial-up.." and "allow user to control connection..." boxes under the advanced tab of the Covad connection. any solutions???

thanks

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[vexingv]

anyone??

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: vexingv
i finally got WinXP's ICS to work using 3 nics and crossover cable to network 2 PCs...i have 2 nics on my pc thats bridged and one on the client pc. tho its ghey that i still have to dial my PPPoe account on the client to connect to the internet. but what sucks is that my connection on the host machine is dropped whenever the client adapter/nic is disconnected (when pc shutdown/restart). i'm using covad dsl. i unchecked the "Establish dial-up.." and "allow user to control connection..." boxes under the advanced tab of the Covad connection. any solutions???

thanks

OK, well sounds like you have a client machine supplying the DHCP subnet instead of the main machine. Best bet is to a get DSL/Cable Router. I would suggest the SMC Barricade 7004 series, too many people post problems with the Linksys series. The Router does all the work so it doesn't matter what machine is on or off. You can have all your machines off and still have a DSL connection up and running waiting for a machine to come online.

 

[vexingv]

i guess i shoulda gone w/ the router earlier..but i already had the nics and all i needed was the cables so i went w/ this setup....how would i configure dhcp so that the main computer is the one that supplies it instead of the client?

 

[vexingv]

i went and disabled the dhcp client service (via services.msc) on the client computer and took it off completely. i checked to see that the host computer had dhcp enabled and it already was. so here's how it goes: the host computer is already on and connected to the internet. the instant i plug in the crossover cable on the client computer my host pc loses its internet connection. so i guess its not dhcp, or i havent configured it properly. any other suggestions?