Lost my XP Internet Sharing Connection

[Bugrazer]

Hi All...
After two years of using Windows XP Pro's Internet Connection Sharing successfully with four desk tops in my home LAN, I was suddenly unable to see the other workgroup computers and of course couldn't share my Internet connection. I got error messages stating that the connection status is "limited or no connectivity.....this problem occurred because the network did not assign a network address to the computer"
After manually assigning an IP address to each computer, I am now able to see each machine in the workgroup, but still no internet sharing.
I'm using all Abit KV7 mobos with onboard NICs, an old generic 5port hub, a generic 56K modem.
Any thoughts to what might have gone wrong with my setup? Hardware or Software problem?
Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks
bugrazer

 

[nweaver]

S/W problem on the ICS machine. Rerun the wizard, or right click on the dial up connection and share it from there. Also, is your default gateway defined (should be the ICS box)

 

[Bugrazer]

nweaver....I re-ran the wizard numerous times on each machine getting the same results. I'll try sharing the dial up connection like you suggested. I only defined the gateway during setup in the wizard....not sure where else I can verify that the ICS machine is indeed the default. Thanks...I'll keep at it.

 

[nweaver]

where you set the static IP's, you define the default gateway.

 

[Bugrazer]

 

[Bugrazer]

I remember seeing that option now....use the same static IP address ?