solution to ICS with ADSL

daveqb

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well i have finally got the thing figured out, due to help from some guys on another forum.

it was so frustrating so i posted this to help anyone out who is having the same.

first the problem. it is being unable to share internet connection. to be more specific, the host PC can browse the net etc, but the clients can't. The clients can find sites, but cant bring up a page.

this link is the solution.

but i applied info i got from an email that had different info on the regedit.

heres what i did:



Windows 2000 and XP:



Run the Registry Editor (REGEDIT.EXE) on one of your "Client" machines.

Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SYSTEM\ CurrentControlSet\ Services\ Tcpip\ Parameters\ Interfaces.

There should be several subkeys under the Interfaces key; most likely, you'll find three. View the contents of each key by clicking, and find the one that corresponds to your primary network adapter; it will be the one with more values than the other two, and will have an IP address value set to something like 192.168.0.x.

Once you've found the correct subkey, create a new DWORD value in it (Edit -> New -> DWORD Value), and name the value MTU.

Double-click the new value, choose the Decimal option, and type the MTU value determined above.

Click Ok when you're done - you'll need to restart Windows for this change take effect.

Repeat this for each Client machine.

Windows 98/Me:



Run the Registry Editor (REGEDIT.EXE) on one of your "Client" machines.

Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ System\ CurrentControlSet\ Services\ Class\ Nettrans\.

Under that branch, find a key (numbered, such as 0005) that contains has TCP/IP assigned to the DriverDesc value.

Select New from the Edit menu, then String Value, and type MaxMTU for the name of the new value.

Double-click the new value, choose the Decimal option, and type the MTU value determined above(mine is 1454).

Click Ok when you're done - you'll need to restart Windows for this change take effect.

Repeat this for each Client machine.




i hope this helps
 

JackMDS

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>>>first the problem. it is being unable to share internet connection. to be more specific, the host PC can browse the net etc, but the clients can't. The clients can find sites, but cant bring up a page.<<<

MTU usually affects the size of the bandwidth (speed) available through a connection.

I am curious what is the explanation for solving your problem?

BTW: There is much easier way to change MTU and other TCP/IP parameter.

Download DrTCP: http://www.dslreports.com/front/DRTCP019.exe
 

daveqb

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<< I am curious what is the explanation for solving your problem? >>




the solution to my problem was making the Regeedit , by adding the MTU key with a value of 1454.

why i need this i dont know, i guess its the way Telstra sends the data or something. but the host has no problems running with the default 1500.

i am not very knowledgable on the MTU value anyway.

but i'll try that link, could make it tad easier (although already pretty easy, only gotta add one key)