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Answer» Hey, Hey Pomeroy, Just "Rob" is fine. Quote from: Atrias on April 03, 2007, 03:15:57 AM The cable I'm using is the one that came with my ethernet cards that always worked before. How will I know if its a crossover cable or not? I'm pretty sure it won't be. XP is fussy about this (and so it should be). You'll need to buy a crossover cable or use a hub/switch in between the two PCs. Both are fairly inexpensive and involve no further configuration (provided it's a bog-standard "dumb" switch/hub).Connector cables on the lead are all different colours, by that reckoning it is a crossover cable. This still puts me back at square one hmm.... I have a hub that I can use potentially... will it work with a USB modem? Just tried to configure the hub but theres no USB on it... guess that won't work (For your information its a Belkin 4-Port Router) Any other avenues we could investigate? Thanks for everyone's help and Rob, sorry about the name thing, I thought your Messageboard name was Pomeroy, didn't see the Rob hehe!I meant use a hub between the two PCs. I still think you've got a straight through cable there, by the way, not a crossover. Don't worry about the name. I've been called worse. If I can't plug in the USB modem to the hub will the ICS still work the same way it would normally? I really don't know about the cable, it's "different colours from left to right" as suggested by patio... it worked perfectly on the same network before everything stopped working, I don't understand how \ why when I'm trying to do exactly the same thing as I did before now it work work!Try this setup: Have your host Computer have the Usb modem hooked up to it, then run a cable from the Ethernet port in that computer to the WAN port in the router. Then plug in your other computer. M1CH431, thanks for the advice, I tried that setup myself but in the Configuration ran through on the Driver \ Setup CD it says that its not plugged in correctly (assumably because the modem is not plugged in correctly) I will test that set-up again and see if theres anything else that might be the problem, I'm going to test and see if I can network and ICS between my current client and an aditional separate computer to see upon which computer the fault actually lies too... Thanks everyone for your help, we're getting there slowly I hope!This is sort of shooting into the dark but try that set up but make sure you have the connection set to share. You do this by going to My Network Places, then view connections, then right click your network card and go to properties. Then at the top click advanced then click the check box that says: Allow other network users to connect through this internet connection.My Internet Connection is definitely set up to allow other users to connect through it... Is that what you mean or do you mean my Local AREA Connection should be set up to allow other users to connect through it... Since my last post I tried changing which computer is the host and which is the client and I get the same problem: Whichever computer is the host wont have an address automatically assigned to it by the DHCP server, whichever is the client automatically gets an address assigned by the DHCP server... However I can ping the client from the host but not the host from the client... (Just to refresh you all) Still getting absolutely nowhere with this and its driving me insane... Thanks again everyone!When you use ICS you are OBLIGED to use addresses from the 192.168.0 class. The multihomed computer (the one on which you set up the ICS) has 2 network cards; the one that connects to internet (router/modem) will have the IP settings that were told you by your ISP. The other one has the address 192.168.0.1. First thing to do, before anything else: connect to internet the computer on which you will set-up the ICS. Do you have internet access from it? If yes, I will continue with my explanation. If no... Try to solve the problem. Another problem: all you have is a USB modem/router? This is not so good... But don't listen to me. Maybe I am wrong. But at "the begining", the USB modems did not allow connection sharing Sorry to take so long in replying to this Viking... been away at university! The internet connection works fine from either connection depending on where I plug it in, alas yes it is only a USB modem... however as I have explained, the whole network was set up exactly as I am trying to set it up now, with exactly the same components as I used before and worked instantly and perfectly... I see no reason for it not to be the case now as all the variables people are throwing up shouldnt \ haven't changed... If it was a problem with ICS and the USB modem it would have been a problem from the start surely?Quote from: Atrias on May 18, 2007, 10:10:43 AM Sorry to take so long in replying to this Viking... been away at university! I agree with you. But, now, if it does not work you have to be creative. So I advise you to assign manually IP's to the computers with ips ranging from 192.168.0.2 to 192.168.0.254. The computer that has ICS enabled has on network interface card the ip 192.168.0.1. Ping from each computer to 192.168.0.1 and see if you receive right responses. Look for DNS address on computer with ICS and set it up on the other computers, also on tcp/ip settings. You have to find it on the router settings, I assume it receives it from ISP (internet service provider). Quote from: Atrias on May 18, 2007, 10:10:43 AM If it was a problem with ICS and the USB modem it would have been a problem from the start surely? You are right, if it was a problem it wouldn't work from the begining. |
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