Sharing Internet over LAN

07mavribea07mavribea Perth, Western Australia
edited July 2005 in Science & Tech
I have a modest home network with two computers directly connected to each other and a perfect network. One computer is the "bad" which has internet and just downloads, the other is my "good" gaming rig. Upon creating the network i deliberatly did not share the internet but i could share the internet as i tried while i was playing around with it a bit. Now 6 months down the track i tried to share the internet to no success. Network wizard does not pick it up. Both computers are running XP SP1, i have 1.5mps ADSL and i hade the internet on while i was running network wizard. I am 99.99% everything is right when i set up network wizard. Can any body help or give me your thoughts or some useful links, Thanks.

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  • jradminjradmin North Kackalaki
    edited July 2005
    What kind of router are you using if any at all?

    What I had to do was plug my DSL modem into one of the communication ports instead of the WAN port on my linksys to get it to share anything across. Were talking about 2 xp SP2 machines also.
  • tcithtcith Sydney, Australia Member
    edited July 2005
    so your using the inbuilt ICS (internet connection sharing)

    SO Modem is connected to computer A via USB or Eathernet card A
    Then conputer A has a second ethernet card that connects via switch or cross over cable to Computer B.

    would help to know the exact equipment and how you have it connected
    other than that there are some excellent guides to sharing internet on the net, but if we know your settup we could direct you to the one that best suits your setup
  • 07mavribea07mavribea Perth, Western Australia
    edited July 2005
    Thanks for replying. I DONT have a router and trying to use inbuilt ICS. I have a D-Link DSl-200 modem connected via USB. In that same computer i have a standard 10/100 ethernet. The "good" computer also has an 10/100 ethernet built into the motherboard. The network has no swith or hub and just has a 10m length of cross-over cable connecting the two computers together through their ethernet.
  • botheredbothered Manchester UK
    edited July 2005
    Is the LAN switched on in the 'bad' PC? On my NF7s, you have to go into the bios and turn the LAN controller on. What motherboard are you using?
  • 07mavribea07mavribea Perth, Western Australia
    edited July 2005
    The LAN switch must be turned on if i LAN games through both computers. I can share files and printers with no problems so it must be turned on. My "good" computer is Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe and my "bad" computer is an Epox EP-8KHAL+
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited July 2005
    Have you checked the firewall settings on both computers?
  • GrayFoxGrayFox /dev/urandom Member
    edited July 2005
    Are you using a crossover cable ?.
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