netwroking and ICS

[rtagger]

I had 2 netwroked computers sharing a broadband connection for months. All of a sudden it stopped working correctly. After reinstalling the network things, the gateway works great, the other computer regocnises the connection and lists it in network connections. I can run internet programs like Outlook express and AIM, but when i try MSN or web browsers, it says server cannot be found. Any ideas? thanx

 

[Phantasm66]

Try this:

-Stop ICS on the internet connected machine.
-On the other machine, run this command in a command prompt:

ipconfig /release

-Reboot the internet connected machine, and then put ICS back on.

-Run this command on the other machine:

ipconfig /renew


A simple refresh of ICS is all that is often needed, even if you have reinstalled TCP/IP and other networking components. Also, check in the LAN settings for the browser on the machine that's having problems, make sure that automatically detect settings stuff is all unticked.

 

[rtagger]

well it didnt let me renew as it said something about "no adapter is in a state to have this operation performed on it" or something like that. Anyhoo, i disconnected and clicked repair a few times, did a few restarts and its working again. I hear that loads of people get problenms with windows networking,.. mines never been any bother.. though saying that i hope it holds up. cheers anyhoo.

 

[Phantasm66]

Well, ICS is a little flaky....