Q: I have Windows XP ICS from my machine with 2 NIC cards, one is a Netgear FA310TX and the other is an SMC Ether Power II card. The Netgear setup was connected to my cable modem and the card was plugged into my SMC 10BT hub. It works well and is today just stopped working. When I try to obtain an IP address of the SMC card to get, which just keeps the default allocation of private IP address, and says that the DHCP server can not be connected. I reset my modem and the hub to no avail, and changing the roles of the cards: Netgear SMC modem to a hub, but it will still not connect. I currently have a nasty proxy server is running as it does not work, and I would really like to get ICS running again because it is so easy to manage. Any idea what happened? i / expressions / rolleye.gif
Best Answer: do you mean the ICS (internet connection sharing firewall)
that one is out dated it was released with XP and XP SP1
the Windows Firewall replaces it they just didn't take the other one out
if you're using a wireless router then you don't need go through the internet connection wizard either
your 360 and your PC can share the connection through the router
just connect each one separately
if you don't have a router and are trying to allow your 360 to pass through your XP machine you still don't need the ICS but need to use 2 active network cards and use the network setup wizard
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> this computer connects directly to the internet
> all other computers connect to the internet through this PC
setup when the 360 is connected to the internet through the XP machine must be (2 wired, or 1 wired and 1 wireless, but not 2 wireless)
Re:Ya, I have had my fair share of routers, 4 of them to be exact. First was the Linksys 4 port router, it wouldn't stop dropping the connection, even with newest firmware. A friend of mine has the same one with the newest firmware and it drops his connection every 2 minutes. Returned that and got a Netgear, did the same thing except started over a longer period of time. RMAed it and the replacement ended up doing the same thing (all with newest firmware). Next got a D-Link, worked for awhile then would receive an IP from the modem, give me a LAN IP address, but no internet functionality would work.
I think you can see now why I am so against Cable/DSL routers. I was running an old Packard Bell with Coyote Linux for months which held up perfectly compared to the Cable/DSL router solution. I might just go back to Coyote Linux i/expressions/rolleye.gif
Re:Given the current prices of Entry Level Cable/DSL Routers ($30-$40) there is no reason to use ICS.
The only time this is not the case is when you are stuck with MSN, after having service with qwest on a select 256 modem pool plan.
I have tried to set up a cisco 675/678 for my friend, and it is like oil and water. Even using settings outlined in qwest's field manual for testing, I was unable to get it going. Of course there was the fine print about " no customer should be using 675/678 on a 256 select modem pool":P
MSN says it can provide an external modem, but only after cancelling the service and re-applying for it, with about a month's downtime. Other that that "non option", we are stuck with using an internal intel pro 2100 modem, and ICS.
Re:That is incredibly lame, as it was working fine. Well, I guess I'll try and run it off of another computer and see how that fares.
Re:I agree about ICS works haphazzardly at best. You need RRAS for routing through a multi homed computer. You can buy NT Server for $100 nowadays, but router is more easily configured. Best of luck.
Re:It is quite often that people who use ICS for a period of time complain about sudden unexplained problems. I tried few times to research the issue but came out with nothing. My suspicion is that the setting get ?trashed? somehow with usage. I do not think that Microsoft intended that ICS should be use with elaborate settings.
Given the current prices of Entry Level Cable/DSL Routers ($30-$40) there is no reason to use ICS.
In case your system can not use Hardware Router you can try to look at this product.
Sygate? Home Network (http://soho.sygate.com/products/gate_ov.htm)
Re:I'm not running a standalone router if that is what you are referring to. It is my main machine running Windows XP with two NIC cards, and Internet Connection Sharing. DHCP is enabled by default, my internet NIC is getting an IP fine from my ISP, but my LAN NIC is not defaulting to 192.168.0.1 LAN IP in order to share the connection over my hub which has two other machines connected to it. Instead, it is defaulting to the private IP address for WIndows, and says the DHCP server cannot be reached.
Re:your router should get IP from ISP. TCP?IP properties should have DHCP enabled for nic of computer with I assume 192.168.0.1 as default gateway, or what ever you router internal IP is. 192.168.0.1 is usually default. Default gateway for router, should be ISP router's IP and DNS from your ISP also. does this make sense?
Re:Yes, the modem is DHCP enabled as my Netgear card picks up an IP from the ISP, but my LAN card won't get a LAN IP when I setup ICS. I can do everything online from my host computer, but the LAN card in it won't get a network IP to connect to the hub and share the connection.
Re:Also ttry to update the nic drivers. I have 311 and 2000 doesn't recognize it
Re:ICS rarely has worked well for me in the past. Is you DSL router a DHCP enabled one?
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