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z-man wrote:

ping PC#1 with the 10 address.

I was going to ask that next.

With what? sorry how do i do that?

Try this address from either PC

64.233.217.2

It a DNS server that is on my network. My concern is that your ISP has turned off the ping responce on their DNS server. Unusual for DNS server, but some do it.

from PC#2

ping 192.168.0.1

Sorry about the 10 network, it is the numbering scheme I use all the time. I forgot you were using 192.

Do you want me to put that in for both, or just one? Sorry, I know im an idiot

Heres what I got from pinging 192.168.0.1 from pc

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Mom and Dad>ping 192.168.0.1

Pinging 192.168.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 192.168.0.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

C:\Documents and Settings\Mom and Dad>

And you did that on PC#2

try this:

ping 127.0.0.1

yes pc 2 hold on a sec

Heres what I got


Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Mom and Dad>ping 127.0.0.1

Pinging 127.0.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Ping statistics for 127.0.0.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

C:\Documents and Settings\Mom and Dad>

give me the current ipconfig from both machines, lets make sure we don't have a mistake somewhere.

From pc 1

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : james
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce MCP Networking Adapter

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-E0-18-EF-36-FB
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

PPP adapter Consolidated:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 216.176.88.237
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 216.176.88.237
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 216.176.95.129
216.176.95.161
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner>

From pc 2

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Mom and Dad>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : VICKI-NICVEQ1T
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Mom and Dad:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Linksys LNE100TX(v5) Fast Ethernet A
dapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-04-5A-7F-8D-15
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 216.176.95.129
216.176.95.161

C:\Documents and Settings\Mom and Dad>

Ok, I'm stumped. PC#2 should be able to ping PC#1 using the 192.168.0.X addresses and vice versa. If you run a ping you should get a response from the other machine. This is one reason that the internet connection sharing is not working. The other I think is with the setup of ICS itself, but once again I've never used it so I don't know what to tell you.

It's at this point I would like to be physically there to see everything and have a look at what is going on. Simply because everything else looks right.

Sorry I can't help you more then this.

Thanks for everything man, I don't know how im going to get these ones done. I've done so much do you think a reformat on both would help anything? Then start over again. If I do that, should i use the Network wizard with xp, or set it up manually?

naw, try un-installing the network adapters and protocols. reboot then reinstall. Sometimes that has fixed things for me.

Okay, be prepared for this, its going to sound very stupid. How do I uninstall all that ****?

ive had a problem similar to this before i think. make sure you have net bios enabled on both computers. make sure that you dont only have one protocol installed (the microsoft file and printer sharing one)

How do you enable netbios on both? Also what about the protocols?

I don't know, all this networking **** is really pissing me off. I don't know how I can resolve my problems. Anyone know?

hey. go ingto network connections in control panel and right click the lan connection and go properties. net bios is a protocol, so click installa nd find it in there and ur done!

hefley:

Yes, this is a flame.

Did you actually bother to read my post above about what default gateways are and how to configure them?

Wasted time is not good for anyone [/b]

Um I did, but I can't even seem to get the two PCs to ping each other and the default gateway is irrelevant in that issue, if they are on the same subnet.

I think I've pretty much tried everything. Could it be an issue with my isp? Maybe I should call them and see what they have to say

Right now you need PC#1 and PC#2 able to ping each other on your network. Your ISP has nothing to do with that.

Is there anything I can do to get this all fixed? I kind of need these to be working by this weekend

if ur desprate, you caould always reformat both, but have then connected while windows is installing. set the workgroup to mshome or something in windows setup and it should detect everything automaticly. this is almost garranteed to work, as it will reset everything to default, and the default settings always work (well, have for me), then its just a little bit of tweeking to get it setup the way i like it. have these computers always been connected, or did you just join them? if they have always been single and then you connect them, it could cause probs, i dont no.