Odd ICS problem with Win98

I have 2 WIn98 machines networked with a NIC and small hub. We used
to access teh internet with ordinary dial up modems. However we have
recently installed broadband from BT on one PC and I am trying to get
ICS to work so we can connect the other PC.

Broadband works fine on the 'Host' machine and the 2 machimes can PING
each other and share drives so I think the internal network is OK.

When I install ICS the wizard doesnt give me a chance to specify the
network adapters to use for the internet connection. It just sets
them up. Also looking at the ICSSetup.log my BT Voyager ADSL modem is
always "NOT a candidate".

After ICS has been set up , internet connectiosn dont work from the
host. Turning SHARING off in Internet Properties and rebooting gets
it working again.

Have checked Network properties but just cant understand it. Anyone
got any bright ideas?

RC.

On 25 Jun 2004 10:24:04 -0700, (RussC)
wrote:

Have checked Network properties but just cant understand it. Anyone
got any bright ideas?

The brightest idea would be to put the modem back in its box and
connect an adsl router to the hub to service both machines with an
Internet connection without one machine having to depend on the other.
It will also be far more stable than a pppoa dialup connection using
win98 and will give your network added security since none of the
machines are connected to the Internet directly.

You can get a new one on ebay for about £30 like this one
http://tinyurl.com/3acux

If you can't spare £30 the next best thing is to do the configuration
manually after you have installed ics. ie. Forget about any wizards.
They're crap.

Whatever your chosen ip address was before, installing ICS will change
it to 192.168.0.1 with a netmask 255.255.255.0

Change the client tcp/ip settings as follows :-

IP Address: Obtain an IP address from a DHCP server
Default Gateway: remove all gateways
DNS Configuration: Disable DNS

Reboot and it should work. If it doesn't, look at the server setup.

Check the ip address is 192.168.0.1 mask 255.255.255.0
and check the registry to ensure these settings.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\ICSharing\Settings\General

EnableDHCP=1
IntranetInfo=192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0


Jim.