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RPC error when sharing internet connection

Asked by: gonzaria

Hi All,

I'm trying to share my dialup internet connection between two windows xp computers.

The computer that i want to share the internet to is a newly formatted and xp sp1 machine, with no other apps installed.
the computer i want to share the internet from has xp sp2 on it, and has not been formatted and/or had xp reinstalled for around 13 months now.

When i go to the advanced tab of my dialup connection properties (on sp2 pc) and click the "allow other network users to connect...." and click ok, this error appears:

Network Connections
Cannot enable shared access.
Error 1722: The RPC server is unavailable.
OK

Any ideas on how to fix this would be great.

Gonzaria.


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2005-10-13 at 21:41:16ID21594723
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Answers

 

by: tim_quiPosted on 2005-10-13 at 21:50:25ID: 15083063

Hello gonzaria,

go to start>control panel>administrative tools>services> scroll down and look at the Remote Procedure Call.  On my system its set to automatic and it is started.  I have another one underneath it called Remote Procedure Locator, mine is set to manual and not started.   How do your systems look in there?

 

by: gonzariaPosted on 2005-10-13 at 21:58:38ID: 15083080

Hi tim_gui

RPC service is auto and started
RPC locator WAS manual and not started, i changed it to auto the other day, so now its auto and started, but it didn't make any difference.

Gonzaria.

 

by: tim_quiPosted on 2005-10-13 at 22:04:06ID: 15083095

Yeah,

the second one is fine not started, I would leave the way it was.


Have a look at this:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;323790

Read  this one next, it may not apply to situation though;

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;829359

 

by: tim_quiPosted on 2005-10-13 at 22:06:12ID: 15083107

 

by: gonzariaPosted on 2005-10-13 at 22:20:21ID: 15083145

tim_gui,

had a look at both of those.

I've just discovered something which may be contributing. but i'll mention that in a sec.

The sp 1 pc has file and print sharing enabled already.

I've already got netBIOS/ipx enabled (because i like to play networked warcraft 2!) I've just enabled it on the other computer too. But i'll have to restart sp2 pc in a minute because....

sp2 pc is "acquiring network address" and has been since i tried to share the internet (around 20 mins ago now). I've just given it an ip address of 192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0 and the computer wants to restart (an oddity for xp.)

gonzaria.

 

by: tim_quiPosted on 2005-10-13 at 22:24:10ID: 15083156


Go to start> help> search for rpc
 for general info.
You may simply need to enable it.

Look at the configure client for microsoft networks. There is not too much in there.

 

by: tim_quiPosted on 2005-10-13 at 22:38:56ID: 15083197

gonzaria,

What happened?

 

by: gonzariaPosted on 2005-10-13 at 23:03:05ID: 15083260

Nothing. nothing at all.

i looked at the "configure client for microsoft networks."

everything looks as its meant to.

gonzaria.

 

by: tim_quiPosted on 2005-10-13 at 23:05:54ID: 15083269

gonzaria,

I am going to call in a big gun.

 

by: tim_quiPosted on 2005-10-13 at 23:28:27ID: 15083325

gonzaria,

go back into services, is DCom service started?

 

by: gonzariaPosted on 2005-10-13 at 23:37:38ID: 15083354

DCOM server process launcher?

auto and started.

gonzaria.

 

by: tim_quiPosted on 2005-10-13 at 23:48:22ID: 15083382

 

by: gonzariaPosted on 2005-10-14 at 00:21:16ID: 15083468

Aha. I have fixed it. Well, i think so anyway.

http://forums.speedguide.net/showthread.php?t=114423

Basically it says you need to have the DHCP service running (which i did not.)

i just have to restart my pc one more tme to see if it will work and then i'll let you know.

Gonzaria

 

by: tim_quiPosted on 2005-10-14 at 00:23:53ID: 15083477

Great!!!!!!!!!!!  :-)

 

by: gonzariaPosted on 2005-10-14 at 00:39:23ID: 15083529

tim_gui,

The internet sharing is enabled, internets still not working on the other computer, but at least the connections shared!

The rest I can play with at my own leisure.

Thank you for all your help - (keeping me calm and focused lol)

gonzaria

 

by: garycasePosted on 2005-10-14 at 07:14:01ID: 15085513

Hi tim -- it appears that by the time I got your note this morning this problem has been solved :)
Remember that ANYTIME multiple computers are connected, there HAS to be a DHCP server running SOMEWHERE.   For most folks these days it's on their router - but it doesn't have to be.

The first thing I'd have asked for here would have been an "IPConfig /all" for both machines -- that would have immediately identified the problem (no assigned IP) on the 2nd machine.

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