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ICS problem : host running 2000 pro, client running XP home over a WiFi network
Hi,
I got the following configuration working for a few days but had to move my wireless adapter on a USB hub and since then I can't get ICS to work. Everything works fine but the client can't browse the internet. Any help more than welcome!
ADSL connection on host works fine.
WiFi network is ok (host and client can talk by name and address).
Client can ping any valid IP address from the web but NOT by name.
Client uses DHCP. I have uninstalled my firewall on host.
ipconfig /all on server:
Windows 2000 IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : server2000
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter WiFi:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Actiontec USB 802.11b WLAN Adapter-Am
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-20-E0-5D-12-79
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . :
PPP adapter Pipex:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 81.86.x.x
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 81.86.x.y
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 158.43.240.3
158.43.240.4
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ipconfig / all on client:
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : clientXP
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter WiFi:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Actiontec 802.11b WLAN PC Card-Am
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-20-E0-5E-17-01
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.129
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 22 March 2003 23:57:22
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 29 March 2003 23:57:22
I got the following configuration working for a few days but had to move my wireless adapter on a USB hub and since then I can't get ICS to work. Everything works fine but the client can't browse the internet. Any help more than welcome!
ADSL connection on host works fine.
WiFi network is ok (host and client can talk by name and address).
Client can ping any valid IP address from the web but NOT by name.
Client uses DHCP. I have uninstalled my firewall on host.
ipconfig /all on server:
Windows 2000 IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : server2000
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter WiFi:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Actiontec USB 802.11b WLAN Adapter-Am
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-20-E0-5D-12-79
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . :
PPP adapter Pipex:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 81.86.x.x
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 81.86.x.y
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 158.43.240.3
158.43.240.4
--------------------------
ipconfig / all on client:
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : clientXP
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter WiFi:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Actiontec 802.11b WLAN PC Card-Am
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-20-E0-5E-17-01
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.129
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 22 March 2003 23:57:22
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 29 March 2003 23:57:22
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Consider this question closed. In the end it was due to ZoneAlarm firewall. Although it was disabled, it still loaded a process in memory called vsmon.exe.
ZoneAlarm does not run as a service so I thought I could just disable it but it didn't turn it off! I have now uninstalled it and use Sygate instead (and the personal edition even works with ICS).
As only Tarun bothered to reply I'll give him the points even though it didn't help.
ZoneAlarm does not run as a service so I thought I could just disable it but it didn't turn it off! I have now uninstalled it and use Sygate instead (and the personal edition even works with ICS).
As only Tarun bothered to reply I'll give him the points even though it didn't help.
ASKER
Thanks for trying. That's the purpose of the experts exchange!
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ASKER
I tried that before and it didn't help. I tried it again tonight, just to be sure, but it still does not work. I think ICS works (client can ping www addresses) but the name resolution seems to be the problem.
Help! I'm going insane!