[Blah Blah Blah]

My cousin's husband tried to set up ICS on his Windows 98se pc's. Now setting ICS is a monkey see monkey do operation that I have never seen fail, or heard of anyone failing. However, my cousin's husband did.

I have no idea what he did, but he now cannot browse the web through IE from either PC. They can dial the internet, but that is about it. If I remember correctly we cannot resolve names, or ping? (sorry doing this over the phone and I have been so busy,,,,, lots of excuses!)

Anyway, the obvious question, how can I resolve this.


Thanks in advance,

[PangingJr]

remove firewall software from all PCs and then check the following..

MS ICS Kbased
SYMPTOMS
Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) requires TCP/IP to be bound to the internal network adapter. If TCP/IP is not bound to the adapter connecting to the Internet and the adapter connecting to the LAN, the ICS host cannot function. The following items should appear in Network properties:
External Adapter (Dial-Up Adapter or Network Adapter)
Internal Adapter (Adapter connecting ICS to the LAN)
Internet Connection Sharing
Internet Connection Sharing (Protocol)->External Adapter
Internet Connection Sharing (Protocol)->Internal adapter
Internet Connection Sharing (Protocol)->Internet Connection Sharing
TCP/IP(Home)->Internal Adapter
TCP/IP(Shared)->External Adapter
TCP/IP->Internet Connection Sharing

CAUSE
Setup does not verify that TCP/IP is bound to the internal adapter. This is apparent only in the Winipcfg tool. If TCP/IP is bound correctly, Winipcfg lists two adapters: ICS Adapter and Internal Adapter.

RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue
Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click Add/Remove Programs.
Click the Windows Setup tab.
Double-click Internet Tools, and then click to clear the Internet Connection Sharing check box. Click OK, click OK, and then restart the computer when you are prompted.
Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click Network.
Click an instance of TCP/IP, and then click Remove. Repeat this step for each instance of TCP/IP.
Next, click Add, click Protocol, click Microsoft, and then double-click TCP/IP.
Verify that TCP/IP has been bound to both adapters. Click OK, and then restart the computer when you are prompted.
Verify that your Internet connection works. Once this is verified, click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click Add/Remove Programs.
Click the Windows Setup tab.
Double-click Internet Tools, and then click to select the Internet Connection Sharing check box. Click OK, and then click OK to start the ICS Setup Wizard.
MORE INFORMATION

Notes
Removing the ICS adapter completely removes the ICS component.
Removing IPX/SPX and NetBEUI bindings to the ICS adapter does not affect ICS. These bindings should be removed for performance issues if they are not being used on your LAN. ICS does not use these bindings.
Removing the TCP/IP binding to the ICS adapter or any adapter used by ICS does not uninstall ICS, but causes ICS not to function. Adding the TCP/IP binding to the ICS adapter or an adapter used by ICS restores ICS functionality.
Removing any of the adapters or TCP/IP bindings to these adapters does not remove ICS component but causes ICS not to function.
Removing the ICS protocol from an adapter not used by ICS does not remove ICS and does not affect the ICS functionality.
Removing the ICS protocol binding from any adapter used by ICS (including the ICS adapter) does not remove the ICS component but causes ICS not to function. You must uninstall and reinstall ICS to restore functionality.

MS ICS Kbased
In order for the Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) host to function, you must log on to the computer running ICS.

All clients must have an active network stack to be able to gain access to the Internet via the ICS computer. To activate the network stack, you must log in. If you click Cancel in any logon screen, the network stack is disabled and you do not have network connectivity.

MORE INFORMATION
If security is not an issue, you can configure your computer to automatically log on to Windows by following these steps:
Click Start, point t Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click Network.
In the Primary Network Logon box, click Windows Logon.
Click OK.
When you are prompted to restart the computer, do so.
When you are prompted for your Windows logon information, type the appropriate user name, leave the password blank, and then click OK.

[Blah Blah Blah]

Panging,
Did the basics such as add/remove ICS, removed all NW from the network panel and re-installed all the drivers again.

The network works, but when each PC dials the internet as a standalone (i.e. not on the network) the PC cannot get a web page to run either by url such as mistari.com.au or by 203.63.177.131

Of course Graham had had many attempts at installing and fixing ICS before he called me.

I was hoping to find some fix other than a re-install. As I have done all of the basics etc. Not to say I know it all etc, but I work as a Network Administrator installing server and networks, so, as I mentioned I have done all of the basics.

[PangingJr]

its win 9x you know, i used to have that MS-ICS prob. yesrs ago and i forgot them all now!.
anyway what was the error? "the page cannot be displayed" or something with a "time-out errors"
and pls dont format the hdds yet, try to fix it..

[Shrink]

Originally posted by Blah Blah Blah
My cousin's husband tried to set up ICS on his Windows 98se pc's. Now setting ICS is a monkey see monkey do operation that I have never seen fail, or heard of anyone failing. However, my cousin's husband did.

I have no idea what he did, but he now cannot browse the web through IE from either PC. They can dial the internet, but that is about it. If I remember correctly we cannot resolve names, or ping? (sorry doing this over the phone and I have been so busy,,,,, lots of excuses!)

Anyway, the obvious question, how can I resolve this.


Thanks in advance,

I would suggest removing the network connection entirely by removing the network adapter from device manager, and then rebooting so it is redetected, and setting it up from scratch again there. A great source of information for configuring ICS is http://www.timhiggins.com/FAQ.php and http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing

Good luck!