Hi all....

I don't usually have any problems with Windows 2000... but this one is severely bugging me...

I have a Win98se Laptop and another PC downstairs with Windows ME, as well as my Win2k box.

On my Win2k box I have ICS enabled for my 24-7 Freecall dialup modem connection. Now, up
until around October, everything was working fine, I could use my laptop
downstairs and surf the web.

Now, I can't.

I have checked all the configurations and there is nothing visibly wrong,
yet my laptop and my other PC cannot access the internet.

This what the machines have installed and set to:

Win2k box - IP address 192.168.0.1 (This is what ICS sets it to)
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
DNS Server Address is blank. (This has all been
configured via ICS)

Win98 Laptop - IP address (set to automatic ***ign)
Subnet Mask (Also set to automatic ***ign)
DNS Server address (Blank)
(Same goes for the Windows ME machine)

This how it was all setup before.

The two machines can see each other over Microsoft Network client, and can
ping each other (Laptop is ***igned IP 192.168.0.6)

But, the laptop cannot access anything on the net, even when the Internet
settings are defaulted to connect via LAN.

I don't particularly want to reinstall 2000, and I have reinstalled all the
network protocols and checked the services are starting correctly....

System config of my Win2k box:

AMD Athlon 800 (not o/c)
Asus K7V m/board
320Mb RAM
Windows 2000 Build 2195 with SP1
3com 10/100 NIC
U.S. Robotics 56k Sportster Flash
Guillemot Geforce 2 GTS
SB Live
Adaptec 2940CD SCSI card

Any help would be appreciated as I am going f*cking mad with this!!

evil Homer


[This message has been edited by evil Homer (edited 03 December 2000).]

[This message has been edited by evil Homer (edited 03 December 2000).]

Anyone?

Is it only the laptop that is having problems? Or is the ME machine also unable to connect? If it is just the laptop, that is most likely where your problem is. If you are using Internet Explorer, try setting the connectio properties again. If that doesn't work, try running a repair on it.

Its not the laptop, as my parents were using the ME machine and told me of the problem, I just confirmed things with my laptop.

Homer

Hmmm, for some reason, with no interference from me, its now working....

And I am even more completly dumbfounded


Homer

One of the network cards may have been broadcasting. This is usually corrected when the computer is shutdown. Or it can correct itself over time.