trying to get ICS going between my pc and laptop

[rookie1010]

hello

i just constructed some sort of local network by connecting my laptop through ethernet to my pc. i have tried to start ICS on my pc(server) and my laptop(client) by enabling it through setup home or small network . i did an ipconfig/all on my pc and got the following

[ipconfig_all_pc]
C:\Documents and Settings\Fred>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : fred-fb113tpag
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Network Bridge:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : MAC Bridge Miniport
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-11-67-13-F4-E0

PPP adapter Virgin Net:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 82.12.243.18
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 82.12.243.18
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 194.168.4.100
194.168.8.100

C:\Documents and Settings\Fred>
[/ipconfig_all_pc]

and on my laptop i got


[laptop]

C:\Documents and Settings\Fred>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : RAZOR-A
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network
Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0E-35-C2-C3-8D

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connecti
on
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 08-00-46-F4-FF-1F
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.2.87
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

C:\Documents and Settings\Fred>
[/laptop]


i have got zone alarm going on my my main pc, is that going to be a problem?
are my settings correct?

do i need to disable autoconfiguration on my laptop? is the message "bridge being disconnected" a problem? i tried to do a google to understand what the bridge disconnected meant, and my feeling ist hat the bridge disconnected means that the two computers are not talking through ICS(the green light on the ethernet port is on though)

 

[Win2kpatcher]

I see the problem...but why ICS? you not have a router you can use? or is this for learning purposes?

 

[Win2kpatcher]

wait this is with a dial-up connection? I just noticed the PPP adapater part..forgive my comment about the router

 

[rookie1010]

thanks for the reply

this is for learning purpose
what is the problem

 

[rookie1010]

it is with a dial up connection, the dial up connection is actually a USB based ADSL MODEM

 

[Win2kpatcher]

Ok first something is wrong with your NIC setup on the desktop. Basically you should have enabled ICS on your dial-up connection that connects to the internet then by default it should have assinged the static IP address of 192.168.0.1 to your NIC.

You should then have a ethernet cable going from your NIC on the ICS computer to the laptop ethernet port. You have to remember when you enable ICS on a machine it acts as a DHCP server so be carefule if DHCP is already implemented. Your laptop should pull an IP address via DHCP from the ICS machine which is acting as the gateway then allow it to go out through the dial up connection.

 

[Win2kpatcher]

This explains why you got the APIPA ip based address on the laptop..no DHCP=no real network address just the windows auto assigned one. Wifi that is a given it wont work.

 

[rookie1010]

Hello

I just tried to connect an old router to my pc, and when i do that in the network connections it says that the network bridge has been connected. but if i stick the ethernet cable into the laptop instead it says that the network bridge is not connected.

i checked the network connections for the laptop(which is going to be the client) and there is no network bridge, should there have been one, i have started the ICS setup again for the laptop, again the main pc says that the network bridge has been disconnected.

the laptop has an incoming section which says that there are no incoming connections while the pc has the network bridge section

 

[rookie1010]

thanks for the reply

what is an APIPA IP based address

you mean to say there is no DHCP server on my PC?

once i get ICS working, is it possible for me to use the laptop on ICS with zone alarm running on my main PC?

you dont think i need to have a crossover cable needed for ICS, because the moment i plug the cable into my laptop it says that the cable is not connected

 

[rookie1010]

ok, i think it is probably the cross over cable

i found an old router and stuck my laptop and pc into the router
here is what i get fom the ipconfig/all now

[main_pc]
C:\Documents and Settings\Fred>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : fred-fb113tpag
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

PPP adapter Virgin Net:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 82.12.243.18
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 82.12.243.18
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 194.168.4.100
194.168.8.100

Ethernet adapter Network Bridge (Network Bridge):

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : MAC Bridge Miniport
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-11-67-13-F4-E0
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

C:\Documents and Settings\Fred>
[/main_pc}


[laptop]
C:\Documents and Settings\Fred>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : RAZOR-A
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : lan

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network
Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0E-35-C2-C3-8D

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : lan
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connecti
on
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 08-00-46-F4-FF-1F
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.0.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.138
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.138
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.138
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, December 20, 2006 7:39:30
PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, December 20, 2006 9:39:30
PM

C:\Documents and Settings\Fred>
[/laptop]


i dont understand why my pc nic has an address of 192.168.0.1 whereas my laptop has an address of 10.0.0.1?