Internet connection sharing - Vista and XP

[Dhananjay]

I am running a Windows Vista machine on a computer that is connected to a cable modem and on computer that is running XP. This 2 machines are connected through a wired network with the help of a hub and no router. So, I was able to get the file and printer sharing to work properly. I odtain an ip address automatically on the general tab on both computers under TCP/IPv4 and use an alternate configuration with a static IP address. On the Vista pc, I already check marked the allow box under ICS but still I am not able to access the internet on Windows XP? Can anyone help? Thanks

[rossen]

It seems to me that this issue is because of obtaining an IP address automatically on the general tab and use an alternate configuration with a static IP address. Can you try to post back with the result of the ipconfig/ all that might give us some details.

[Dhananjay]

I was told that I have to assign an IP address to the home computer that I have because I am not using a router, but a hub instead and it was working properly before installing the new Vista. But, when I just assign an ip address then I am not able to access the internet even on Vista. Below are the ipconfig results:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Dad>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Dell-I530
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Home:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : ADMtek AN983 based ethernet adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1A-70-11-65-A4
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::11a3:9f8b:46eb:3e16%15(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.101(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 301996656
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Internet:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82562V-2 10/100 Network
Connecti
on
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1A-A0-9F-6B-2D
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . :
2002:6158:be45:9:a199:5f4b:ffb0:a40b(Pref
erred)
Site-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
fec0::9:a199:5f4b:ffb0:a40b%2(Preferred)

Temporary IPv6 Address. . . . . . :
2002:6158:be45:9:e1fe:ea53:2c32:1bd8(Pref
erred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::a199:5f4b:ffb0:a40b%9(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 97.88.190.69(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.224.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, January 23, 2008 7:09:08 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, January 24, 2008 1:48:45 AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 97.88.160.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.114.37.44
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 201333408
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . :
00-01-00-01-0E-FE-88-1F-00-1A-A0-9F-6B-2D

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::a199:5f4b:ffb0:a40b%9
24.217.0.5
24.217.201.67
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . :
2001:0:4137:9e50:2e:312b:9ea7:41ba(Prefer
red)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::2e:312b:9ea7:41ba%8(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft 6to4 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Temporary IPv6 Address. . . . . . : 2002:6158:be45::6158:be45(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 2002:c058:6301::c058:6301
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::a199:5f4b:ffb0:a40b%9
24.217.0.5
24.217.201.67
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
isatap.{02D6ABF5-BB62-46B4-903F-E7EF25501
2C2}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.1.101%16(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 10:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
isatap.{C1122CBF-8E95-444D-BCF0-967D325F3
878}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
fe80::200:5efe:97.88.190.69%13(Preferred)

[Actionguy]

It seems to me like your Vista is the HOST of ICS and the XP machine is the client. You can try on the XP machine to go to Start >> My network Places >> Network setup wizard >> and use that you get XP machine to use the Vista machine for Internet Sharing. After doing that you will be able to run an ipconfig/ all command and then check whether your local NIC card has an ip address of 192.168.0.X. Hop this will help you out.