Re: Can't Connect To The Net
Elliott,
You're not alone. First of all, the order of installing these components is very important. You must have a working network, AND a working internet connection from the host machine before you install the Internet Connection Sharing component in Windows. The procedure is, from scratch:
1. Install network card (Add New Hardware) and drivers on all computers.
2. Add network components (IPX/SPX, TCP/IP, etc) on all computers.
3. Run Home Networking Wizard on the host computer. Say 'yes' to creating a network installation disk for the other computers.
4. Run the (newly created) network installation disk on the other computers.
5. Make sure that the network works between all computers before going any further.
6. Establish an internet connection on the host machine. You may need to use the Internet Connection Wizard if your system has been really screwed.
7. Install Internet Connection Sharing. This should run the Home Networking Wizard and insert all the settings for you. All the previous steps must have been done beforehand, or it will not know what settings to put in place for ICS.
Before the other machines can connect to the internet, they need to have their Internet Connection settings (IE: Tools->Options->Connections tab) set as:
Never Dial a Connection - checked
LAN Connections - all check boxes cleared
Hope this helps, Geoff Farrell.
PS: If you still have trouble, I would be happy to provide details of how I got my WinME/Win98SE network set up and working with the internet.
