Windows 2000 Internet Connection
Sharing
Client
Installation
Before you install/configure ICS on another
Windows95/98 or NT4 system, I suggest that you
first install the
network on all systems using TCP/IP-protocol and verify, that you
have a working
network connection to the Windows 98 SE system,
acting as ICS Host.www.tartoos.com
There are some differences in setting up a
Windows2000 system as a client of ICS compared
to the ICS
Client setup of a Windows95/98/ME system :
1) Configuration of the
TCP/IP protocol
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Select the
"Properties" of
the
"My Network Places" icon on
the desktop (right-click),
then select the
"Properties" of
your
"Local Area Connection"
( again
via a right-click)
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in the
"Local Area Connection
Properties" :
Select the
"TCP/IP" protocol
and display the
"Properties"
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The most easy method: Select
"Obtain an IP address
automatically"
The ICS Host will then act
as
a DHCP-server and assign
the
IP-address.
However that requires the
system
acting as ICS Host to be powered
on during the
startup of the Client
system (which has to be the
case
anyway if that system is to be
used to connect to
the Internet).
You can also assign manually
an
IP-address, but then make sure
that it is on the same subnet as the
ICS-Host and that the IP-address
of the ICS-host is defined
as
"Default Gateway"
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tab: IP Settings:
Unlike Windows95/98/ME
(which requires additional
setup
for WINS), there is no need
for
any "Advanced" TCP/IP setup
on Windows2000.
You
should check it to make
sure, that the default
settings
are defined (and not any
custom
values)
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tab: DNS
no need to define
anything |
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tab : WINS
no need to define
anything,
just make sure that nobody
changed the
selection of
"Enable NetBIOS over
TCP/IP"
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Once you finished the TCP/IP configuration, verify
the settings by opening a "Command Prompt"
Windows and run
"ipconfig"
(especially if you selected to "obtain an IP-address
automatically" ) :
Windows 2000 IP
Configuration
Ethernet adapter Local Area
Connection
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Connection-specific DNS
SUffix
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192.168.0.155
255.255.255.0
192.168.0.1
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IP Address
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Subnet Mask
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Default Gateway
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Check, that your IP-address is on the same subnet as your ICS-HOST (test that by
making the
PING test) and that the ICS-host is defined as the
"Default Gateway".
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2) Configure Internet
Explorer
You need to check
the configuration of the Internet Explorer :
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Either run the Internet Connection Wizard
or configure it manually by selecting in the
"Control-Panel" the
Internet Options
(or
right-click on the Internet Explorer
icon on the desktop
and select
"Properties"
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tab:
"Connections"
and make sure, that in
"Dial-up
Settings"
"Never dial a
connection" is selected.
Click in
"Lan Settings"
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In the "LAN
Settings" , you should
select to
"Automatically detect
Settings"
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A few remarks on using
ICS with Windows2000.
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