Frequently Asked Questions

Internet Connection Sharing

Q: What Is Internet Connection Sharing?

A: Windows 98 now provides users the ability to share one Internet connection with multiple computers on your home network. One computer, the Connection Sharing computer, communicates with the Internet. Requests from other computers on your home network are routed to the Internet through the Connection Sharing computer. You can also configure Internet Connection Sharing to allow users on the Internet to reach Web, e-mail, and game servers that are on your home network.www.tartoos.com

Q: Why does Internet Connection Sharing not install File and Printer Sharing by default. Therefore?
A: To install File and Printer Sharing:

1.  Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click Network.

2.  Click Add, click Services, and then double-click File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks.

3.  Double-click TCP/IP (shared)->External Adapter (or Dial-Up Adapter if a dial-up connection is used).

4.  Click OK, and then click the Bindings tab. Click to clear the File and Printer Sharing check box.

5.  Click OK.

Click OK, and then restart the computer when you are prompted.www.tartoos.com

Q: How Do I Use AOL With Internet Connection Sharing?
A: If you use different AOL accounts on multiple ICS client computers, use the AOL dial-up program to establish a connection to the Internet for each ICS client computer. You can use chat, messaging, and e-mail through your Internet connection.

If you use different AOL accounts on an ICS host computer and multiple ICS client computers, use the AOL dial-up program to establish a connection to the Internet on the computer.www.tartoos.com

If you establish a connection to the Internet using AOL on the ICS host computer while some ICS client computers are already connected, the ICS client computers running AOL 4.0 are disconnected and the ICS client computers running AOL 3.0 are not disconnected. Any ICS client computers running AOL 3.0 or 4.0 cannot establish a new connection until the ICS host computer disconnects.

Q: Double-clicking the Internet Connection Sharing icon on the taskbar displays the number of computers connected to the ICS host. It can take up to 15 minutes before the correct number of connections is displayed. How can I speed this up?
A: ICS holds Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and User Datagram Protocol (UDP) ports open for a client for up to 10 minutes after the activity on that port has stopped. When a port is open for a client, ICS counts the port as a connected client. The count of connected computers is updated after the port is closed. This is the way ICS was supposed to behave.

Q: I am sometimes getting the following error messages The Page cannot be displayed and The Mail Server can not be located. How do I fix this?
A: This issue can occur if the ICS host computer is started or restarted after the ICS client computer is running. NOTE: The ICS host computer does not send notification to the ICS client computers when the ICS routing and DHCP services are shut down.

To resolve this issue, follow these steps:

1.  After the ICS host computer is completely started, open the Internet program again. If the error message still occurs, continue to the next step.

2.  Click Start, click Run, type winipcfg in the Open box, and then click OK.

3.  Click Release All.

Q.The Host Connects to the Internet But the Client Does Not

With the Host connected to the Internet, test the LAN and Internet connections by performing the following procedures:

A. Use Winipcfg Tool

To use the Winipcfg tool to verify the IP address, follow these steps:

1.  Click Start , click Run , type winipcfg , and then click OK .

2.  In the Ethernet Adapter Information box, select the network adapter.

3.  Click Release , click Renew , and then click OK .

If the IP address for the network adapter is 192.168.0.x (where x is a number between 2 and 254), the client successfully obtained an IP address from the host.

If the client does not obtain an IP address from the Host, you may need to enable the DHCP service on the Host or manually assign a static IP address to the client.

Q.Damaged Registry Keys

A. This issue can occur if one or more registry key is damaged. To resolve this issue, follow these steps: www.tartoos.com

1.  In Network properties, write down the description of each of the protocols listed.

2.  In Registry Editor, open the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Class\NetTrans\ nnnn

Where nnnn is an incremental four-digit number starting at 0000.

3.  Check the number of subkeys under the NetTrans folder with the number of instances of protocols installed in the network configuration. There should be one subkey for each instance of a protocol installed.

If there are more keys than protocols listed in Network properties, uninstall ICS, export a copy of the NetTrans key, and then delete the NetTrans key from the registry. This can remove all components from the network configuration except the adapters installed.

4.  To rebuild the NetTrans key, double-click Network in Control Panel, and then click the Add button on the Network Configuration tab. Click Client , click Add , click Client for Microsoft Networks , and then click OK . When the Network Configuration screen returns, it will have added the default protocol and rebuilt the NetTrans key in the registry so that there is only one subkey for each protocol installed.