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A followup on my situation (any ideas where the problem is?):
I can PING to 127.0.0.1:
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C:\Windows>ping 127.0.0.1
Pinging 127.0.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128
Ping statistics for 127.0.0.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
And this is what happens a boot up according to the ICSSetup.Log:
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Internet Connection Sharing Setup Log: Tuesday Jul 5 2005
Build Adapter List
Build Adapter List - found: Dial-Up Adapter
Build Adapter List - found: Dial-Up Adapter
Build Adapter List - found: AOpen AON-325 10/100M Fast Ethernet PCI Adapter
Build Adapter List - found: Internet Connection Sharing
Find Internal Adapter Candidates, checking: #1 - Dial-Up Adapter NOT a
candidate, known special purpose adapter
Find Internal Adapter Candidates, checking: #2 - Dial-Up Adapter NOT a
candidate, known special purpose adapter
Find Internal Adapter Candidates, checking: AOpen AON-325 10/100M Fast
Ethernet PCI Adapter IS a candidate
Find Internal Adapter Candidates, checking: Internet Connection Sharing NOT
a candidate, known special purpose adapter
Find External Adapter Candidates, checking: #1 - Dial-Up Adapter IS a
candidate
Find External Adapter Candidates, checking: #2 - Dial-Up Adapter NOT a
candidate, already found a dial-up adapter
Find External Adapter Candidates, checking: AOpen AON-325 10/100M Fast
Ethernet PCI Adapter NOT a candidate, only valid Internal adapter
Find External Adapter Candidates, checking: Internet Connection Sharing NOT
a candidate, known special purpose adapter
Find Internal Adapter Candidates, checking: #1 - Dial-Up Adapter NOT a
candidate, known special purpose adapter
Find Internal Adapter Candidates, checking: #2 - Dial-Up Adapter NOT a
candidate, known special purpose adapter
Find Internal Adapter Candidates, checking: AOpen AON-325 10/100M Fast
Ethernet PCI Adapter IS a candidate
Find Internal Adapter Candidates, checking: Internet Connection Sharing NOT
a candidate, known special purpose adapter
Loaded external adapter: #1 - Dial-Up Adapter
Loaded internal adapter: AOpen AON-325 10/100M Fast Ethernet PCI Adapter
Find Internal Adapter Candidates, checking: #1 - Dial-Up Adapter NOT a
candidate, known special purpose adapter
Find Internal Adapter Candidates, checking: #2 - Dial-Up Adapter NOT a
candidate, known special purpose adapter
Find Internal Adapter Candidates, checking: AOpen AON-325 10/100M Fast
Ethernet PCI Adapter IS a candidate
Find Internal Adapter Candidates, checking: Internet Connection Sharing NOT
a candidate, known special purpose adapter
Set secondary Internal Adapter: NULL
Secondary Internal Adapter has been set to NULL
Set Internal Adapter: AOpen AON-325 10/100M Fast Ethernet PCI Adapter
Internal Adapter has been set to AOpen AON-325 10/100M Fast Ethernet PCI
Adapter
Set External Adapter: #1 - Dial-Up Adapter
External Adapter has been set to #1 - Dial-Up Adapter
Find Internal Adapter Candidates, checking: #1 - Dial-Up Adapter NOT a
candidate, known special purpose adapter
Find Internal Adapter Candidates, checking: #2 - Dial-Up Adapter NOT a
candidate, known special purpose adapter
Find Internal Adapter Candidates, checking: AOpen AON-325 10/100M Fast
Ethernet PCI Adapter IS a candidate
Find Internal Adapter Candidates, checking: Internet Connection Sharing NOT
a candidate, known special purpose adapter
Set secondary Internal Adapter: NULL
Secondary Internal Adapter has been set to NULL
"Ogg" <sorry-nopam-wanted@anywhere.com> wrote in message
news:9Xxye.4011$Ud.544943@news20.bellglobal.com...
> Today I notice that my WinME (ICS host) and WinXP (client) can't
communicate
> (simple peer to peer setup). First clue was when I couldn't send a print
> job from my ME to the XP where the printer is connected. XP pc reports
> "network unplugged". A forced "disable" and then an "enable" doesn't
help.
> I also notice that the little lights for the network cards are not lit up.
> I thought they would normally BE lit up if the computers are on, right?
> However.. the lights on the network cards/ports on BOTH machines are off.
>
> Could both network cards have failed simulateously?
>
> Any ideas on what to do?
>
> I've since rebooted both machines in various order. No difference. The
> network is dead.
>
> The lack of network card lights concerns me, and puzzles me.
>
>
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