Sharing Internet

I am trying to share my 'Net connection between two computers.
I have successfully set up a home network and can see/share file between the two.
Comp one (host) connects to the 'Net with an internal wireless card, it's able to connect without any issues using the free service my town provides but comp two cannot connect

Comp one uses a Netgear WN311B internal wireless card with an external antenna for the 'Net connection
It uses the on board Realtek RTL8139/810x family to connect to the hub

Comp two uses the onboard Nvidia Nforce 10/100/1000 adapter to connect to the hub

Both comps are XP SP3 running the Windows firewall and I have used the ICS Wizard several times with no luck

Help me please

Your description is a bit confusing.

The normal way to connect two computers to internet is to user a router and each computer connects to the router using either wireless or ethernet cable. There is no role for ICS in such a setup.

So what is this hub ?

The way ICS is used is that one computer is connected to the internet by whatever means and the second is linked to the first computer by ethernet cable (usually crossover type).

The issue is probably to do with IP address -- if use ICS connected as I described ICS fixes the IP address. I'm sure you realised already that you have to turn off Firewall on both machines while making a new connection.

I'd stop using the hub and buy a router -- it's the normal solution to sharing a connection whether with Cable or DSL service.

I feel like an idiot It is a "router" not a hub, I apologize, I got my names mixed up. It's a Linksys BEFW11S4, it is a wireless "b" router but I am using it as a hard wire. The same one I used with the cable connection

Happy New Year

Thanks for the reply, haven't tried turning off the firewall, if that doesn't work, I'll try to scrounge up a crossover to replace the router

Best way to describe the card is it does the same thing a USB dongle for laptops. It connects to a hotspot (the one my town provides in this case) but it's an internal PCI card with an external antenna, the antenna is connected by about 3 foot of wire which is why I chose it, it's easier to move around to get the best signal

Here's the Ipconfig

Comp 1 Host



Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : KNIX

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No



Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 3:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : RangeMax(tm) NEXT Wireless Adapter WN311B

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : E0-91-F5-5E-B5-4B

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.6.4.154

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.252.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.6.4.1

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.4.10.1

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.4.10.1

4.2.2.2

8.8.8.8

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, January 01, 2011 4:40:53 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, January 01, 2011 6:40:53 PM



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-17-31-11-93-51

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :





Comp 2


Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : emachine-98e05c

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 5:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce 10/100/1000 Mbps Networking Controller #2

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1F-16-F0-2D-93

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, December 31, 2010 9:37:24 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, January 02, 2011 9:37:24 PM