>Hello,
>I have been using ICS on a home network successfully for a couple of months
>now, but in the last week, a problem has appeared. Two laptops that connected
>successfully via wireless (Netgear WGT624 with DHCP disabled) previously now
>cannot get a valid DHCP address from the DHCP allocator running on the ICS
>host. These machines worked fine until last week. A third laptop can still
>connect properly. I fixed the problem temporarily by disabling ICS, rebooting
>all network devices (router, Ethernet switch, ICS host) and then re-enabling
>ICS, but within 48 hours, the network has failed again.
>
>If I manually set up TCP/IP on the failing devices, they can successfully
>connect throught he ICS host. There are other devices on the network using
>fixed IP (print server, Netgear wireless AP/router, two PCs without internet
>access). These were set up per microsoft guidelines and as said earlier,
>everything worked up until last week.
>
>All the PC's are running XP, (Pro or Home) SP2 and are completely up to date.
>
>If I look at the log file on the failing systems, there is a log entry
>showing the systems received a DCHP Nak. Since ICS desn't allow any
>configuration or monitoring of the DHCP allocator, I can't see what is going
>on on the host side.
>
>Any ideas where to look?
>Thanks,
>Jim