"Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote:

> In article <416D2AF5-68D5-488E-9F21-48CB13AFA***@microsoft.com>,
> POV_canier <POV_can***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >I am using ICS for testing purposes, but the issue that I am running into is
> >that I will lose ICS after I restart. once I set it up every thing seems to
> >run normal until I restart the machine.
> >
> >I have reinstalled windows and that seems to work but once again, once I set
> >up ICS and restart I will lose ICS.
> >
> >any thoughts?
>
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> What does "lose ICS" mean?  What exactly are you seeing?  Is the
> problem on the host computer or on the client computer?
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> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
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>when I restart the machine everything seems to be set the way I have set it.
>ICS enabled on the NIC that is connected to the internet, and the IP
>192.168.0.1 and 255.255.255.0 on the NIC connected to my internal network.
>DHCP is enabled.
>
>When I restart the machine the Client machine will not get a valid ip but a
>169.xxx.xxx.xxx ip. This is when I know that ICS isn't going to work. The
>Client machine is set to auto IP address.
>
>I have tried to to give the client machine a Static ip of 192.168.0.2 with
>the gateway of 192.168.0.1 and the subnet of 255.255.255.0, but this still
>doesn't allow use to connect. We could bridge the two network adapters but
>this would not serve the purpose that we need ICS.
>
>I do have SP2 installed and have read that people are having some issues
>with SP2 and ICS, but I don't think thats the issue. My computer is running
>windows XP Pro and I am on a domain so I am unable to run the "network
>wizard".
>
>Thanks in advance