"Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote:

> In article <3228C0D9-D748-4E7F-AAB3-856C7FFE9***@microsoft.com>,
> Regmeister <Regmeis***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >I access the internet through a  primary desktop PC with a wireless USB
> >device (Netgear Wireless USB Adapter).  No porblem there.  I am trying to
> >gain access to the web with a second desktop PC which is wired by a crossover
> >LAN cable to an internel NIC card in the primary PC.  Both PCs communicate
> >with no problem with each other.  I can successfully set up ICS on both PCs
> >which are running XP.  No problem still.  Everything seems perfect until I
> >enable the crossover link between the two PCs.  At that point they can both
> >communicate with each other but the internet link to either PC dies. I can't
> >figure out why. As soon as I disable the crossover connection the internet
> >link is restored. The primary PC is sharing it's wireless connection as the
> >internet access point and connects to a router.  I have tried turning off the
> >routers DHCP server function to no avail.  What am I missing?
>
> I suspect that the wireless connection has an IP address in the same
> 192.168.0.x subnet that ICS uses, causing a conflict when both
> connections are enabled.  If so, the solution is to configure your
> wireless router to use a different subnet, such as 192.168.1.x.
> --
> Best Wishes,
> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
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>> >I access the internet through a  primary desktop PC with a wireless USB
>> >device (Netgear Wireless USB Adapter).  No porblem there.  I am trying to
>> >gain access to the web with a second desktop PC which is wired by a crossover
>> >LAN cable to an internel NIC card in the primary PC.  Both PCs communicate
>> >with no problem with each other.  I can successfully set up ICS on both PCs
>> >which are running XP.  No problem still.  Everything seems perfect until I
>> >enable the crossover link between the two PCs.  At that point they can both
>> >communicate with each other but the internet link to either PC dies. I can't
>> >figure out why. As soon as I disable the crossover connection the internet
>> >link is restored. The primary PC is sharing it's wireless connection as the
>> >internet access point and connects to a router.  I have tried turning off the
>> >routers DHCP server function to no avail.  What am I missing?
>>
>> I suspect that the wireless connection has an IP address in the same
>> 192.168.0.x subnet that ICS uses, causing a conflict when both
>> connections are enabled.  If so, the solution is to configure your
>> wireless router to use a different subnet, such as 192.168.1.x.
>
>Thanks for all the advice.  Steve, your suspicion was correct.  I followed
>your advice and everything worked as it should.  Thanks again.