As I am still mystified on my wireless network problems, I decided to start
completely over (except for unhooking my router and cable modem) and
reinstall Windows XP Pro. Regrettably, it appears nothing has changed.
Question: I have been able to browse the Internet swimmingly with my Linksys
router. But on a whim after seeing the reinstallation basically did nothing,
I decided to unhook the router and plug the cable directly into the modem,
just like the old days. However, I could not get anything to come up on the
Net, even after powering down the modem two or three times. Could this
reveal something screwy about my network problems? Apparently the computer
can't read the actual IP address coming from my service provider; perhaps
all it can "see" is the router address, 192.168.1.1. Does this even make
sense?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hugh Vandervoort" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Need to disable ICS, I think
>I believe that you can eliminate ICS by using the XP networking wizard.
>Check the "Internet gateway" choice when prompted.
> Your wireless problem may also have to do with udpdating the
> router/adapter firmware.
>
>
> Larry Adler (Cebridge) wrote:
>> I recently networked my desktop computer to my home and work laptops.
>> Things
>> were going along well until I developed some sort of conflict between my
>> Windows-configured wireless connection and my laptop wireless adapters,
>> different brands, in which I would gradually lose the connection on
>> either
>> laptop, and could only get it back by unchecking the "use Windows to
>> configure the wireless configuration" box on each laptop. The rub there
>> is
>> that when rebooting, I would have to go in and recheck the "use Windows"
>> box
>> to obtain a connection to begin with.
>>
>> I'm wondering if my problem isn't the fact that I established internet
>> connection sharing between the three PCs, not realizing it was not really
>> needed. Here's my problem: I have no way of "turning off" ICS. The place
>> where you're supposed to be able to disable it, the "Advanced" tab of the
>> LAN properties window, does not have the ICS information it is supposed
>> to
>> have. Does anyone know why that is, or if there is a way to disable ICS
>> some
>> other way, like the registry?
>
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