Hello Micheal,

I am not staying in the US so I'm not sure how @home cable modem works.
Where I am, the service provider assigns the IP to my PC through the
modem.  From the sound of your problem, could it be that the @home
service provider is only recognizing the IP for the first machine that
hooks to the modem?  Perhaps you will need to purchase a second cable
modem for your notebook?  Another way to test it is to setup a proxy
server on the working machine, have the inactive machine uses the first
machine as a proxy and see whether you are able to access the web.

Best regards.

"Michael A. Wosnick" wrote:
>
> I am new to this and started my first network today. I have a Linksys 5 port
> EtherFast HUB (not router), a desktop PC and a notebook. My modem is a
> Motorola CyberSurfer on the @home system. The Desktop is running Win98, and
> the laptop is running Win98SE. ICS is NOT installed.
>
> Instead, I went the two IP route, and I purchased a second IP from @home.
> When I do a winipcfg, each computer shows up with its unique host name, and
> different IP addresses, so the 2 computers are being seen by @home as
> distinct entities.
>
> I have plugged the modem into the uplink port of the hub, and each of the 2
> computers into other ports (neither in port 1 which is shared with the
> uplink).
>
> If I fire up the desktop, everything works fine. Internet is OK. VPN to my
> workplace is OK.
>
> However, the laptop cannot access the internet.
>
> If I reverse the process, i.e. fire up the laptop, it accesses the internet
> just fine, including my wife's VPN (a different one) to her workplace (a
> different one).
>
> Then the desktop PC is unable to access the internet.
>
> So, each machine works perfectly on its own, but locks out the other one
> from sharing the modem connection.
>
> How do I get these two machines to share the modem, which of course was the
> whole point of the exercise?
>
> All help appreciated.
>
> Michael
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