It SHOULD be possible to make ICS work with statically assigned IP
addresses, especially if they can already access each other's files.
  But that's not how the ICS setup wizard does things.  It makes the machine
with the Internet connection a DHCP server, and makes the other machine(s)
DHCP clients.  I'm not sure what else it might do....

  Does the "default gateway" setting on the XP machine contain the local IP
address of the ME machine?

David Gillett


On 18 Nov 2004 at 16:16, James Baker wrote:

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> From: James Baker [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 2:59 PM
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> Subject: ME Shared Network
>
> Trying to link an ME desktop to an XP laptop via Router/Hub and share
> internet access with a dialup modem on the ME desktop. The two computers see
> each other and can access each others files, so the network part is working
> OK. The ME desktop can access the internet OK, however I cannot get the XP
> laptop to access the internet even though I have set the ME desktop to share
> the modem connection with the XP desktop. I have given each device an IP
> address and each computer can run the router/hub setup by entering the
> router/hub IP address in their browser.  Is it possible that this
> combination will never allow the XP laptop to access the internet via the
> shared ME desktop modem? I can upgrade the ME desktop to Win2000
> professional, if that is the only option. Is there a tutorial somewhere I
> could follow? I didn't find anything on the Microsoft Knowledge Base.
>
> James Baker
> Baker Associates
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