ICS doesn't see my LAN connection

I have a Win98 PC and WinXP laptop I'm trying to connect. PC has cable modem,
but when I run ICS it only sees "Dial-Up Networking" and "Microsoft TV/Video
Connection" adapters and not my Ethernet card. It doesn't see how I'm
connected to my cable modem (which is working perfectly).

Also, I have a wireless router and my laptop keeps telling me that it's
connected to the internet, but I can't open any web pages. Friends tell me
that it should be able to do this without being networked to my PC and to
work on that first before trying to fix network issues. I'm clueless about
all this.

In article <8C758DFA-7FC5-48EB-9A86-(E-Mail Removed)>,
Stephanie <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>I have a Win98 PC and WinXP laptop I'm trying to connect. PC has cable modem,
>but when I run ICS it only sees "Dial-Up Networking" and "Microsoft TV/Video
>Connection" adapters and not my Ethernet card. It doesn't see how I'm
>connected to my cable modem (which is working perfectly).
>
>Also, I have a wireless router and my laptop keeps telling me that it's
>connected to the internet, but I can't open any web pages. Friends tell me
>that it should be able to do this without being networked to my PC and to
>work on that first before trying to fix network issues. I'm clueless about
>all this.

Using ICS to share the cable modem connection would require two
Ethernet cards on the Win98 PC: one for the cable modem, and one for
connecting to the WinXP laptop. If the Win98 PC only has one Ethernet
card, it won't even give the option of sharing the cable modem
connection.

However, there's no point in trying to get ICS to work. Your wireless
router can share the cable modem connection between both computers.
Sharing the cable modem connection by using the router is easier to
set up, more reliable, and more secure than using ICS.

Connect the cable modem to the router's WAN (Internet) port. Connect
the Win98 PC's Ethernet card to one of the router's LAN ports.
Connect the laptop to the router using either a wired or wireless
connection.
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"Stephanie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:8C758DFA-7FC5-48EB-9A86-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have a Win98 PC and WinXP laptop I'm trying to connect. PC has cable
>modem,
> but when I run ICS it only sees "Dial-Up Networking" and "Microsoft
> TV/Video
> Connection" adapters and not my Ethernet card. It doesn't see how I'm
> connected to my cable modem (which is working perfectly).
>
> Also, I have a wireless router and my laptop keeps telling me that it's
> connected to the internet, but I can't open any web pages. Friends tell me
> that it should be able to do this without being networked to my PC and to
> work on that first before trying to fix network issues. I'm clueless about
> all this.

Hi Stephanie,

Your router should be making the connection to the internet. Have you
logged into it and set up your username and password?

Have you plugged the modem into the WAN port?

To log into it you will need to go to a browser (such as internet explorer)
and type in the URL as something like http://192.168.1.1 - this will vary
according to the make of the router. You will then be asked for a user name
and password which again will vary according to make of the router. You'll
have to look it up in the manual or if you are not sure, post back here the
make and model of the router.

Once the modem/router has connected to the internet, you then need to get
your PC and laptop to establish an internet connection with the router.

You shouldn't need to use ICS so disable it on both machines. Open internet
explorer on both machines and go to tools>>internet options>>connections and
select never dial a connection. Also click on settings and make sure there
are no ticks in any of the boxes (automatically detect settings, proxy
server etc). Also click on LAN settings and do the same there.

Next, click on start>>connect>>show all connections. You should have a
local area connection. Right click on it and select properties. Double
click on Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). Make sure that the option is selected
to Obtain an IP address automatically.

You should also disable any firewall whilst you are getting it set up.

See if that works.

ok, I did some more futzing around and I got it so that both the win98
desktop and winxp laptop can see that the other existed on the network (and
the laptop can access the internet on it's own). But when I tried to access
the desktop from my laptop I got an error message stating "The network path
was not found." And when I clicked on the laptop icon from the desktop it
said, "The computer or sharename could not be found."

I did a diagnostic on the network from the laptop and it said that my
network adapters failed. Specifically, the DNS Server Search Order, DHCP
Server and the Default IP Gateway failed. My IP address passed. Clueless
again.

Thanks Steve and Tony for your advice!

"Stephanie" wrote:

> I have a Win98 PC and WinXP laptop I'm trying to connect. PC has cable modem,
> but when I run ICS it only sees "Dial-Up Networking" and "Microsoft TV/Video
> Connection" adapters and not my Ethernet card. It doesn't see how I'm
> connected to my cable modem (which is working perfectly).
>
> Also, I have a wireless router and my laptop keeps telling me that it's
> connected to the internet, but I can't open any web pages. Friends tell me
> that it should be able to do this without being networked to my PC and to
> work on that first before trying to fix network issues. I'm clueless about
> all this.

"Stephanie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:3F6FBFED-D51E-4095-8B90-(E-Mail Removed)...
> ok, I did some more futzing around and I got it so that both the win98
> desktop and winxp laptop can see that the other existed on the network
> (and
> the laptop can access the internet on it's own). But when I tried to
> access
> the desktop from my laptop I got an error message stating "The network
> path
> was not found." And when I clicked on the laptop icon from the desktop it
> said, "The computer or sharename could not be found."
>
> I did a diagnostic on the network from the laptop and it said that my
> network adapters failed. Specifically, the DNS Server Search Order, DHCP
> Server and the Default IP Gateway failed. My IP address passed. Clueless
> again.
>
> Thanks Steve and Tony for your advice!
>
> "Stephanie" wrote:
>
>> I have a Win98 PC and WinXP laptop I'm trying to connect. PC has cable
>> modem,
>> but when I run ICS it only sees "Dial-Up Networking" and "Microsoft
>> TV/Video
>> Connection" adapters and not my Ethernet card. It doesn't see how I'm
>> connected to my cable modem (which is working perfectly).
>>
>> Also, I have a wireless router and my laptop keeps telling me that it's
>> connected to the internet, but I can't open any web pages. Friends tell
>> me
>> that it should be able to do this without being networked to my PC and to
>> work on that first before trying to fix network issues. I'm clueless
>> about
>> all this.

If you go to a command prompt and type ipconfig for both the laptop and PC
what do you get?