ICS set up help required please

Would appreciate a little help from some of you experts.....

I have host machine running win98se.
this has a dsl connection to the internet and a wireless lan at home.
lan works fine, complete with print sharing etc.

Until just recently I've been using a software proxy server to share
connections and this has worked fine except that I cannot get ports to close
securely.

Anyhow, am now trying to get ICS running.

Have installed it OK (?) and the host PC still works fine.

Internal lan still is fine

Client PC runs XPpro.

On the client PC, I can read newsgroups, read mail but cannot send either.
I also cannot access any www pages.
I can ping an IP address and a name (eg ping www.google.com) and this is
fine.



Where should I look for the settings to spark this into life ?? clent,
host...both

Any pointers would be appreciated

Thanks

On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 21:31:05 -0000, "Andrew" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Where should I look for the settings to spark this into life ?? clent,
>host...both
>
>Any pointers would be appreciated

From your description, it doesn't appear to be a problem with ics. Are
you running a firewall? If so check its configuration or preferably
uninstall it until the problem is resolved.


Jim.

"James Egan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 21:31:05 -0000, "Andrew" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >Where should I look for the settings to spark this into life ?? clent,
> >host...both
> >
> >Any pointers would be appreciated
>
> From your description, it doesn't appear to be a problem with ics. Are
> you running a firewall? If so check its configuration or preferably
> uninstall it until the problem is resolved.
>
>
> Jim.
>
Yes, I'm running Norton NIS2003
I've disabled the firewall, though not deleted it - should that make a
difference ?

If so, then when I add the firewall back, won't that just mess things up
again ??

Apologies if these are dumb questions and thanks for your halp

Regards.

On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 23:22:03 -0000, "Andrew" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Yes, I'm running Norton NIS2003
>I've disabled the firewall, though not deleted it - should that make a
>difference ?

Sometimes it does. You can't be sure unless you remove it.

>
>If so, then when I add the firewall back, won't that just mess things up
>again ??

A misbehaving firewall often turns out to be the culprit when these
sort of things happen. Simply removing and re-installing can often
correct the problem.


Jim.