Internet sharing and wireless networks.

I have an AdHoc wireless network in the house which works fine whilst I have
static IP address's for both cards - however once I set the cards to aquire
an IP address automatically this is when I start to get the trouble.

Can anyone tell me - do U have to aquire an IP address automatically to get
ICS to work? I had it working at one point last week however when I rebooted
both machines the ICS didn't work! I now can't get it to work at all -
static IP address or not.

Is this a common problem with ICS? I have read many an idiot guide to
getting this working but no-one ever mentioned about the IP address. ANy help
would be gratefully appreciated.

I have tried the networking wizard too many times to mention - is there
another way to make it work?

You cant set your NICs to get a IP automatically unless you are using a
router or setup a software server to hand out IPs via DHCP. ICS will work
when you have the computers networked together, which means you need to IPs
ans Subnets defined. In AD-HOC mode you have to set your IPs Static since
you have no DHCP server running.


"DJH" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I have an AdHoc wireless network in the house which works fine whilst I
>have
> static IP address's for both cards - however once I set the cards to
> aquire
> an IP address automatically this is when I start to get the trouble.
>
> Can anyone tell me - do U have to aquire an IP address automatically to
> get
> ICS to work? I had it working at one point last week however when I
> rebooted
> both machines the ICS didn't work! I now can't get it to work at all -
> static IP address or not.
>
> Is this a common problem with ICS? I have read many an idiot guide to
> getting this working but no-one ever mentioned about the IP address. ANy
> help
> would be gratefully appreciated.
>
> I have tried the networking wizard too many times to mention - is there
> another way to make it work?