Do you have the XP machine set up correctly as the ICS host?
What IP's are the two machine using ("ipconfig /all" from a DOS window) -
the XP box should be 192.168.1.1, and the ME machine is likely to be
192.168.1.2
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"lynda" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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8E0D678-3C58-4E8D-98F1-(E-Mail Removed)...
> XP pro is the host, me is the client. They ping each other, and share
> files,
> but although me says the inernet gateway is open, it will not go on the
> net.
> help