XP to Win2k Net Sharing

[Leviathan]

I have a XP machine sharing my net conection and a win2k advanced server machine i want 2 use for IRC and stuff . i have had the ICS working befor from the XP machine to other comps like a XP and a ME. I had the XP with the net on with a static ip of 192.168.0.1 and the others just obbtaining there ip's and it worknig fine. But now i want 2 share my connection 2 a win2k advanced server comp,. i set it up the same but it doesent want 2 work , the IP doesent get assigined , it comes up at 0.0.0.0 or somethin off the wall like 168.x.x.x i think its some thin 2 do with the DHCP server on the comp. idealy i would want 2 have the connection on the win2k comp and have it shared 2 my XP and other machines. any help n e 1

[Idylla]

in english?

[Leviathan]

lol
hmmmm want 2 no how 2 share net connection from win2k advanced server comp 2 others
hmmm, 10 lines 2 2 lines :D

[Idylla]

just manually configure ips and set the gateway to the win2k server pc (which should be using 192.168.0.1 using ics).

or something like that ;p

[wishy]

Or get winroute, it works a hell of a lot nicers than ICS

[SquireMuldoon]

Its just a bitch to understand and get working properly if you've never used it before and dont really know what you are doing.

[RK[CLL]]

where do you get winroute from??

[wishy]

http://www.winroute.com and you'll end up there. Its not the easiest, but its a VERY good product. The tip of the day is to actually read the manual

[Leviathan]

not free tho ?

[Embattle]

Though :p

[wishy]

Not free, but 1000 times better than ICS*

*Requires small amount of skillz to install

[Asterix]

For starters the 169.x.x.x isnt an off-the-wall random IP, its assigned from ICS (as ics has a mini DHCP,DNS and NAT) to allow APIPA IP addresses to be assigned to clients.

However, if you are running a version of 2kserver then you should not under any circumstances be using ICS on it. ICS is the lame n00bie ****wit connection sharing program, for 2kserver use RRAS.

Add it by Add/remove programs> windows components and then when it prompts u select the Internet Connection Server and set the router with the NAT option. Follow the instructions and then make sure your client PC's are set up to automatically obtain IP/Gateways etc

[GeeDee]

To set the windows server box to access the internet via ICS on a windows XP box:

(I assume ICS is installed and working already)

Obtain the IP address of you windows XP internet 'server' box - Start. Run, CMD - type 'ipconfig /all' and get the IP address of the ethernet card. (Its most likely 192.168.0.1, but it pays to check)

On the Windows server box, open Start, Network / DU connections, right click the entry for the ethernet card and select properties.

Scroll down to TCP/IP, select it & click properties

Select 'Use the following IP Address'.

Assuming your XP 'server' is 192.168.0.1 - set this machine to be 192.168.0.10 (you could use anything up to .255, but .10 means that it wont interfere with any other machines set up to use ICS unless you have 10 other machines)

Set the netmask to be 255.255.255.0
Set the gateway to be the IP of your XP server

Check 'Use the following DNS server addresses'
Enter the IP of your XP server into the prefered DNS server' field

Click Ok and all should be well.

:D

-GeeDee-

[Asterix]

Btw 2k server reserves 10 IP addresses by default (5 PTPP and 5 L2TP) so setting it above 11 is normally good practice, but DHCP will sort that out for ya anyway.

[KermitTheFrag]

winxp ICS is actually quite good compared to other ones - its proper NAT w/ integral DHCP (not the default 169.x.x.x assignments) - better than winroute imho.

why the win2k server is behind the nat and isnt the NAT itself i do wonder because, as asterix says RRAS is the proper tool for the job.

[wishy]

I trust Winroute to be secure more than ICS