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Marcus Fox - 26 Aug 2003 03:07 GMT

NTL Broadband Internet--USB--XPPro--Eth--Eth--W98--PP--Printer

Have network set up as above, but it's driving me mad. ICS was working 100%
hunky dory up until a month ago, but "something happened" and I can't for
the life of me figure out what. Maybe some update or another that screwed
it?

Anyway, both computers are assigning 169.xxx.xxx.xxx IP addresses. I have to
"manually assign" 192.168.0.1 and 192.168.0.2 to have filesharing work. But
ICS doesn't work with manually assigned IP addresses.

I have determined the problem is on the XP box. Trying to "repair" the
connection in network connections gives me an error "Error repairing
connection, could not renew IP address, please contact your network
administrator" Well, that's me, and I haven't got a clue!! Also in "Computer
management" I am unable to stop and restart the ICS/Firewall option. It just
displays as "stopping" Sometimes I am unable to re-share the NTL connection
just after I unshared it, ("Unable to accept control messages at this
time"), but sometimes I can.

On the W98 box, Start, Run, winipcfg gives me details about the ethernet
card.
"Release" does nothing. "Renew" does nothing for a while, then I get a
message "Error, could not find DHCP server."

So, I'm stuck. I'm waiting for XP SP2 to be released before I re-install,
but even then, I don't know what's causing this, and it may re-occur.

Any ideas at all?

Marcus

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Steve Winograd [MVP] - 26 Aug 2003 05:14 GMT

>NTL Broadband Internet--USB--XPPro--Eth--Eth--W98--PP--Printer
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>Marcus

Are there any messages about ICS/ICF in XP's Event Viewer? To run it,
click Start | Control Panel | Performance and Maintenance |
Administrative Tools | Event Viewer. For more information, see:

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;308427

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Marcus Fox - 26 Aug 2003 17:47 GMT

> Are there any messages about ICS/ICF in XP's Event Viewer? To run it,
> click Start | Control Panel | Performance and Maintenance |
> Administrative Tools | Event Viewer. For more information, see:
>
> HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;308427

Some messages that may be relevant
Your computer has lost the lease to its IP address 192.168.100.3 on the
Network Card with network address 00D059EB8D51. 19/07/03 19:50:51 (DCHP)

Your computer was not able to renew its address from the network (from the
DHCP Server) for the Network Card with network address 00D059EB8D51. The
following error occurred: The semaphore timeout period has expired. . Your
computer will continue to try and obtain an address on its own from the
network address (DHCP) server. 19/07/03 19:50:51 (DCHP)

The Network Address Translator (NAT) was unable to request an operation of
the kernel-mode translation module. This may indicate misconfiguration,
insufficient resources, or an internal error. The data is the error code.
19/07/03 19:45:17 (IPNATHLP)

The IPSEC Services service terminated with the following error: The
attempted operation is not supported for the type of object referenced.
19/07/03 19:45:17 (Service Control Manager)

Hope this helps,

Marcus

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Steve Winograd [MVP] - 28 Aug 2003 08:40 GMT

>> Are there any messages about ICS/ICF in XP's Event Viewer? To run it,
>> click Start | Control Panel | Performance and Maintenance |
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>Marcus

The NAT error message indicates a problem that would keep ICS from
working.

I'm sorry, but I don't know what the solution is. I recommend posting
a message in microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web, showing the same
Event Viewer messages that you gave here. Someone might be able to
help.

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Marcus Fox - 29 Aug 2003 02:57 GMT

> >> Are there any messages about ICS/ICF in XP's Event Viewer? To run it,
> >> click Start | Control Panel | Performance and Maintenance |
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> Event Viewer messages that you gave here. Someone might be able to
> help.

Thank's for trying Steve, but if you can't help, I don't know who can.
Reading around a bit, it would seem I'm not the only one with this problem.
I suspect it's one of the updates for XP that's done this.

Marcus

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Steve Winograd [MVP] - 30 Aug 2003 19:27 GMT

>> I'm sorry, but I don't know what the solution is. I recommend posting
>> a message in microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web, showing the same
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>
>Marcus

There are a lot of good people, including Microsoft employees, who
answer questions in the XP networking news group. I recommend posting
your message there. It couldn't hurt!

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