>Hi all,
> I have four computers on a home network. Internet connectivity
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>
>Thank you.
There's no need for IP routing and all of its complications. You can
disable IP routing and create a network bridge between the two NICs.
All of the computers will be on the 0 subnet and will be able to
access each other with no additional configuration. I've written a
web page with details:
XP ICS - Network Bridge
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_ics/networkbridge.htm
To set up the network using IP routing, with all computers able to
access each other by name, you'd have to:
1. Assign static IP addresses to all computers.
2. Enable IP routing on the dual-NIC XP machine.
3. Create a static route on each computer pointing to the dual-NIC XP
machine as the gateway.
On the 0 subnet:
route add 192.168.1.0 mask 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.3
On the 1 subnet:
route add 192.168.0.0 mask 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1
4. Create an Lmhosts file on each computer specifying the mapping of
computer names to IP addresses for the computers on the other subnet.
You could use My Network Places or Network Neighborhood to browse each
computer's own subnet, but not to browse the other subnet. To access
a computer in the other subnet, you could type the other computer's
name or IP address in the Start | Run box in this format:
\\computer
\\w.x.y.z

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pasan - 28 Feb 2006 12:15 GMT
Hi Steve,
I did as you said and now im able to ping computers from
one side to the other. But for some reason I cannot ping the ADSL
router, and nor can I ping any internet IP address. Do I need to enable
ICS on one of the NICs for that?
Steve Winograd [MVP] - 28 Feb 2006 16:41 GMT
>>>Hi all,
>>> I have four computers on a home network. Internet connectivity
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>router, and nor can I ping any internet IP address. Do I need to enable
>ICS on one of the NICs for that?
You have a router, so you don't need to enable ICS.
Did you create a network bridge, or did you follow the 4 steps that I
listed for IP routing?
Have you assigned static IP addresses to the computers? If so, you
also have to assign the Default Gateway and DNS Server addresses. If
you created a network bridge, I recommend having all of the computers
obtain an IP address automatically.
What happens when you try to ping the ADSL router? What is the error
message?
Which computers are having the problem? All of them? Only the
Windows 98? What is the IP address of each computer that has the
problem? What is the IP address of the router?

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pasan - 28 Feb 2006 12:39 GMT
Hi Steve,
I did as you said and now im able to ping computers from
one side to the other. But for some reason I cannot ping the ADSL
router, and nor can I ping any internet IP address. Do I need to enable
ICS on one of the NICs for that?