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Brayne Ded · 16-05-2005, 16:39

I hope this is the right forum.

For the last week I have been pulling my hair out over what should be an extremely simple procedure; internet connection sharing on just two Windoze XP PCs.

Before I proceed, here's my setup:

1. 2 PCs connected directly to each other via a Cat5 X-over cable and NAT cards (two in the PC connected of course, and one in the client PC).
2. Main PC is connected to the net via a STB.
3. Both PCs are running Windows XP SP2

The first thing I did was a completely fresh install of XP on both PCs, and then on the PC connected directly to the net (I'll call the SERVER) I ran the XP network setup wizard. Once I answered the various questions I was then prompted to run the wizards again on all the other machines connected to the network (just the one on my case). I did that, and then as expected everything worked fine and I could connect to the net on both PCs with no problems.

However, I have discovered that the net connection on the client PC cuts out after about 3-4 minutes, and I have to run the network wizard again on both machines. Again everything works and then 3-4 minutes later the internet connection on the client machine dies again!

To ensure there was nothing interfering with the connection I did a fresh install of XP onto both machines and disabled all my firewall and anti-virus software, including the Windows firewall (not recommended I know, but I needed to ensure nothing was blocking the connection, and anyway, I would be reinstalling everything once the problem had been solved). Sadly, even with only XP on and no other software, firewall, or anti-virus program running, exactly the same thing seems to happen. I run the network setup wizard on both machines, the internet connection on the client machine fires up immediately, and then lo and behold, a few minutes later the connection on the client machine dies. The server PCs internet connection is always fine.

I even did yet another complete reformat and followed the steps given by Nemesis here www.cableforum.co.uk/board/article.php?a=37 step-by-step, but again, though the internet connection works on the client machine it only does so for a few minutes.

PLEASE HELP - I DON'T WANT TO BE BALD!

PS: Here's what is currently showing in my Network Connections if it's any help.

http://freespace.virgin.net/audio.files/info.gif

Client PC is switched of at the time of this screenshot to prevent me from throwing it through the window!

16-05-2005, 16:39	#1
Brayne Ded Inactive Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 4	XP ICS hell! I'm on my last bit of hair! I hope this is the right forum. For the last week I have been pulling my hair out over what should be an extremely simple procedure; internet connection sharing on just two Windoze XP PCs. Before I proceed, here's my setup: 1. 2 PCs connected directly to each other via a Cat5 X-over cable and NAT cards (two in the PC connected of course, and one in the client PC). 2. Main PC is connected to the net via a STB. 3. Both PCs are running Windows XP SP2 The first thing I did was a completely fresh install of XP on both PCs, and then on the PC connected directly to the net (I'll call the SERVER) I ran the XP network setup wizard. Once I answered the various questions I was then prompted to run the wizards again on all the other machines connected to the network (just the one on my case). I did that, and then as expected everything worked fine and I could connect to the net on both PCs with no problems. However, I have discovered that the net connection on the client PC cuts out after about 3-4 minutes, and I have to run the network wizard again on both machines. Again everything works and then 3-4 minutes later the internet connection on the client machine dies again! To ensure there was nothing interfering with the connection I did a fresh install of XP onto both machines and disabled all my firewall and anti-virus software, including the Windows firewall (not recommended I know, but I needed to ensure nothing was blocking the connection, and anyway, I would be reinstalling everything once the problem had been solved). Sadly, even with only XP on and no other software, firewall, or anti-virus program running, exactly the same thing seems to happen. I run the network setup wizard on both machines, the internet connection on the client machine fires up immediately, and then lo and behold, a few minutes later the connection on the client machine dies. The server PCs internet connection is always fine. I even did yet another complete reformat and followed the steps given by Nemesis here www.cableforum.co.uk/board/article.php?a=37 step-by-step, but again, though the internet connection works on the client machine it only does so for a few minutes. PLEASE HELP - I DON'T WANT TO BE BALD! PS: Here's what is currently showing in my Network Connections if it's any help. http://freespace.virgin.net/audio.files/info.gif Client PC is switched of at the time of this screenshot to prevent me from throwing it through the window!