Problems with ICS

[cheyenne1212]

Yeah the solution ended up being to assign the DNS servers statically.

It works now.

However I do have another problem.

I replaced the switch that I did have there with a Wireless router.

Now since this is a dialup connection, I don't actually have anything connected to the WAN port on the Netgear router. Instead I have my Desktop PC which has the 56k connection hard wired into the wireless router, then I set my laptop to access the internet through the desktop.

First what I did was assign static IP's to both computers, then I assigned my ISP's DNS servers to my laptop.

I fire up IE, and it says finding webiste www.yahoo.com

It then finds the IP address for it but can not pull up the page for some reason.
Its resolving the Name but just won't bring the page up.

A week later I took my laptop to a hotel that had wireless internet there, and everything worked fine, but I just can't access by 56k connection at home via the wireless network.

[BioHazzard]

I noticed you have a 192.168.x.x ip on your machine. That is the Linksys router series of ip addresses. If you are using a linksys cable modem or somthing you may want make sure you start the series of dynamic IP gathering over from scratch starting with your cable modem and on through your router. then plug in each machine and asign an IP. Should fix it.

[cheyenne1212]

I never had a linksys router over there.

I do have a linksys router somewhere else, but not there.

All I used before was a simple switch.

I don't have my IPs assigned automatically because I need to assign them statically, and not have the DHCP server on the netgear assigning IP's, because if my gateway IP changes then I lose by net connection. Not like I have one right now though. lol

Heres my setup


Dialup internet---->Desktop PC-->wireless router acting as switch--->laptop

[phishphreek]

cheyenne1212: this won't fix your current problem... but if you have a spare machine, configure it to be your router/proxy/IDS using smoothwall. They have support for dial up too.

www.smoothwall.org

Dial up screenshot.
http://assets.smoothwall.org/assets/...0.9.dialup.png

Hopefully you're not on AOHell? Cause then it won't work.

[cheyenne1212]

lol

No I don't use AOhell

Thats a damn good idea though about setting up smoothwall to act as a router.

Thanks.

[VBraga]

Someone write a tut on ICS

[SirDice]

Originally posted here by BioHazzard
I noticed you have a 192.168.x.x ip on your machine. That is the Linksys router series of ip addresses.

Pure coincidence. 192.168.x.x are so called private addresses. These are defined in RFC-1918.