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Hi Guys

Just replaced my old Netgear MR314 which worked fine.

OS's on all PC's XP Pro except the Acer which has XP MCE

New Router Linksys WRT54G (V1.1) Firmware 4.20.8 DHCP Disabled

SSID - ISO-OSI-7Layer WPA2 Personal TKIP+AES

nforce-3a XP1 - 192.168.5.2 - 00-E0-4C-E7-9F-nn - RTL8139 NIC Compaq 1830 - 192.168.5.4 - 00-38-BD-12-58-nn - RTL8139 NIC m810lr CUBE - 192.168.5.5 - 00-07-95-09-6F-nn - SiS 900 PCI NIC Acer 5633 LAN - 192.168.5.6 - 00-16-D4-53-A4-nn - Broadcom 440x NIC Acer 5633 WiFi- 192.168.5.7 - 00-18-DE-25-A5-nn - Intel PRO WiFi 3945ABG

Internet LAN and WiFi works fine but I cannot fathom Print/File sharing.

Every-time I run "Setup home or small office network" it adds an "Internet Gateway" in the "Network Connections" window (ICS I assume).

If I shutdown all but one PC and run the "Setup home or small office network" I always get this "Internet Gateway" added regardless of which PC I use.

If I disable "Internet Gateway" I can then file share but cannot access the internet!?

Any ideas why this happens and how to overcome it as I've never seen it before?

TIA

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Mr User
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On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 23:25:18 GMT, Mr User wrote in :

"Set Up a Wireless Network in a Small Office"

Reply to
John Navas

Nice one mate will give it a try when sober .. :)

Reply to
Mr User

Nope mate I've done all that.

ICS seems to have been installed if I disable I can use shares if I enable I can get on the internet.

Ok so now both internet and filesharing works with nForce-2a/M810LR/Acer5633/Compaq1830 all same workgroup "MAHOOSE" I guess it takes a while to update!? I can also use VNC between all PC's now .. weird!

nforce-3a XP1 - 192.168.5.2 - 00-E0-4C-E7-9F-nn - RTL8139 NIC Compaq 1830 - 192.168.5.4 - 00-38-BD-12-58-nn - RTL8139 NIC m810lr CUBE - 192.168.5.5 - 00-07-95-09-6F-nn - SiS 900 PCI NIC Acer 5633 LAN - 192.168.5.6 - 00-16-D4-53-A4-nn - Broadcom 440x NIC

But what is this ...

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This appears on ALL 3 PC's (except Cmpaq1830). Folder sharing just seems to work when it feels like it. I re-ran the Network Set-up wizard on the Acer5633.

So Internet is working and File-sharing but I didn't do anything to make it work!??

I'd love to know what "Internet Gateway" is and what it's doing (See URL above).

Thanks

Reply to
Mr User

On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 04:11:41 GMT, Mr User wrote in :

Disable the Internet Gateway, and then delete it. Then make sure all your computers are configured for DHCP, and reboot them.

Reply to
John Navas

Hi John I eventually had to set-up the old netgear router again so I could reach through and play tunes.

I'll do as you say *but but but* I really want static IP's as I use VNC. So this issue is defo Router related. Anyway soon as the pounding headache has gone I'll go with DHCP see if it works and migrate one by one to static.

Thanks

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Mr User

On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 12:12:38 GMT, Mr User wrote in :

If you use static IP instead of DHCP, make sure that (1) subnet mask, (2) gateway, and (3) are set correctly. The best way to get the correct values is to use DHCP, and then set those values manually.

Reply to
John Navas

If you have a router, you cannot possibly need ICS. Prolly if you do a reboot of everything it will 'come right'.

Disable uPNP on your network, and hte offending object will vanish. Your router happens to support uPNP, and so Windoze is automatically doing something useless with it. Turn that off, its just a security nightmare anyway.

Reply to
Mark McIntyre

Ah ha ... I think you have cracked it mate! I have left DHCP on the router for first 10 IP's then manually on each PC set a static IP. The only exclusion is my Acer Laptop when I enable both WiFi and LAN the "Internet Gateway" thingy appears.

Took some pissing around but I think you got it ... that was my next step honest ;)

Thanks Mark (and all)

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Mr User

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