Seems a simple problem, or is it?

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jonparadise

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Hello again,

Thanks to the guys who answered my question about the crossover cable. I can safely say that's not my problem now.

To recap, I have an ibook connected to the net via a wireless router using an Airport card. Works fine.

I have enabled Internet Connection Sharing on my ibook, so that my other half can surf the net using a Dell XP Laptop.

This is all done using an Ethernet Cable.

As far as I know, I have done all the right things on the Dell Latop. It is set to automatically detect the IP address.

When I connect it using the Ethernet cable, the little bubble appears on the screen saying 'Local Area Connection is now connected' Speed 100mbps. Which I presume is a good thing.

However, as soon as I open IE6, it tells me the page cannot be displayed. No matter how I change the settings, it doesn't seem to want to work.

I can't understand how it detects the signal, but can't surf the net. (The one odd thing being that there are lots of 'packets sent' but non 'received'.

If someone can help me, before my other half helps me off the balcony!

Cheers, Jon.
 
I am confused. Did you plug your Dell Laptop to your ibook or to your router? Router would be the best solution..
Ok, your router should have an ip. First test: can you ping your router from your Dell? If this works, than everything else will be working too. Try to ping an extern ip, such as: ping www.macosx.com
If this works as welll, then something is messed with your IE.
But somehow I believe you plugged your Dell to the ibook trying to share the connection. This won't work, since the lan connection from your ibook is not understood as an "internet-connection". You can share direct dsl-connections or any other dialup, but not a lan.
 
If you have a wireless router, why not just use a wireless card in the Dell, or just plug the Dell into the router. Sounds like you're trying to accomplish something the hard way.
 
bobw said:
If you have a wireless router, why not just use a wireless card in the Dell, or just plug the Dell into the router. Sounds like you're trying to accomplish something the hard way.
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Unfortunately, the hell in a box that is Windows has a 'device conflict', whenever I try and install a network card. I contacted Microsoft but the bastards want to charge me for it when it is their software that is faulty. So I was hoping to use an Ethernet method as an alternative!

~I'm trying to persuade my other half to get a Mac. Things would be much easier I'm sure!
 
bobw said:
Instead of calling MS, contact the manufacturer of the card.
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Or, better yet, just buy a second Mac. Even your other half will be happy. I just gave my other half my iBook. I, unfortunately, use a Fujitsu-Siemens notebook for work, however I use it as my personal computer as well.

My other half, after a slight adjustment, loves the iBook.
 
I didnt see if you said this before but what IP does your PC get? Just because the system detects that a good connection between to nodes is made doesnt mean that you have obtained an address from the iBook, its basicaly like the light that is on your NIC that tells you if its plugged in or not.

Anyways if your IP is something like 169.x.x.x u probably are having a problem getting an IP from the DHCP server. Windows just seems to have a lot of trouble with this sometimes, I've spent so many hours at lan partys trying to figure out what the hell was going on. There is always one computer that doesnt want to work.

I am not sure how apple does things because ive never used ICS on my mac, but most everybody(microsoft, companys that make internet routers) seem to use the network address of 192.168.0.1, some routers use 192.168.1.1, I would check your iBook to see what the address of your ethernet interface is, this would be your gateway address. If this address is not set as the gateway address on your PC somethings wrong with the DHCP and it would be easier to just enter a static IP. Make the IP on your PC something like 192.168.0.15, it doesnt really matter what the last number is as long as the 1st 3 are the same as the gateway address and its not 1, 0, 255, or any number above 255
 
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