Ics

rosemeadoil · 07-13-2008, 02:59 AM

I'm trying to get an ICS network going between my Vista home basic OS and XP/2 OS notebooks on an ethernet connection. I don't care which is host or slave, but am unable to get it to connect properly. I get a limited connection and when I try 'repair' on the current XP slave, I get the message 'unable to renew IP address'. The vista OS notebook seems fine
Any ideas?.

johnwill · 07-14-2008, 06:39 PM

Let's see this for each computer.

Hold the Windows key and press R, then type CMD to open a command prompt:

In the command prompt window that opens, type type the following commands, one at a time, followed by the Enter key:

Note that there is a space before the -n or the /ALL, but there is NOT a space after the - or / in the following commands.

NBTSTAT -n

IPCONFIG /ALL

Right click in the command window and choose Select All, then hit Enter.
Paste the results in a message here.

If you are on a machine with no network connection, use a floppy, USB disk, or a CD-RW disk to transfer a text file with the information to allow pasting it here.

07-13-2008, 02:59 AM	#1 (permalink)
rosemeadoil Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1 OS: Vista basic & XP/sp2 - 2 lappys	Ics I'm trying to get an ICS network going between my Vista home basic OS and XP/2 OS notebooks on an ethernet connection. I don't care which is host or slave, but am unable to get it to connect properly. I get a limited connection and when I try 'repair' on the current XP slave, I get the message 'unable to renew IP address'. The vista OS notebook seems fine Any ideas?.

07-14-2008, 06:39 PM	#2 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 32,475 OS: XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: Ics Let's see this for each computer. Hold the Windows key and press R, then type CMD to open a command prompt: In the command prompt window that opens, type type the following commands, one at a time, followed by the Enter key: Note that there is a space before the -n or the /ALL, but there is NOT* a space after the - or / in the following commands.* NBTSTAT -n IPCONFIG /ALL Right click in the command window and choose Select All, then hit Enter. Paste the results in a message here. If you are on a machine with no network connection, use a floppy, USB disk, or a CD-RW disk to transfer a text file with the information to allow pasting it here. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience