Hi gswilli
. . . and Welcome to the Tech Support Forums!
First of all, let's make sure that Internet Connection Sharing is disabled [you really don't want that enabled when you have a router].
Disabling Internet Connection Sharing on Windows XP
1) Click on the Start button, select Control Panel, select Network and Internet Connections, and choose Network Connections.
2) Perform the following actions on each connection icon, including all Local Area Connections and all dialup connections, in this window:
2a) Right click on the connection's icon and select Properties.
Select the Advanced tab.
2b) If there is a checked box for Internet Connection Sharing ("Allow other network users to connect through this computer's Internet connection"), uncheck it.
2c) Click OK.
3) Close the Network Connections window when all connections have had ICS disabled.
Disabling Internet Connection Sharing on Windows 98 Second Edition
1) Click on the Start button, click on Settings, and click on Control Panel.
2) Double click on Add/Remove Programs.
3) Select the Windows Setup tab
4) Select Internet Tools and click on Properties.
5) Uncheck Internet Connection Sharing if it is checked.
6) Click OK, and then click OK again.
7) Restart the computer.
Next, make sure to check that the following configurations
--- that are setup by default on a Windows XP Internet-Connection-Sharing computer. Change these to work best with your router's setup:
1) The LAN adapter that was configured to be the shared connection will have had IP address 192.168.0.1 and a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 --- this is a problem with many routers, as 192.168.0.1 is the default IP address of the router! Set the LAN adapter to use DHCP instead. It will use it's dynamically assigned private IP locally, and share the IP of the router during WAN access to the Internet (most broadband ISP's prefer their clients to use DHCP also, so the router's IP will be dynamic, too).
2) The "Autodial" feature is often enabled during ICS setup = you'll likely want to disable that, should the setting persist after the removal of ICS.
3) Ensure that the Internet Options for the browsers involved are not set up to use a proxy: it is perhaps easiest to simply set the LAN connection tab to "automatically detect". The WAN Internet connection provided by the router should be detected and used thereafter by the browser.
Visit Windows Update & Get the ~50 Critical Updates that have been released since SP2 appeared over a year ago.
Internet Safety, Firewall, and Windows XP Services
You'll always want a firewall running on any networked computers. Your hardware router's firewall does a good job of keeping attacks from the outside at bay, but little to help guard against stealth connections from malware that has successfully installed itself unawares. A strong software firewall will block, or alert you for a decision to deny or allow, outgoing connections that originate from your computer. The built-in Windows XP firewall does not block outgoing connections at all. That is way so many techs recommend running something stronger: most retail firewalls do well, and among the free-for-personal-use firewalls, several receive excellent reviews as well -- perhaps the best-known are ZoneAlarm & Sunbelt/Kerio Personal Firewall. Once ICS is disabled, you'll want to check on the configurations for all the software firewalls of the computers comprising your local network, as well as checking on the settings of the hardware firewall in the router. *Note* it is important to realize that it's OK to have the "Application Layer Gateway Service" (alg.exe) set to "Manual" and the "Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) Service" set to "Automatic" --- because third-party firewalls often make use of services provided by these Windows XP components. Having the service running does not mean that either the Windows Firewall or ICS is running [The Windows Firewall is turned off or on in the Security Center or Windows Firewall applet in the Control Panel, and ICS is enabled or disabled by the "Properties" of network adapters as described already (above)].
See if this gets things going OK -
. . . Gary
. . . and Welcome to the Tech Support Forums!
First of all, let's make sure that Internet Connection Sharing is disabled [you really don't want that enabled when you have a router].
Disabling Internet Connection Sharing on Windows XP
1) Click on the Start button, select Control Panel, select Network and Internet Connections, and choose Network Connections.
2) Perform the following actions on each connection icon, including all Local Area Connections and all dialup connections, in this window:
2a) Right click on the connection's icon and select Properties.
Select the Advanced tab.
2b) If there is a checked box for Internet Connection Sharing ("Allow other network users to connect through this computer's Internet connection"), uncheck it.
2c) Click OK.
3) Close the Network Connections window when all connections have had ICS disabled.
Disabling Internet Connection Sharing on Windows 98 Second Edition
1) Click on the Start button, click on Settings, and click on Control Panel.
2) Double click on Add/Remove Programs.
3) Select the Windows Setup tab
4) Select Internet Tools and click on Properties.
5) Uncheck Internet Connection Sharing if it is checked.
6) Click OK, and then click OK again.
7) Restart the computer.
Next, make sure to check that the following configurations
--- that are setup by default on a Windows XP Internet-Connection-Sharing computer. Change these to work best with your router's setup:
1) The LAN adapter that was configured to be the shared connection will have had IP address 192.168.0.1 and a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 --- this is a problem with many routers, as 192.168.0.1 is the default IP address of the router! Set the LAN adapter to use DHCP instead. It will use it's dynamically assigned private IP locally, and share the IP of the router during WAN access to the Internet (most broadband ISP's prefer their clients to use DHCP also, so the router's IP will be dynamic, too).
2) The "Autodial" feature is often enabled during ICS setup = you'll likely want to disable that, should the setting persist after the removal of ICS.
3) Ensure that the Internet Options for the browsers involved are not set up to use a proxy: it is perhaps easiest to simply set the LAN connection tab to "automatically detect". The WAN Internet connection provided by the router should be detected and used thereafter by the browser.
Visit Windows Update & Get the ~50 Critical Updates that have been released since SP2 appeared over a year ago.
Internet Safety, Firewall, and Windows XP Services
You'll always want a firewall running on any networked computers. Your hardware router's firewall does a good job of keeping attacks from the outside at bay, but little to help guard against stealth connections from malware that has successfully installed itself unawares. A strong software firewall will block, or alert you for a decision to deny or allow, outgoing connections that originate from your computer. The built-in Windows XP firewall does not block outgoing connections at all. That is way so many techs recommend running something stronger: most retail firewalls do well, and among the free-for-personal-use firewalls, several receive excellent reviews as well -- perhaps the best-known are ZoneAlarm & Sunbelt/Kerio Personal Firewall. Once ICS is disabled, you'll want to check on the configurations for all the software firewalls of the computers comprising your local network, as well as checking on the settings of the hardware firewall in the router. *Note* it is important to realize that it's OK to have the "Application Layer Gateway Service" (alg.exe) set to "Manual" and the "Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) Service" set to "Automatic" --- because third-party firewalls often make use of services provided by these Windows XP components. Having the service running does not mean that either the Windows Firewall or ICS is running [The Windows Firewall is turned off or on in the Security Center or Windows Firewall applet in the Control Panel, and ICS is enabled or disabled by the "Properties" of network adapters as described already (above)].
See if this gets things going OK -
. . . Gary
