DAve Jenkins
02-10-2005, 02:12 AM
I feel like the little kid peeking into the dining room where all the adults are sitting around having their coffee - hoping he'll get invited in, but not sure he'll understand anything that's being said. Nevertheless, here goes:
I have an Earthlink satellite internet connection on an XP systems, and am running ICS on that system for 2 other computers that are networked to the ICS computer with ethernet. It all works fine, except:
If I try to configure the TCP/IP for the satellite connection to use DHCP, after Earthlink's WebSetup program runs (and right before it wants to do a restart), I find that the "Obtain IP Address Automatically" option has been replaced in the connection settings, and a set of static IP's has been substituted. I've done an ipconfig /release /renew, and I know the modem can be given a new IP address.
If I stop the system just prior to the restart, I can re-set the dynamic IP and then do the restart. However, when I do that, after the system has restarted Windows always shows the connection icon in the system tray with a little gizmo on it that says the connection is not "reliable or unavailable or is unreachable or unconnected" or words to that effect. The Earthlink software says, "Hey - you need to run WebSetup becuase the "PC settings don't match the network settings"" (what does that mean?).
It appears to me that once the dynamic IP address has been assigned, some important link between XP and the device no longer works. That's as clear as I can make it, because I really don't understand all of this...
Earthlink says this is because I'm using ICS, but I've turned sharing off on that connection, run the whole drill, and it still doesn't work.
I've spent hours with Earthlink support, to no avail. Each call or chat gives me one more thing to try, and that's about it - it's obvious that they don't know what the problem is.
Can any of you give me some new things to try, or perhaps tell me what I might be doing wrong? Or am I trying to do something that's inherently impossible?
Thanks...
I have an Earthlink satellite internet connection on an XP systems, and am running ICS on that system for 2 other computers that are networked to the ICS computer with ethernet. It all works fine, except:
If I try to configure the TCP/IP for the satellite connection to use DHCP, after Earthlink's WebSetup program runs (and right before it wants to do a restart), I find that the "Obtain IP Address Automatically" option has been replaced in the connection settings, and a set of static IP's has been substituted. I've done an ipconfig /release /renew, and I know the modem can be given a new IP address.
If I stop the system just prior to the restart, I can re-set the dynamic IP and then do the restart. However, when I do that, after the system has restarted Windows always shows the connection icon in the system tray with a little gizmo on it that says the connection is not "reliable or unavailable or is unreachable or unconnected" or words to that effect. The Earthlink software says, "Hey - you need to run WebSetup becuase the "PC settings don't match the network settings"" (what does that mean?).
It appears to me that once the dynamic IP address has been assigned, some important link between XP and the device no longer works. That's as clear as I can make it, because I really don't understand all of this...
Earthlink says this is because I'm using ICS, but I've turned sharing off on that connection, run the whole drill, and it still doesn't work.
I've spent hours with Earthlink support, to no avail. Each call or chat gives me one more thing to try, and that's about it - it's obvious that they don't know what the problem is.
Can any of you give me some new things to try, or perhaps tell me what I might be doing wrong? Or am I trying to do something that's inherently impossible?
Thanks...