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Old 07-17-2004, 01:42 PM   #1
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intwenet connection sharing problem... please help!

iv finaly got ics to work on my network (or sort of working) however on the client computer it tells u it is connected to the internet (there is a little icon in the task bar that says so and its in network connections) but i cannot surf the net or download any updates for software i have on it
does anybody know how i can fix this?
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Old 07-17-2004, 01:53 PM   #2
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ps its ment 2 say internet connection sharing as the title (im trying to type too fast)
and my firewall should not be the problem because i can get at files on the host pc from the client
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Old 07-19-2004, 01:52 PM   #3
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Just because you can get at files on the other machine doesn't mean the firewall is not blocking Internet access. Disable the firewall and try again.
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Old 07-19-2004, 03:14 PM   #4
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do u mean the firewall on the host or client
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Old 07-20-2004, 10:47 AM   #5
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Try one, then the other, then both.
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