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Old 09-14-2003, 06:45 PM   #1
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strange eh?

i have 2 pcs ,,#1 main (win xp )
#2 game pc (winxp)
#1 is connected thru the cable modem and # 2 is conecting to the internet thru # 1 using ICS (fire wall disabeld) i was playing this new game wolf et ,its a multi player game ,i was abel to load server and join and play and in one night i couldnt find anyserver or join any ip ,,and when i try to open gamespy arcade it says am behind a firewall or proxy or nat .,,i checked the firewall and i make sure its disabel and i try every thing all over again ,,and still saying the same thing ,,why now ,,,it never was like this ,, i don tthink i installed anything
plzz help me out
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Old 09-14-2003, 06:55 PM   #2
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you realy don't want to use ics with xp

the best thing you can do is get a router with a seitching hub built in.
connect the cable modem to the wan port of the router and connect all the pc's to the hub ports, and have a good home lan working great.
just a suggestion
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