Confusion Setting Up ICS

[activethistle]

I have 2 WIN98SE PCs netqorked through a hub. Sharing one Cable Modem. Up til yesterday both were running fine - Internet connection on both etc...

For convenience I wanted to swap the ICS Server and Client over - now I'v done it I have internet access onthe server but nothig on the client. I've tried assigning static IPs as per

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q238135

but no joy, so I went for dynamics instead - just to get things working. Problem is the DHCP server in ICS is assigning addresses like 169.254.149.29 with a subnet mask of 255.255.0.0 !! In WinIpCfg the DHCP server IP is showing as 255.255.255.255

When I try to renew the Lease I get a message saying 'Error DHCP Server Unavailable: Renewing Adapter "" '
(No I cant PING from machine to machine either - also neither can be seen in their counterparts Network Neighborhoods.)

Does anyone have a clue as to whats going on??
How can I reset all IPs and start again? - Deleting TCP/IP from Network Properties and rebooting doesnt seem to work.

TVMIA

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[pudda]

ICS can only be installed on one system. When you switched them around, did you uninstall it from your original and reinstall on your new server? The test continues...

 

[activethistle]

Yep - by deleting from Network Properties - is that sufficient?

 

[pudda]

Start/Settings/Control Panel/Add-Remove Programs/Windows Setup/Internet Tools.

Uncheck on the old server, check on the new server.
Re-start, then let your IE find the new proxies by clicking on your home page. Go to File/Work Offline and make sure that is unchecked in your IE.
The test continues...

 

[pudda]

Forgot to add "After you get to the Internet Tools, uncheck/check the Internet Connection Service for the proper machine."

Sorry about that... The test continues...