[blitzkreig]

Ok,
I did by a new laptop about 3 weeks ago, its a lenovo G460 laptop, 4gigs ram, 320 GB HDD, Geforce 310M 512mb, windows 7 home premium. I was wondering if i could connect my desktop pc broadband cable to my laptop and surf. I did try to put in the cable in my laptop's ethernet port but the net wouldnt work despite it being connected (light would glow). I believe that there are a few settings you need to do on your lappy before you get going. My dad wouldn't buy me a router as of now... lol. Could somebody help me with these settings??

[JohnWill]

Sure, Take a look at this Microsoft ICS (Internet Connection Sharing tutorial.

[blitzkreig]

ok, thanks for your prompt reply but its going bouncer for me lol, is there any easier way because this tutorial requires me to have a windows xp cd which i dont currently have

[JohnWill]

What version of Windows is on the machine that has the Internet connection? ICS is available for Vista and Windows 7 as well.

[blitzkreig]

the pc with net connection (desktop) has windows xp 32-bit

[JohnWill]

Take a look at this Microsoft ICS (Internet Connection Sharing tutorial.

FWIW, wired or wireless ICS would be configured in the same manner, but this may be more specific.

[blitzkreig]

this tutorial requires me to have windows xp cd, which i dont currently have

[JohnWill]

You shouldn't need the CD to configure ICS, I've configured it several times on XP systems without it.

[blitzkreig]

now i guess im through configuring the settings required on my desktop (windows xp).... what're the configurations needed on my laptop to be able to receive the internet? i use windows 7 on my laptop, the turorial is for xp.... sorry for being dumb and a noob

[JohnWill]

The connected computer should be bog standard, just use a crossover cable to connect it to the laptop.

[blitzkreig]

i did remove the internet cable and connected it to the ethernet port of my laptop... the net wouldnt still work

[JohnWill]

Let's see this from each of the machines with them configured and connected.


Hold the Windows key and press R, then type CMD then press Enter to open a command prompt:

In the command prompt window that opens, type type the following commands, one at a time, followed by the Enter key:

Note that there is a space before the -n or the /ALL, but there is NOT a space after the - or / in the following commands.

NBTSTAT -n

IPCONFIG /ALL

Right click in the command window and choose Select All, then hit Enter to copy the contents to the clipboard.
Paste the results in a message here.

If you are on a machine with no network connection, use a floppy, USB disk, or a CD-RW disk to transfer a text file with the information to allow pasting it here.

[blitzkreig]

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\PRASHANT>NBTSTAT -N

Local Area Connection 6:
Node IpAddress: [0.0.0.0] Scope Id: []

No names in cache

Local Area Connection 2:
Node IpAddress: [192.168.137.183] Scope Id: []

NetBIOS Local Name Table

Name Type Status
---------------------------------------------
PRASHANT <00> UNIQUE Registered
MSHOME <00> GROUP Registered
PRASHANT <20> UNIQUE Registered
MSHOME <1E> GROUP Registered
MSHOME <1D> UNIQUE Registered
..__MSBROWSE__.<01> GROUP Registered

worldnet002:
Node IpAddress: [111.91.109.128] Scope Id: []

No names in cache

C:\Documents and Settings\PRASHANT>IPCONFIG /ALL

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : prashant
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : mshome.net

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 6:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe FE Family Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 40-61-86-05-4F-1F

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : mshome.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Eth
ernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-40-05-3E-57-3B
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.137.183
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.137.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.137.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.137.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, September 07, 2010 7:58:16
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Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, September 14, 2010 7:58:16
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PPP adapter worldnet002:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 111.91.109.128
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 111.91.109.128
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 123.108.224.6
123.108.225.6
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

C:\Documents and Settings\PRASHANT>

[JohnWill]

That only looks like the ICS machine, and it's configuration isn't right for ICS, probably why it isn't working.

Disable ICS on that machine and then do this.

TCP/IP stack repair options for use with Windows XP with SP2/SP3.

Start, Run, CMD to open a command prompt:

In the command prompt window that opens, type type the following commands, each followed by the Enter key:

Note: Type only the text in bold for the following commands.

Reset TCP/IP stack to installation defaults, type: netsh int ip reset reset.log

Reset WINSOCK entries to installation defaults, type: netsh winsock reset catalog

Reboot the machine.


Enable ICS again and post another IPCONFIG /ALL

[blitzkreig]

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\PRASHANT>IPCONFIG /ALL

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : prashant
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Eth
ernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-40-05-3E-57-3B
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.14.49
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 169.254.14.49

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 6:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe FE Family Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 40-61-86-05-4F-1F

PPP adapter worldnet002:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 111.91.109.8
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 111.91.109.8
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 123.108.224.6
123.108.225.6
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

C:\Documents and Settings\PRASHANT>