Internet Share - Help!

[Moose or Chuck]

u did the guide for Shenmue. That game was so awsome. And ya, i know that they are good for multimedia. I just wish they weren't so freakin 'cute' just make it look all like hardcore and cool and u've got me sold on one for makin our sk8 vids with my DV cam.

[999]

yea that book sucked, it was a lot of hard work.<br><br>Anyhow, i've installed the second nic, finally got wingate to see it, but now have run into another problem.<br><br>1- I cant find out my isp's dns as the wingate setup requests<br><br>2- The 2nd nic will not make a connection when i turn on the "uplink" switch on my Hub. On my old setup, I had the cable modem feed going into the Uplink port, and the "link" light would come on. With this new setup, I put my 2nd Nic into the uplink port, but it wont light up. I have to switch to a normal port for the "link" light to come on.<br><br>3- Wingate can see my mac making requests in the history file, but it's not working farther than that <br><br>

[randall]

It depends on how you have your network set up. That computer is basically a server, but it still connects to the network the same as all the others.<br><br>The second NIC should connect to the hub through a normal port.<br><br>If you need to use the uplink port it usually requires a crossover cable, instead of the normal CAT-5 network cable. They both look identical, but the wiring is different. Normally the uplink port has a switch that you can change from crossover to pass-through, enabling you to use CAT-5.

[randall]

Before continuing with the internet connection, make sure all your computers can "see" each other on the network. Especially the server, since that is the one that all the computers connect to for ICS.

[999]

Okay, I'll head to fry's for a crossover cable, but if you say I don't really need one, I'll make do with what I have.<br><br>Now, what services should I have running on wingate?<br><br>I have DHCP currently running, that's it.<br><br>Everything seems to be setup just fine, but I cant get the dns of my isp, so I put in microsofts, like they recommended in the help file.<br><br>Still no dice however And yes, I can see everyone on my network.<br><br>

[RavenRay]

999,  You shouldn't need a dns,  Cause what Wingate is suppose act is the routing for your dns.

[RavenRay]

Oh yeah, Did you also check PacBell's website?

[999]

well, i've tried everything.<br><br>the cpus can see eachother on the network, just cant inet share.<br><br>it makes a connection, then starts to look for the URL, but it never gets anything back. wingate reports the url requests. <br><br>My last guess is I need a crossover cable coming from the 2nd nic into the uplink port on my hub.<br><br>

[RavenRay]

Server is connecting to the net right?  Check on WinGates website, look for there support page.  They might be able to find out the problem.

[randall]

If all the computers can see each other, then you probably don't need a crossover cable. As long as the light comes on, you have a physical connection.<br><br>Alternatively, you could disconnect one of your other computers from the hub, and plug the server into that port. If it works then at least you've narrowed it down to it being a physical connection problem, as opposed to a WinGate problem.<br><br>