ICS Problems

CaterpillarAssassin · Post by **CaterpillarAssassin** » Thu Mar 22, 2001 3:52 pm

Comps communicate fine on the network. Just I cant get ICS to function. Give me some suggestions? Both boxes are running winME. And dont say that thats the problem b/c I've had them running on it before. TIA

Underclocked · Post by **Underclocked** » Thu Mar 22, 2001 4:14 pm

Did you run the wizard thingy??

Oh yeah, are you running a firewall and if so, which one?

CaterpillarAssassin · Post by **CaterpillarAssassin** » Thu Mar 22, 2001 8:47 pm

No firewall, used wizard, no luck. Damn microsoft. Anyone know of any 3rd party software?

Frost · Post by **Frost** » Thu Mar 22, 2001 9:20 pm

yeah something like sygate or something like that... I'll have to look for it to find the exact name.

Underclocked · Post by **Underclocked** » Thu Mar 22, 2001 9:50 pm

A friend has two Me machines networked and ICS works fine for him. I don't think this one is MS's fault.

Did you make the disc from the wizard and run it on the client machine?

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Fri Mar 23, 2001 12:56 am

Argh, it's SO friggin' difficult to set up ICS in WinMe. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

Sygate works reliably and is easy to setup.

It's easier under Win2K.

If you are sharing cable of dsl, however, the best way to do it nowadays is to use a DSL/Cable router. I really like the SMC Barricade. They're $106 at Onvia less a $20 rebate and shipping is free.

[Edited by FlyingPenguin on 03-23-2001 at 09:52 AM]

CaterpillarAssassin · Post by **CaterpillarAssassin** » Fri Mar 23, 2001 3:41 pm

yeah i like sygate and dont have 100 bux to spend

Darkheart · Post by **Darkheart** » Fri Mar 23, 2001 7:50 pm

Do a search for ICS or internet connection Sharing I posted a troubleshooting guide about a month ago.

Darkheart

CaterpillarAssassin · Fri Mar 23, 2001 10:08 pm

no need. got it working using sygate.

sigel · Post by **sigel** » Sun Mar 25, 2001 6:00 am

I'm a pc tech at a shop, I do about 3-15 systems a day, and i've seen problems like this, I always recommend sygate, i've yet to get ICS working, i've seen it working, but i've yet to actually get it working correctly.

ALstonLoong · Post by **ALstonLoong** » Tue Mar 27, 2001 10:14 pm

Well i experienced with ICS for ADSL and Cable. I would say ICS is easier to use in Cable. For ADSL i recommand sygate.Actually ICs is more easier then sygate.At least you dont have to set up anything to let your icq to be able to received files. Right now i am using sygate for ADSL, and i have to setup for every client pc to be able to received files from icq. Abit troublesome...

CaterpillarAssassin · Tue Mar 27, 2001 10:38 pm

no problems like that for me. U got a firewall or prxy enabled for that? That'll require extra config sometimes

ALstonLoong · Post by **ALstonLoong** » Tue Mar 27, 2001 11:56 pm

well if you are using server yes you wont experience anyproblem with icq. but for client pc, they wont beable to received files with sygate... even no proxy...i have to configure so they can receive. this is the command problem face by sygate user. We can get the solution from syagte webside.