Hi James

The problem I would assume is coming from the zone alarm. Personally, I've
never liked Zone Alarm, or seen it working in a way which a normal firewall
would. However, since you can now ping between the two computers, please try
the following:

On the machine with the internet connection, find the two DNS server entries
that are given by your ISP (you can do this by using the ipconfig /all switch
from a command prompt) and then add the dns entries on the XP machine
statically. Once you have done this, try a ping on a website such as
www.bbc.co.uk or similar. If you cannot ping it (request time out, etc) try
and run a trace route (tracert www.bbc.co.uk) and this will tell you where it
is failing

"James Kilner" wrote:

> If I disable the other protocols I don't get any kind of connection between
> the computers. I'm using a cable to give a direct link between the NIC cards
> (is that a cross over cable?)
> Win2K box doesn't have Windows Firewall. XP Home has Windows Firewall
> turned off.
> Both have ZoneAlarm and I can now ping between the two, but I still can't
> connect from the client (XP box) through the shared internet connection (2k
> box) to the internet.
> Any ideas?
> Thanks
> J.
>
> "Gareth Saunders" wrote:
>
> > Hi James
> >
> > The connection you're getting between the two computers at the moment (file
> > sharing etc) could be done via netbeui. I'd suggest removing all protocols
> > except for TCP/IP. Are you connecting via a hub/switch or standard cross over
> > cable? If you're connecting via a cross over cable, I'd suggest using a small
> > hub or switch (both very cheap from reputable pc dealers).
> >
> > One last thing, please make sure that the windows firewall is turned off on
> > both machines!
> >
> > "James Kilner" wrote:
> >
> > > Subnet mask on both was 255.255.255.0
> > > From what I could make out from tutorials/help files, I only needed to set
> > > the gateway on the client because I have a USB DSL modem connected to one of
> > > the computers.
> > > At present my setup is as follows.
> > > Win2K box has USB DSL modem (IP address for the modem is dynamically assigned)
> > > IP address for the NIC is 192.168.0.1
> > > Subnet mask is 255.255.255.0
> > >
> > > XP Home box:
> > > IP address for NIC is 192.168.0.2
> > > Subnet mask 255.255.255.0
> > > Default gateway 192.168.0.1
> > > Preferred DNS server 192.168.0.1
> > >
> > > There are a whole bunch of other protocols running. On the XP Home box,
> > > there is NetBIOS and on the 2K box there is NetBIOS and NetBEUI.
> > >
> > > Thanks for the quick response.
> > > James
> > >
> > >
> > > "Gareth Saunders" wrote:
> > >
> > > > James
> > > >
> > > > Have you checked that your subnet mask and gateway are the same on both
> > > > machines? Also what other protocols are you running?
> > > >
> > > > "James Kilner" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I have XP Home (Laptop) and Win2k (desktop). I have a network cable giving a
> > > > > direct link between the two of them. I can view shared docs on each of them,
> > > > > but I cannot ping between the two or share my internet connection.
> > > > > I have tried to share the internet connection from the Win2k box and from
> > > > > the XP Home box, but it just doesn't work. I have looked at several on-line
> > > > > tutorials for how to get this up and running, but have still come up blank.
> > > > > Any help would be appreciated.
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > > James