2 PC Network - Internet Problem

**vialpatient** · March 31st, 2005, 07:07 PM

I have two computers hooked up to a network. The main PC, has two NIC cards, one for a cable modem, and one for a crossover cable that is hooked to another computer. I usually have internet access with both machines, but now, the network is working fine, i dont have ANY 3rd party firewall programs installed, windows firewall is off, and ICS is enabled, but everytime I try to get online with the crossover PC, i open my browser and get "cannot find www.google.com, check to see if name is right" even though the network is working fine. HELP!!!

**Ferrit** · April 1st, 2005, 11:41 AM

Couple of things.
Can you ping google?
Have you recently installed or uninstalled P2P software like kazaa?
Or run a spyware remover on the machine?

**vialpatient** · April 1st, 2005, 01:18 PM

cannot ping from networked machine, and no, no spyware, or anything like that, it is a clean XP install with SP2

**Georgexxx** · April 3rd, 2005, 01:31 AM

I had a 2 PC network using the ICS on Windows 98 SE, it was nothing but problems. I could never get it set up correctly in such a way that it would work reliably for any period of time. Then I read an article in either PC World or PC Magazine which stated that ICS was nothing but a headache, which I had proven. They advised getting a router. This solved my problems, and I haven't looked back. In addition, the router gives you some firewall advantages. ICS Bah Humbug.