ICS network Problems

Hi guys, I have 3 machines on a network 1 cable connection 1 wireless connection with a MS network bridge running on Win xp and using ICS which has been working great.

Then all of a sudden the 2 client machines can't access the internet unless I disable ICS and then reinable it. Then after a reboot it's not working again.

I have searched the internet and this site for an answer. I found a topic on this forum that was exactly the same but that wasn't resolved.

So I desperatly need a network guru to solve this sticky problem.

Thanks for any help...

The details below are from the server machine.



Not working

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Robert

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No



Ethernet adapter Network Bridge:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : MAC Bridge Miniport

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-0D-61-55-0A-ED

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :



PPP adapter Alcatel Speedtouch Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 217.44.193.153

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 217.44.193.153

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 194.72.9.34

194.74.65.68

NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled



Working



Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Robert

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No



Ethernet adapter Network Bridge:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : MAC Bridge Miniport

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-0D-61-55-0A-ED

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :



PPP adapter Alcatel Speedtouch Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 217.44.193.153

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 217.44.193.153

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 194.72.9.34

194.74.65.68

NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

 

With NBT (NetBIOS over Tcpip) Disabled, what are you using to resolve name to IP address on your local network?

What operating system(s)?

Any chance of replacing ICS with an inexpensive router/switch? Under $50 these days and on a bad day will function quite a bit better (with more features too) than ICS on a good day.

 

2 boxes including server are running Win xp pro 1 box running xp home.

The setup I have is printer and file sharing is IpX/SPX with netbios bound. The ICS is TCP/IP With printer and filesharing unbound.

Unfortunatly my ISP BT Internet insists that I use a usb modem from alcatel which they supply if you know of a good router that will work with this modem I would consider buying it.

Thanks for your quick reply.

 

Got it re: ipx.

Re: a router/switch that will work with your modem:

This BeWAN will handle network devices and a USB broadband connection and specifically says it works with the Alcatel Speedtouch. At least I think that's what is says. Listing is in French and I can't find the info in English.

The Draytek Vigor 2200 USB will as well and this review is in English. US source though so the price in in $$ and I'm assuming from your use of BT that you are UK based.

More information Here about the DrayTek.

In either case, you are paying extra for the fact that so few USB-only broadband modems are out there so the router/switch for them is prices about like the Ethernet ones were a couple of years ago.

Another option might be to try and bully BT into changing you to an ethernet modem or to see about the availability of broadband from another provider in your area if there are any.

Re: the original problem of ICS going a little nuts at times.

Now that is a little tougher. I strongly suspect an issue with the networking load on the machine that is acting as your ICS host. Odd that it dies when in use sometimes and always when you reboot.

Here are a couple of general fix-up things to try that will either be helpful or neutral. Neither will make things worse.

- First, do start~run~cmd to bring up a command prompt then chkdsk /r and follow all the steps needed for it to run at next boot then reboot.

- When the PC is back up, start~run~sfc /scannow with your XP install CD in the drive.

If you continue to have problems, Reset IP on the host PC. This is in lieu of removing and reloading networking since you can't do that on XP.

 

Hi newt how are you today? The first two tasks were completed without any errors. I then reset tcp/ip stack when I rebooted I got the blue screen of death and had to restore my system to start the computer. here is the reset log it don't look quite right to me what do you think.


reset SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dhcp\Parameters\Options\15\RegLocation
old REG_MULTI_SZ =
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\?\DhcpDomain
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TcpIp\Parameters\DhcpDomain

reset SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netbt\Parameters\Interfaces\Tcpip_{70ADDAE0-02A1-4740-92A3-CF89405C4B33}\NameServerList
old REG_MULTI_SZ =
<empty>

added SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netbt\Parameters\Interfaces\Tcpip_{70ADDAE0-02A1-4740-92A3-CF89405C4B33}\NetbiosOptions
reset SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netbt\Parameters\Interfaces\Tcpip_{9D51A4FB-7DFE-4785-8980-7D5E848039A5}\NameServerList
old REG_MULTI_SZ =
<empty>

added SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netbt\Parameters\Interfaces\Tcpip_{9D51A4FB-7DFE-4785-8980-7D5E848039A5}\NetbiosOptions
added SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netbt\Parameters\Interfaces\Tcpip_{E7E070C3-13A1-466D-B892-2EE8809FF491}\NetbiosOptions
reset SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netbt\Parameters\Interfaces\Tcpip_{F96CDA45-AAFA-4B22-B582-828911748AB3}\NameServerList
old REG_MULTI_SZ =
<empty>

reset SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netbt\Parameters\Interfaces\Tcpip_{F96CDA45-AAFA-4B22-B582-828911748AB3}\NetbiosOptions
old REG_DWORD = 2

deleted SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netbt\Parameters\EnableLmhosts
deleted SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netbt\Parameters\EnableProxy
added SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{42E8D9DB-BC02-4366-A500-D0E5A7C927C8}\DisableDynamicUpdate
deleted SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{42E8D9DB-BC02-4366-A500-D0E5A7C927C8}\IpAutoconfigurationAddress
deleted SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{42E8D9DB-BC02-4366-A500-D0E5A7C927C8}\IpAutoconfigurationMask
deleted SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{42E8D9DB-BC02-4366-A500-D0E5A7C927C8}\IpAutoconfigurationSeed
reset SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{42E8D9DB-BC02-4366-A500-D0E5A7C927C8}\RawIpAllowedProtocols
old REG_MULTI_SZ =
0

reset SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{42E8D9DB-BC02-4366-A500-D0E5A7C927C8}\TcpAllowedPorts
old REG_MULTI_SZ =
0

reset SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{42E8D9DB-BC02-4366-A500-D0E5A7C927C8}\UdpAllowedPorts
old REG_MULTI_SZ =
0

added SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{592DE601-6690-4AA4-8F2C-AB6792BD6BA3}\DisableDynamicUpdate
reset SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{592DE601-6690-4AA4-8F2C-AB6792BD6BA3}\EnableDhcp
old REG_DWORD = 0

reset SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{592DE601-6690-4AA4-8F2C-AB6792BD6BA3}\IpAddress
old REG_MULTI_SZ =
192.168.0.1

deleted SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{592DE601-6690-4AA4-8F2C-AB6792BD6BA3}\IpAutoconfigurationAddress
deleted SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{592DE601-6690-4AA4-8F2C-AB6792BD6BA3}\IpAutoconfigurationMask
deleted SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{592DE601-6690-4AA4-8F2C-AB6792BD6BA3}\IpAutoconfigurationSeed
reset SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{592DE601-6690-4AA4-8F2C-AB6792BD6BA3}\RawIpAllowedProtocols
old REG_MULTI_SZ =
0

reset SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{592DE601-6690-4AA4-8F2C-AB6792BD6BA3}\SubnetMask
old REG_MULTI_SZ =
255.255.255.0

reset SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{592DE601-6690-4AA4-8F2C-AB6792BD6BA3}\TcpAllowedPorts
old REG_MULTI_SZ =
0

reset SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{592DE601-6690-4AA4-8F2C-AB6792BD6BA3}\UdpAllowedPorts
old REG_MULTI_SZ =
0

deleted SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{70ADDAE0-02A1-4740-92A3-CF89405C4B33}\NameServer
deleted SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{9D51A4FB-7DFE-4785-8980-7D5E848039A5}\NameServer
added SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{CBE717B4-CC56-4F89-BA3A-3D24B76B772A}\AddressType
added SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{CBE717B4-CC56-4F89-BA3A-3D24B76B772A}\DisableDynamicUpdate
reset SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{CBE717B4-CC56-4F89-BA3A-3D24B76B772A}\RawIpAllowedProtocols
old REG_MULTI_SZ =
0

reset SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{CBE717B4-CC56-4F89-BA3A-3D24B76B772A}\TcpAllowedPorts
old REG_MULTI_SZ =
0

reset SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{CBE717B4-CC56-4F89-BA3A-3D24B76B772A}\UdpAllowedPorts
old REG_MULTI_SZ =
0

added SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{CE5D9392-0E26-4D25-B4A2-D0BD80AB86BB}\DisableDynamicUpdate
deleted SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{CE5D9392-0E26-4D25-B4A2-D0BD80AB86BB}\IpAutoconfigurationAddress
deleted SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{CE5D9392-0E26-4D25-B4A2-D0BD80AB86BB}\IpAutoconfigurationMask
deleted SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{CE5D9392-0E26-4D25-B4A2-D0BD80AB86BB}\IpAutoconfigurationSeed
reset SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{CE5D9392-0E26-4D25-B4A2-D0BD80AB86BB}\RawIpAllowedProtocols
old REG_MULTI_SZ =
0

reset SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{CE5D9392-0E26-4D25-B4A2-D0BD80AB86BB}\TcpAllowedPorts
old REG_MULTI_SZ =
0

reset SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{CE5D9392-0E26-4D25-B4A2-D0BD80AB86BB}\UdpAllowedPorts
old REG_MULTI_SZ =
0

deleted SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{F96CDA45-AAFA-4B22-B582-828911748AB3}\NameServer
deleted SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\DontAddDefaultGatewayDefault
deleted SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\EnableIcmpRedirect
deleted SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\EnableSecurityFilters
deleted SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\SearchList
deleted SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\UseDomainNameDevolution
reset Linkage\UpperBind for ROOT\MS_BRIDGEMP\0000. bad value was:
REG_MULTI_SZ =
PSched

reset Linkage\UpperBind for ROOT\MS_NDISWANIP\0000. bad value was:
REG_MULTI_SZ =
PSched

<completed>


Before I have to reinstall xp I would like to explore every avenue to try to resolve this problem. Thanks for your help so far...

 

Extro

BT USB modems are really not much fun - I'm lucky in that my area (North East) has cable so I have 1.5MB cable modem from Telewest

The error log doesnt tell me anything obvious (though that doesnt mean its not there)

Can you give any more details of the hardware involved - I'm stumped and fishing wildly now - did someone say fishing, that must be Newt's cue !

 

If you need any other info i would be glad to supply it.


Network Adapter Properties

Network Adapter MAC Bridge Miniport - Packet Scheduler Miniport
Interface Type Ethernet
Hardware Address 02-0D-61-55-0A-ED
Connection Name Network Bridge
Connection Speed 100 Mbps
MTU 1500 bytes
Bytes Received 188170 (183.8 KB)
Bytes Sent 1506 (1.5 KB)

Network Adapter Addresses
IP / Subnet Mask 192.168.0.1 / 255.255.255.0
DHCP 255.255.255.255

nVIDIA MCP2 - LAN Controller PCI
Realtek RTL8169 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter PCI

nVIDIA MCP2 - LAN Controller PCI
Realtek RTL8169 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter PCI



Motherboard Properties

Motherboard ID 01/16/2004-nForce "-6A61CG0BC-00
Motherboard Name Gigabyte GA-K8NNXP

Front Side Bus Properties
Bus Type AMD Hammer
Real Clock 200 MHz
Effective Clock 200 MHz

Memory Bus Properties
Bus Type DDR SDRAM
Bus Width 64-bit
Real Clock 200 MHz (DDR)
Effective Clock 400 MHz
Bandwidth 3200 MB/s

Motherboard Physical Info
CPU Sockets/Slots 1
Expansion Slots 5 PCI, 1 AGP
RAM Slots 4 DIMM
Integrated Devices Audio, Gigabit LAN, IEEE-1394
Form Factor ATX
Motherboard Size 240 mm x 300 mm
Motherboard Chipset nForce3-150
Extra Features Dual Power System K8, DualBIOS, Ultra-ATA/133, Serial-ATA/150, RAID



Motherboard Manufacturer

Company Name Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Product Information http://tw.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/Products/Products_NewProduct_List.htm
BIOS Download http://tw.giga-byte.com/Motherboard/Support/BIOS/BIOS_List.htm


CPU Properties

CPU Type AMD Athlon 64, 2200 MHz (11 x 200) 3400+
CPU Alias ClawHammer S754
L1 Code Cache 64 KB
L1 Data Cache 64 KB
L2 Cache 1 MB (On-Die, Full-Speed)

CPU Physical Info
Package Type 754 Pin uOPGA
Package Size 4.00 cm x 4.00 cm
Transistors 105.9 million
Process Technology 9Mi, 0.13 um, CMOS, Cu, SOI
Die Size 193 mm2
Core Voltage 1.50 V
I/O Voltage 1.2 V + 2.5 V
Maximum Power 89.0 W (depending on clock speed)

CPU Manufacturer
Company Name Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Product Information http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118,00.html

CPU Utilization
CPU #1 2 %



Physical Memory


Total 1023 MB
Used 338 MB
Free 685 MB
Utilization 33 %

Swap Space
Total 1694 MB
Used 194 MB
Free 1499 MB
Utilization 11 %

Virtual Memory
Total 2717 MB
Used 532 MB
Free 2184 MB
Utilization 20 %



Memory Module Properties

Module Name Corsair CMX512-4000
Serial Number None
Module Size 512 MB (2 rows, 4 banks)
Module Type Unbuffered
Memory Type DDR SDRAM
Memory Speed PC4000 (250 MHz)
Module Width 64 bit
Module Voltage SSTL 2.5
Error Detection Method None
Refresh Rate Reduced (7.8 us), Self-Refresh
Highest CAS Latency 3.0 (4.0 ns @ 250 MHz)




Memory Module Features

Early RAS# Precharge Not Supported
Auto-Precharge Not Supported
Precharge All Not Supported
Write1/Read Burst Not Supported
Buffered Address/Control Inputs Not Supported
Registered Address/Control Inputs Not Supported
On-Card PLL (Clock) Not Supported
Buffered DQMB Inputs Not Supported
Registered DQMB Inputs Not Supported
Differential Clock Input Supported
Redundant Row Address Not Supported

Memory Module Manufacturer
Company Name Corsair Memory, Inc.
Product Information http://www.corsairmicro.com/main/products.htm



Processes

aida32.bin G:\AIDA32\aida32.bin 11960 KB 12416 KB
Ati2evxx.exe E:\WINDOWS\System32\Ati2evxx.exe 1968 KB 416 KB
Ati2evxx.exe E:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe 2324 KB 432 KB
atiptaxx.exe E:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel\atiptaxx.exe 4340 KB 1656 KB
brss01a.exe E:\WINDOWS\System32\brss01a.exe 1600 KB 336 KB
brsvc01a.exe E:\WINDOWS\System32\brsvc01a.exe 1232 KB 284 KB
ccApp.exe E:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe 14944 KB 8388 KB
ccEvtMgr.exe E:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccEvtMgr.exe 4044 KB 3264 KB
ccPxySvc.exe H:\Norton Personal Firewall\ccPxySvc.exe 4336 KB 4156 KB
ctfmon.exe E:\WINDOWS\System32\ctfmon.exe 2468 KB 420 KB
dllhost.exe E:\WINDOWS\System32\dllhost.exe 5312 KB 1760 KB
Dragdiag.exe H:\SpeedTouch USB\Dragdiag.exe 3236 KB 632 KB
em_exec.exe G:\Logitech\MouseWare\system\em_exec.exe 4180 KB 1280 KB
Explorer.EXE E:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE 26784 KB 15284 KB
iexplore.exe E:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe 20168 KB 9956 KB
lsass.exe E:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe 1444 KB 3288 KB
navapsvc.exe H:\Norton AntiVirus\navapsvc.exe 6288 KB 5516 KB
NISUM.EXE H:\Norton Personal Firewall\NISUM.EXE 6204 KB 1704 KB
notepad.exe E:\WINDOWS\system32\notepad.exe 1120 KB 784 KB
notepad.exe E:\WINDOWS\system32\notepad.exe 432 KB 724 KB
NPROTECT.EXE H:\Norton AntiVirus\AdvTools\NPROTECT.EXE 8136 KB 1236 KB
Rainlendar.exe G:\Rainlendar 0.19.2\Rainlendar.exe 4456 KB 1536 KB
services.exe E:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe 3336 KB 1600 KB
smss.exe E:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe 464 KB 172 KB
SOUNDMAN.EXE E:\WINDOWS\SOUNDMAN.EXE 2772 KB 704 KB
spoolsv.exe E:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe 4148 KB 2700 KB
sstray.exe E:\WINDOWS\System32\sstray.exe 2612 KB 536 KB
svchost.exe E:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe 3836 KB 1412 KB
svchost.exe E:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe 17728 KB 11012 KB
winlogon.exe E:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe 15384 KB 14112 KB
wisptis.exe E:\WINDOWS\System32\wisptis.exe 3960 KB 1256 KB
YzDock.exe G:\Y'z Dock TaskBar\YzDock.exe 1036 KB 5752 KB

If you guys are stuck it's ok. If it were easy to solve I would have done it myself as I know a little about computers. Also it's very difficult to give advice remotely. It has been very good as I have learned a little more. Thanks for your help and if you think of anything please post it.

 

May be stuck but not quite yet. Maybe.

Those "reset - bad value was ..." entries are right in the area that is giving you trouble so they will either need to get fixed manually or with the reset. Easier if we can get the reset routine to do the job.)

I would try
- Disconnecting your network connection
- Removing ICS
- Booting to Safe Mode
- Trying the reset again from there

If that fails, maybe remove the NIC and try again. I honestly am not sure why things are going 'blue screen' bad on you. Any hints in your event logs? Any good information on the BSOD screen? Note: if the blue screen doesn't stick around long enough to read the information, you need to disable 'reboot on error' (see picture below)

 

Gooday Newt I did what you suggested. Went to safe mode after disabling ICS and did a reset then rebooted normaly no BSOD this time. Unfortunatly this still hasn't cured the problem.

Here is the latest resetlog of the two values you were looking at:

EDIT:
I also get this error somtimes to start with then after going to dialup connecton\propeties\advanced a few times it dissapears.


EDIT2:
These errors from event viewer occur as I reinable ICS.

Warning dhcp

http://us.f2.yahoofs.com/users/404b176b_13323/bc/87b6/__sr_/3c9f.jpg?phbscxAB1T_uLvbg

Dcom Error I get this error a futher 3 times

http://us.f2.yahoofs.com/users/404b176b_13323/bc/87b6/__sr_/d841.jpg?phbscxABmg5wLg_8

 

Well, glad it cleaned things up without blowing you up but bummer that things aren't cured.

For some reason I can't open any of your links. May be the way things are set at work since our firewall does the occasional very odd thing and I'm getting 11001 - Host not found Internet Security and Acceleration Server errors instead of the more usual 404s. Basically my gateway device can't find your IP address.

I'll try from home in the morning. Meanwhile, any time you need to post an event log message somewhere, easiest is to open the event and click on the icon below the up/down arrows to send a text copy to your clipboard and then paste that. It should look something like the below (from my PC) when you paste it in.

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: EventSystem
Event Category: (52)
Event ID: 4356
Date: 6/3/2004
Time: 3:08:53 PM
User: N/A
Computer: PMUUSWXPLH0NMP
Description:
The COM+ Event System failed to create an instance of the subscriber partition:{41E90F3E-56C1-4633-81C3-6E8BAC8BDD70}!new:{C2F23AE4-82D8-456F-A4AF-A2655D8CA726}. CoGetObject returned HRESULT 8000401A.

 

OK If you still can't see the images from home I will post them as you suggested. the top one is not from event viewer so can't do that one will have to type it out manually. In future I will post event viewer errors as text. Cheers.

 

Still don't know if I can see them from home. Up all night and so slept until just in time to make it to work. Didn't check the forum at all.

 

Hi Newt were you up working or partying? Hope it was partying.

since I started the sevice Universal Plug and Play I'm not getting any errors when reinabling ICS. Still Havn't been able to fix ICS. So any more Ideas you have would be welcome.

 

LOL - wasn't partying. Wish I had been.

There is something here I'm missing. I have just set the thread to display a printed version and am printing it even as we speak.

Hopefully something will jump out from pages that isn't from the thread display on screen.

 

Yep it's an odd one alright I've given all the info I can think of so hopefully something will come to you.

In the end if all else fails I can of course reinstall XP but I would really like to crack this in case it happens again and as you know a reinstall is a right pain.

Thanks again for your help...

EDIT:

Something I have noticed is if you look in my first post there is a differance in the IP routing in the not working ICS IP routing is not enabled whereas in the reinabled and working ICS IP routing is enabled.

 

I do not know about USB Modems.

But as far as the Networking itself goes I would DUMP ( scrap, trash ) the trouble causing ICS and get a Router Switch to use.

I have heard from Friends that with ICS if one machine goes bonkers it takes them all. I have 3 machines. 1 XP Pro. 1 98SE and 1 98. All have threi own NIC connected to the Router. One goes down ( or even just shut off ) it has NO EFFECT on the others at all.

And unless I am wrong ( which is possible ) ICS DOES depend on ONE machine to get online.

I even now have a Network Printer plugged into the Router. It is available to ALL machine at all times. Again. if one is down the others can still use it.

With a Router EACH MACHINE is STANDALONE.

Newt may be able to help more here.

Now a question ?

WHY do you have to use a USB Modem ?

 

Extro - I believe you have found the problem. I had surely looked over that and may have 'nearly noticed' which is why something was nagging at me. As stated in To enable Internet Connection Sharing from a Microsoft article, when you set up ICS is should set up IP routing. Otherwise things don't work.

Now the question is, why does yours drop out. I think we've already done the command to reset IP to it's defaults. Next to try might be Winsock XP Fix.

Billy Bob - His ISP, BT, is one of the larger ones in the UK. Maybe THE largest one. And in some areas it is the only one available if you want broadband. So they tend to do what they want and for some reason (maybe a financial arrangement with a ..... naa, couldn't be that) they seem to have decided to force folks to take a USB modem or not get the service.

 

Newt

Thank you for the info. That answers my question very well.

It also shoots my idea full of holes I guess.

BillyBob

 

Solved!​

Well done Newt. I ran WinSock XP Fix rebooted and got the BSOD I thought OH NOOOO. The BSOD said there was a problem with Bridge.sys so I rebooted into safe mode with networking support and Deleted the network bridge and rebooted.

The reboot was successfull I then disabled ICS and made another network bridge reinabled ICS rebooted. I was happy to see the other machines on the network connect to the internet when IE was started on the client machines.

It's been a long proccess but well worth the effort. I could not have done it without you Newt so thanks for all your help.

 

Excellent news.