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PROBLEM
I am trying to share internet via "Internet Connection Sharing" between my desktop and laptop, where my laptop is connected to internet via wireless.
After getting some help from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306126, I tried this... but I get an error:
Internet connection sharing cannot be enabled. A LAN connection is already configured with the IP Address that is required for automatic IP addressing.
Further reading on this error... I discovered that ICS tries to allocate 192.168.0.1 to my laptop and when it finds that this address is already being used by some other network adapter like 'Ethernet' it throws this error.
However... the IP allocated of my laptop is "192.168.0.17" and there is no network address for 'Ethernet' since it is only connected to my desktop computer
But...yes my router has an address of "198.168.0.1"... which I cannot change as I have no access to it?
QUESTION
How can I get this problem solved? How can I get to share internet between my laptop and desktop? For help I have printed the output of my ipconfig:
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : BLUE-C2815DD6EE
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet8:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet8
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-08
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.235.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet1:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet1
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-01
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.157.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 PL Network Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1B-24-17-61-68
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.105.30
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-19-D2-90-E6-1D
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.17
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 211.31.138.11
211.29.132.12
198.142.0.51
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, May 07, 2011 1:43:26 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, May 07, 2011 2:43:26 PM
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i have another question to you.... http://superuser.com/questions/283021/network-bridge-on-windows-xp-frequent-disconnections
– user81088 – 2011-05-15T09:18:12.027