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This method utilizes either two
ethernet cards OR one ethernet card and a USB adapter connected to
the 360.
There is a video tutorial located here
and then select the ICS on Win2k video. After watching this short
video, look through here for the most common problems associated with
setting up Win2k's ICS. The video simply shows you how to turn
on ICS under Win2k and does not go over installing additional NIC
cards in your computer.
Common Problems
ICS
turned on for the wrong adapter
Make sure
that you turn on ICS for the adapter that the 360 is
connected to and NOT the one that feeds back into your
LAN.
DNS not working
Probably one of the most common
problems I receive email about or see posts in the forums about is
DNS issues. What DNS does is converts (or resolves) the name
address to a number address. So if I type in Starbandusers.com,
this name gets sent to a DNS server which looks up the numerical IP
address for Starbandusers.com and sends back a response of
216.74.99.3 .
If you're seeing problems with
email and other TCP applications that aren't being proxied through
the RPA, then test your setup by dropping to a command prompt and
type ;
ping excite.com
If you receive an "unknown
host" error then you know DNS is not setup properly.
To correct this problem right
click on the "My Network Places" icon on your desktop and
choose the "Properties" menu.
From here, select the adapter that
is connected to your internal LAN and right click and choose
"Properties" again.
Now select "TCP/IP" and
click the "Properties" button.
From this next window, you'll want
to select the "Use the following DNS addresses" and then
key in the ones listed in the graphic.
DHCP Not assigning LAN
Adapter an IP address.
If for some reason your adapter is
not responding to the DHCP server in the Win2k machine, then try
manually assigning the information to that adapter. Follow the
steps above to get the TCP properties for the network card and then
change the "Obtain an IP address automatically" to "Use
the following IP address". Your screen should look
similar to the following:
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