Windows 7 Internet Connection Sharing: No Internet Access

[Ben Hutchinson]

[h=3]internet connection sharing: No internet access!?[/h]I am trying to setup internet connection sharing between my laptop (Connected to WiFi) and my pc which has no wireless connection. I've spent a day or two troubleshooting problems such as 'LAN' doesn't have valid configuration and such, i found a solution and I've got the two connections to be able to see each other, but i can't get an internet connection to go through.

I have my ipconfig /all for both computers available: (Both have had excess trimmed off to save on character limit)
Laptop:
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 2C-27-D7-80-23-B1
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::65bc:9591:56a3:22c%18(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.6(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.7
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 187443159
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-16-CB-C6-50-2C-27-D7-80-23-B…
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.7
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : BigPond
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N 6205
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 08-11-96-7A-49-70
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::d518:1b52:896f:3976%11(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.5(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, 19 June 2012 2:00:22 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, 20 June 2012 2:00:22 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.138
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.138
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 218632598
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-16-CB-C6-50-2C-27-D7-80-23-B…
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.138
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Main PC:
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : B8-AC-6F-DD-07-9A
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::14fc:4d5e:2725:fc1%24(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.7(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.6
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 414755951
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-15-6D-0C-FA-B8-AC-6F-DD-07-9…
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.6
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled


If there is anything else needed please post and i'll add it.

 

[alberto]

Yup, try that!

 

[Ben Hutchinson]

successful ping

 

[alberto]

Excellent! Now from the host PC (main) try pinging 10.0.0.138 and something like Yahoo!

 

[Ben Hutchinson]

couldn't ping 10.0.0.138 or google.com or yahoo.com

 

[alberto]

Could you post once more the ipconfig for the main PC please?

 

[Ben Hutchinson]

Windows IP Configuration


Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Ben-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No


Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:


Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : B8-AC-6F-DD-07-9A
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::14fc:4d5e:2725:fc1%24(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.9(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.8
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 414755951
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-15-6D-0C-FA-B8-AC-6F-DD-07-9A
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.8
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

 

[alberto]

OK, try ipconfig /release and ipconfig/ renew on the host PC and try pinging 10.0.0.138 again.
Also try pinging it from the laptop to make sure it answers.

 

[Ben Hutchinson]

On my main pc attempting to release or renew gives me the error, 'The operation failed as no adapter is in the state permissible for this operation." I tried it on my laptop and it went off without a hitch

 

[alberto]

OK, never mind, my mistake, that means there is no DHCP, which is what we want since the IP address is static.
However if the machines can now see each other it means the network is correctly configured, the only thing that isn't working is ICS... Are you using any internet security suite or AV on either of the 2 machines?

 

[Ben Hutchinson]

avg on both, i'll try uninstalling

 

[alberto]

I'm not sure what's blocking ICS, try that and we'll see if anything changes.

 

[Ben Hutchinson]

yaaaaaa, avg did not like getting uninstalled from the laptop, somehow during the uninstall it wiped out the drivers for both lan and wifi, im currently system restoring it to try and get them fixed...

 

[alberto]

uhm, sorry, didn't expect that....

 

[Ben Hutchinson]

ok, restored properly, redid all the settings can ping both ways, still no ICS, avg removed from both

 

[Ben Hutchinson]

lol, np about the install, i found it odd as-well

 

[alberto]

I'm kinda stumped now...
Windows documentation says set both the ethernet cards to obtain IP addresses automatically, even though I don't know how that is supposed to work. let's try doing that...
The main article is here: Using ICS (Internet Connection Sharing)
It's for Win Vista but I believe it applies to win 7 also.

 

[Ben Hutchinson]

i tried setting to automatic but it just set the ip for both to the autoconfigured 169.254 which is an ip address for when it glitches up

 

[Ben Hutchinson]

i've g2g now, but i should be back on tomorrow

 

[alberto]

Alright, I'll have a more in-depth look, see if I can find an answer!

 

[Ben Hutchinson]

any new ideas?