Sharing Internet Connection from XP to 7 systems?

[Luke]

I've been trying to configure my wireless connection on my XP netbook (acer aspire 1) to be shared with my windows 7 tower (hp compaq dc5750), but it's not working. When I first tried, i simply plugged an ethernet cable in at both ends and it worked, but now something's not working. I have enabled internet connection sharing on the host pc, and tried both manual and automatic dns + ip settings. I use the tower for online gaming, especially steam. It would suck to have no internet, as that means no steam games. Please help me out!

[Monique]

.

[Tyler Durden]

If you're having problem with the Ethernet Cable, try connecting your netbook with Wireless & your PC with the Ethernet so that both connections would be direct from the router.

[048]

Check IP in both PCs, make sure that using IPs from same network.

[amsin]

Basically the host (in your case Acer Aspire 1) should have 2 NICs. One points to the external (internet) and the other to the internal (switch, router, hub) network.

Have a look at the following link
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windo...on-Sharing