Internet connection sharing not working

Anonymous
2009-03-06T07:30:13+00:00

ok im trying to make my vista laptop be a wireless connection for my xbox 360 and im have trouble at trying to allow Internet connection sharing when i go to propities and go to sharing i have the box that says allow other network users to connect through this computer's internet connection i click it and click ok then it pops up with a error saying an error occured while the connection was being enabled and it does it ever time i try and select it ive tried a few different thing and looked online and cant find any one with the same problem or answers on how to fix that i have even tried to bridge the connections and it hasn't worked im not sure if its due to my computer is connected to a wireless router and im trying to make my computer use ICS were it wont work like that only if it was lan connection

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Internet and connectivity

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Anonymous
2009-03-07T06:03:27+00:00

well it doesn't seem that i was doing any thing wrong what i had to do was reset my router because there was another computer that was taking that same IP address i went to a friends and did it no problem there so i came back and tried some things and got it up and working thank you for all the help

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-06-01T21:57:30+00:00

    your the man

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  2. Anonymous
    2009-03-06T23:48:27+00:00

    thank you ill try this and post how it goes

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