Internet Connection Sharing

[natsun]

Hi,

I am connected to the internet via broadband or adsl, whichever people prefer..........

Having sorted out my LAN settings and got both my wife's machine and mine connected for files etc.

The only thing left is to sort the internet connection sharing and I am confused as to how to go any further as I would have thought that the LAN would still have done it!

Now I am tempted to delete the whole network and start again with the network settings as they are written down and see if the network wizard will sort the problem out from scratch.

So please I am now at someone's mercy and skills as to how to deal with this

Many thanks

[Play_The_0dds]

are you using a router,hub, or crossover cable to connect the two computers? just off the top of my head, if they can share files then it is probably a firewall issue.
try going to start, run, type
services.msc
look for internet connection firewall, right click it, select properties and set the startup type as disabled, also if you have updated you may have the ipv6 firewall listed, disable it too. reboot and try the connections again.
if you use aol, msn or any service that requires a install cd install the service on the other computer. aol broadband will not share unless you have it installed on both, aol dial up will not network at all.