Unable to Enable Internet Connection Sharing on Primary Netw

chackett · Newbie Joined: Feb 26, 2004 Posts: 1 Location: Atlanta, GA

Hi All,

I've been trying to enable LAN access via Bluetooth from my Tungsten|t to my laptop using the Belkin f8t001 BT adapter.

I've installed both the recommended BT Driver as well as the BT Palm update.

When I try to enable ICS on the primary network, I get the following error:

"An error occurred while Internet Connection Sharing was being enabled

"Internet connection sharing cannot be enabled.
A LAN connection is already configured with the IP address
that is required for automatic IP addressing"

And with that, ICS is not enabled.

I'm have DSL in the house with a Netgear router / firewall with DHCP enabled.

The IP address of my primary / internet network is 192.168.0.3 and the router is 192.168.0.1

Anyway, any help would sure be appreciated.

Thanks!!
Chris Hackett

tim_palmzone · Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 6:50 pm Post subject:

The ICS connection hard-codes to 192.168.0.1. Since that is the IP of your router, you have a conflict. You will need to change the IP of your router. I changed mine to 192.168.1.1. Then ICS can use 192.168.0.1 without conflict.

BTW, if your router is a wireless access point you need to make sure you change its IP while connected to it via *ethernet* cable. AFAIK you can't change its IP while connected to it wirelessly.