{"id":981,"date":"2021-09-22T14:31:58","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T14:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/?page_id=981"},"modified":"2021-10-05T16:59:21","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T16:59:21","slug":"mmr-check-internet-sharing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/mmr-check-internet-sharing\/","title":{"rendered":"MMR Check Internet Sharing"},"content":{"rendered":"

At this point, the MMR and Client computers should be all set for Internet sharing.\u00a0 All you have to do is Start the VIG by clicking on the\u00a0Off<\/b>\u00a0switch in the Status View.\u00a0 It will change to\u00a0On.\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0After a few seconds, you should see\u00a0Opening Connection<\/i><\/b>\u00a0in the Message column.\u00a0 You should then see a screen similar to\u00a0this<\/a><\/b>.\u00a0 This means that you are connected to your ISP successfully.<\/p>\n

If you don’t see this screen, right-click on the ISP port and select\u00a0Connect<\/i><\/b>\u00a0to force a connection.<\/p>\n

Once you are connected, you should be able to bring up the web brower on any machine and connect to the Internet.\u00a0 Work OK?\u00a0 Good! Now check out your other Internet applications.\u00a0 Keep in mind that VIG is like any other NAT based router and some applications may require that you open ports in its firewall.\u00a0 In VIG, you do this via the\u00a0Network<\/i><\/b>\u00a0Menu and selecting\u00a0Inbound Mapping<\/i><\/b>. Consult the VIG User manual if you need help.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n
\n

If you can’t bring up a web page<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

The most common cause of this is a problem with DNS settings.\u00a0 Try entering\u00a0http:\/\/216.115.108.243<\/b><\/a>\u00a0into your web browser.\u00a0 If that brings up the Yahoo home page, then you\u00a0do<\/i><\/b>\u00a0have a DNS problem.<\/p>\n

Go back and check the Network Preferences in VIG.\u00a0 Make sure\u00a0Enable Name Serving\u00a0<\/i><\/b>is\u00a0checked<\/b>\u00a0under DNS Configuration.\u00a0 Even if you have a DHCP assigned IP address, try entering your ISPs DNS server IP addresses and Default Gateway.\u00a0 Use the window shot below as a guide but enter\u00a0your<\/i><\/b>\u00a0ISP’s IP addresses.<\/p>\n

If you’re an @Home user, you may need to enter your domain name in the\u00a0Default Domain Name<\/b>\u00a0box.\u00a0\u00a0 If you don’t know what it is, use the information in items 1 and 2 on\u00a0this page<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n
\n

Set VIG to auto-start<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

If Internet sharing checks out ok, you just need to configure VIG so that it starts up each time you start Windows.<\/p>\n

1)<\/b>\u00a0Go to the VIG\u00a0Edit<\/i><\/b>\u00a0menu, select\u00a0Preferences<\/i><\/b>, and click the\u00a0General<\/i><\/b>\u00a0tab.<\/p>\n

2)\u00a0<\/b>Set the\u00a0Launch and Quit\u00a0<\/b>settings as shown below. This will force VIG to start routing when it launches and will also show the User Interface screen.\u00a0 If you’d prefer to not see the User Interface, uncheck the\u00a0Show User Interface…<\/i><\/b>\u00a0box.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

3<\/b>)\u00a0<\/b>VIG does not automatically start when you start Windows.\u00a0 You’ll have to place a shortcut to it in the Windows Startup folder to get this to happen.<\/p>\n

VIG should place a shortcut on your desktop when it installs.\u00a0 Just navigate to\u00a0C:\\Windows\\Start Menu\\Programs\\StartUp<\/b>\u00a0and copy the VIG shortcut from the Desktop and paste it into the\u00a0StartUp<\/b>\u00a0folder.<\/p>\n

VIG will now start up, launch the User Interface Window and start routing when you start Windows.<\/p>\n

If all you need is to share the Internet on your Mixed Media LAN, then you’re done.\u00a0 Congratulations!\u00a0 If you want File and Printer sharing among your computers, too, then<\/p>\n

\"\"Let’s set up File and Printer sharing.<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At this point, the MMR and Client computers should be all set for Internet sharing.\u00a0 All you have to do is Start the VIG by clicking on the\u00a0Off\u00a0switch in the Status View.\u00a0 It will change to\u00a0On.\u00a0\u00a0After a few seconds, you should see\u00a0Opening Connection\u00a0in the Message column.\u00a0 You should then see a screen similar to\u00a0this.\u00a0 This means that you are connected to your ISP successfully. If you don’t see this screen, right-click on the ISP port and select\u00a0Connect\u00a0to force a connection. Once you are connected, you should be able to bring up the web brower on any machine and connect to <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5591,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}