Hey all,

I have been reading the forums for the last few days and I have tried to the articles, tried to read the messages and apply what I have found, but for some reason the neurons just are not firing and I am not getting there.

I have read and read and followed and re-followed, starting from scratch multiple times, and I am just not getting it. I am not stupid, I do know my way around a computer very well, just not ICS and IPAQs, they are both very new to me.

Please, I know you guys go over this over and over again, but I am just not getting it from the other guides.

I am trying to get Internet Connection on my Ipaq 2215 through a Kensington USB Bluetooth (this shows up as an MSI Bluetooth) adapter on my Windows XP Rig.

I can get them paired, I can get them to do remote file access, but I cannot get internet connection sharing. At one point I was able to ping my server (I have a W2K3 Server) using vxUtil and it came back with 5 good (100%) pings, but I could not ping outside my own network.

I have a Microsoft BroadBand Router that is using these settings:

Local Area Network (LAN) Settings

This section displays a summary of settings for your LAN.

Local IP address: 192.168.1.1
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
DHCP server: Enabled
Firewall: Disabled

My desktop is setup with a static IP address of 192.168.1.100 andmy server is using 192.168.1.101, both machines have their DNS entries set and both machines browse the internet and each other ok.

I do have Norton Personal Firewall installed, but throughout testing I have had it disabled.


Someone PLEASE give me a step by step I can follow.

i.e.

Should I have the bluetooth usb adapter installed, and all the settings set on it (Network Access with Internet Access Enabled) and ICS setup before I do anything on the Ipaq? And how exactly should I setup ICS in my situation?


Thanks a ton, will pay back the people that help me however I can.

Caswyn