Windows XP Internet Connection

I have Windows XP and MAC OS on my MacBook Pro. For some reason the internet connection only works on the MAC OS portion. I've tried using the control panel options to detect my wireless connection and connect to the other computer in the house (which is connected to the modem and router), but still no luck. Any suggestions?

Hi
Not sure if this will help, but I managed to solve this problem just now on my Mac Pro (running Windows XP SP2)
I have my network connections set to a fixed IP address (under tcp/ip settings). I have to do this because the MP is part of a Windows domain. I wasn't getting any internet either until I checked and saw that I had the wrong ip address entered. When I changed it to the proper one (that the Domain knows about) the internet worked.
The default is to have the DNS give you an ip address, but you might want to try a fixed ip and see if that solves the problem.
-Doug

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I'm trying to share the mobile broadband Internet connection on a Windows 7 PC as well as the USB hard disk connected to the Airport Extreme (2nd Gen) with other WiFi devices. The problem is that I can get either the one to work or the other, but not both.
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For the sake of posterity, here's the guide! :-)
Background
My setup is based on an AirPort Extreme access point WiFi network. The AirPort shares a hard drive, and a number of Windows clients connect to the network. One of these, a Windows 7 machine, has a USB mobile broadband dongle which I also wanted to share with the network.
Previously I got this to work, but whatever configuration I came up with required manual reconfiguration of each network client, one way or the other. This was not ideal. Also, Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) defaults to IP address .1, the same one to which the AirPort defaults. This needed manual reconfiguration of the ICS host each time ICS was turned on.
Solution
THIS SOLUTION REQUIRES THE AIRPORT TO BE IN EITHER DHCP + NAT OR DHCP MODE. IF FOR SOME REASON YOU DEPEND ON THE AIRPORT BEING IN BRIDGE MODE, UNFORTUNATELY THIS SOLUTION WILL NOT WORK FOR YOU.
1. Do the AirPort's non-Internet configuration
On the AirPort Utility main screen, click the AirPort button, work through all the tab sheets and configure the items as you require. Do the same for the Printers, Disks and Advanced buttons. Once that's complete, we can do the Internet configuration.
2. Set the AirPort to DHCP & NAT
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3. Set the AirPort to the same network address as ICS
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4. Obtain the AirPort's MAC addresses
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5. Fix the AirPort IP addresses to prevent clashing with ICS
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8. Save your AirPort's configuration
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9. Ensure your Internet sharing port is correctly configured
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Windows Network Profiles
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1. WiFi network not recognised
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If you want to remove the above routing table entry, execute the following from the command line with Administrator privileges:
     route -4 delete 0.0.0.0 192.168.137.254
For convenience I created shortcuts for these two commands.
2. WiFi network recognised, unrecognised network remains
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     Unidentified network, your_AirPort_network
Windows now recognises your AirPort network, but the DHCP router entry for the inactive ICS network makes it think there must be yet another network. However, the 192.168.137.1 ICS port is not present when ICS is inactive, so Windows reports the inactive router entry as an unidentified network.
If you want to remove this unidentified network/router entry, execute the following from the command line with Administrator privileges:
     route -4 delete 0.0.0.0 192.168.137.1
On your Windows ICS host, removing this entry can cause no harm.
However, on network clients where you removed this entry and subsequently want to share your Internet connection from again, you'll need to add it back.
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Solved!
Go to Solution.

lore schrieb:
"There was a pbm connecting to the TPM (security device) on this computer. It is possible that anti-virus or firewall software is blocking the connection. A missing or disabled device driver could also cause the pbm. Refer to oline docs for more info."
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**** rid my pooter of the internet connect pop up

hello,
the popup window for "internet connect" haunts this computer.
can you help me get rid of it?
this is a imac g5 power pc. currently running 10.4.7
about to be running 10.4.8
there is no internal modem. only an ethernet port.
there are only the following options in system preferences > network > show >
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After updating to windows 8.1 my wire less internet connection is getting disconnected intermittently

After updating to windows 8.1 my wire less internet connection is getting disconnected intermittently .I am unable to predict the frequency or time
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http://blogs.technet.com/b/dennis_schnell/archive/2013/08/31/windows-8-1-wifi-showing-quot-limitied-quot-or-quot-no-internet-access-quot.aspx
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2) On the client enable the following log as well:
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Setting up a new TC. Everything went fine. I was able to connect a macbook air, 2 ipads, an Iphone 6, and even a windows 7 PC. All devices showed a complete and functioning internet connection, but none of the devices could access the internet.

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