Tim wrote: > On Tue, 2007-09-18 at 19:16 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: >> As far as changes, I suspect that the Windows machine was providing >> the DHCP server, and an update turned it off. (Internet connection >> sharing, I think.) > > I would expect the opposite, turning on internet connection sharing > tends to also turn the box into a DHCP server. At least that was my > experience in the past. > It does, but an update can turn off Internet connection sharing. (I was not sure of the name.) You never know what a Windows update will do. I have even seen machines running 2 firewall programs because an update urned on the Windows firewall, even though they already had one running. It messed up printing to a network printer. I have even seen DHCP blocked by installing a new firewall. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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