ICS Client Starts Wrong Web Site When Accepting Chat Request

When Yahoo! Pager on an external node initiates a chat request to Yahoo! Pager on an Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) client, the client, when accepting the chat request, starts a completely unrelated Web site instead of a chat room.

This issue occurs because the client does not pick up the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) containing the Chatroom location, and is given an incorrect URI.

To work around this issue, disable the ICS host:

1. Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click Internet.
2. Click the Connections tab, and then click Sharing.
3. Click to clear the Enable Internet Connection Sharing check box, click Ok, and then click Ok.
4. On each client that uses Internet CommSuite, configure a connection to the Internet including the modem, or other devices, to provide access to the Internet.

The third-party products that are discussed in this article are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding the performance or reliability of these products.

The Client or the Host can initiate a request for chat to an external node, and the Host can receive a request from an external node. This issue only occurs when the client accepts a chat request from an external node.