Crossover cable network between XP and Gentoo to share 'net

[rcbarnes]

I am trying to connect my Gentoo box to my XP computer for the purpose of sharing an internet connection. I don't have any hardware to do this except the NICs from the computers and a crossover cable. I have previously successfully used the same setup to connect an XP box where the Gentoo box is now.

Here's what I have done thus far:
Manually set the NIC on the gateway computer to IP: 192.168.0.1, Subnet mask 255.255.255.0, Default Gateway, DNS Server, WINS Server all set to ""

Set the DSL modem connection ICS: (true) allow other network users to connect though this computer's Internet connection. All the other settings for that are automatic (DHCP, auto get DNS, automatic private IP, etc.)

/etc/conf.d/net changes: (only changes on the Gentoo box)
the only un-commented lines are
iface_eth0="192.168.0.2 broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask 255.255.255.0"
gateway="eth0/192.168.0.1"

from the Gentoo laptop:
# ping 192.168.0.1
connect: Network is unreachable

from the XP box:
ping 192.168.0.2
Pinging... blah blah
Ping timed out.
Ping timed out.
Ping timed out.
Ping timed out.

HELP!

[UgoDeschamps]

Can you Gentoo box ping itself.
Also you do have 2 Nic's on your M$ box or you have a USB modem?

if ethernet, have you tryed connecting your modem right to your gentoo box?
if so did it work?

Please provide us with these informations

Thanks in advance