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Name: ffisher
Date: March 15, 2002 at 15:26:44 Pacific
Subject: Internet access over LAN fails
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I want to connect to the internet via another computer on my home network.
Computer 1 is a pentium 166MMX running Win98 and has internet access via an internal modem.

Computer 2 is a Pentium 4 running dual boot W2K Pro & XP Pro. I am using W2K.

Both computers are linked via TC/ICP 100 baseTX through a switch.
I have configured both computers to the same workgroup name and have entered IP address for both.
Can someone please give me a step by step how to connect machine 2 to the internet?
How can I configure IE 5 Browser to dial up the ISP via my LAN? I am not sure how to set up the connection/proxy and Port settings.
Currently when I launch the browser from machine 2 the IP address shows "connecting to site of machine 1" briefly in the bottom the browser, then the page cannot find the server.
How can I get access to my ISP from machine 2?


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Response Number 1
Name: Rich
Date: March 15, 2002 at 15:45:53 Pacific
Reply: (edit)

You need to set up Internet Connection Sharing. Set it up as a gateway. Set browser on second machine to never dial up a connection. Machine 1 will be the host (Gateway) and Machine 2 will be the Client machine. TCP/IP for machine will configure to use gateway. Machine 1 will have to be on in order for Machine 2 to access the internet but will not have to be on line. Machine 1 will dial out when needed but will need to be set up to shut down automatically after a reasonable amout of static time. You will not be able to disconnect from ISP through Machine 2 but will have to disconnect directly with Machine 1 or after the static time. HTH.


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