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Internet Connection Sharing
Name: juxtaposed Date: June 12, 2003 at 21:54:01 Pacific OS: XP Prp CPU/Ram: 512
Comment:
Can anyone help me figure out why i can't get my ICS to work... when i got to network connections, network tasks... then i click on change settings of this connection it's like a dead link or something... anyway, nothing happens, i am on dial up and i wanna network two computers together to share the connection through a through a router if thats possible. Thanks
ICS is designed to connect 2 computers to one Internet Connection through one computer.
You need 2 Ethernet Cards in one computer. This is the computer that you activate ICS. The other computer has 1 Ethernet card and a cable connects the second unit to one of the Ethernet cards of unit 1 and the second Ethernet card is used to connect to the Internet.
If you're going to use a router (a much better idea) do it without ICS. The router works as the firewall and ICS isn't used. Make sure to setup the router properties correctly.
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