i have winxp running on my laptop and my desktop... i have ics running and working...sharing a dial-up connection on my desktop to my laptop... however, when i first setup winxpICS, i had, on my client(laptop), an icon for internet gateway...some of you know what im talking about... now, on my client(laptop), i dont see that icon anymore... the dial-up connection on my desktop is still being shared perfectly find, and DHCP is working just fine, but i dont have my remote gateway icon, so i cannot control my server's(desktop) dial-up connection (connect or disconnect) this comes as a problem because if im sitting in my bed with my laptop and want to disconnect from the internet before i sleep, i have to get up and walk to my desktop to do it, or rather, use remote desktop to go in and disconnect it... i read on praticallynetworking.com that the gateway will only show if i use the network setup wizard...which ive done, and no resolve i have also tried to reinstall all communications on my laptop and desktop, no good... im assuming there's a certain procedure i have to do to get that gateway there... someone please tell me how, or why this is happening

Hi! I have a similar setup, though I'm on a college LAN. Desktop computer: Open the "Network Connections" folder in the control panel. Then right click, Properties on the connection you are sharing. Click the advanced tab, and you should see a checkbox for "Allow other network users to control or disable the shared internet connection" Check that box. Please post back if it works or not

already tried that, still no "internet gateway" icon on my client