Set Up and Use Internet Connection Sharing
With Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) in Windows XP, you can connect one
computer to the Internet, then share the Internet service with several
computers on your home or small office network. The Network Setup Wizard
in Windows XP Professional will automatically provide all of the network
settings you need to share one Internet connection with all the computers
in your network. Each computer can use programs such as Internet Explorer
and Outlook Express as if they were directly connected to the Internet.www.tartoos.com
You should not use this feature in an existing network with Windows 2000
Server domain controllers, DNS servers, gateways, DHCP servers, or systems
configured for static IP addresses.www.tartoos.com
Enabling ICS on Your Network
The ICS host computer needs two network connections. The local area
network connection, automatically created by installing a network adapter,
connects to the computers on your home or small office network. The other
connection, using a 56k modem, ISDN, DSL, or cable modem, connects the
home or small office network to the Internet. You need to ensure that ICS
is enabled on the connection that has the Internet connection. By doing
this, the shared connection can connect your home or small office network
to the Internet, and users outside your network are not at risk of
receiving inappropriate addresses from your network.
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When you enable ICS, the local area network connection to the home or
small office network is given a new static IP address and configuration.
Consequently, TCP/IP connections established between any home or small
office computer and the ICS host computer at the time of enabling ICS are
lost and need to be reestablished. For example, if Internet Explorer is
connecting to a Web site when Internet Connection Sharing is enabled,
refresh the browser to reestablish the connection. You must configure
client machines on your home or small office network so TCP/IP on the
local area connection obtains an IP address automatically. Home or small
office network users must also configure Internet options for Internet
Connection Sharing. To enable Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) Discovery
and Control on Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and
Windows Millennium Edition computers, run the Network Setup Wizard from
the CD or floppy disk on these computers. For ICS Discovery and Control to
work on Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Millennium
Edition computers, Internet Explorer version 5.0 or later must be
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To
enable Internet Connection Sharing on a network connection
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You must be logged on to your computer with an owner account in order to
complete this procedure.
1 - Open Network Connections. (Click Start, click Control Panel,
and then double–click Network Connections.)
2 - Click the dial–up, local area network, PPPoE, or VPN connection you
want to share, and then, under Network Tasks, click Change
settings of this connection.
3 - On the Advanced tab, select the Allow other network users to
connect through this computer's Internet connection check box, and
then click OK.
4 - If you want this connection to dial automatically when another
computer on your home or
small office network attempts to access external resources, select the
Establish a dial–up connection whenever a computer on my network attempts
to access the Internet
check box.
5 - If you want other network users to enable or disable the shared
Internet connection, select the Allow other network users to control or
disable the shared Internet connection check box.
6 - Under Internet Connection Sharing, in Home networking
connection, select any adapter that connects the computer sharing its
Internet connection to the other computers on your network. The Home
networking connection is only present when two or more network
adapters are installed on the computer.
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To configure Internet options on your client computers for Internet
Connection Sharing
1 - Open Internet Explorer. Click Start, point to All Programs,
and then click Internet Explorer.
2 - On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
3 - On the Connections tab, click Never dial a connection,
and then click LAN Settings.
4- In Automatic configuration, clear the Automatically detect
settings and Use automatic configuration script check boxes.
5 - In Proxy Server, clear the Use a proxy server check box
Notes
* To have this connection dial automatically when another computer on
your home or small office network attempts to access external resources,
select the Establish a dial–up connection whenever a computer on my
network attempts to access the Internet check box.
* To allow other network users to enable or disable the shared Internet
connection, select the Allow other network users to control or disable
the shared Internet connection check box.
* If three or more network adapters are installed in the computer that
connects directly to the Internet, you will see Home networking
connection under Internet Connection Sharing. In the Home
networking connection box, select the network adapters that you want
to share your Internet connection with, and then click OK.www.tartoos.com
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