ICS for ethernet DSL connection - 2nd network card required?
From: Jim (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/06/04
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Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 14:08:03 -0700
The easiest and best way to do this is to use a DSL
router with a built in 4 port switch found at the nearest
best buy for about $50. You set this up to the type of
DSL service you have (PPPOE, Static, Dynamic) and then
plug both computers into that and you have instant
internet on both machine.
Jim
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>I have a desktop PC that is connected directly to my DSL
>modem via ethernet (no hub, switch, or router in between
>the PC and the DSL modem). I'd like to use Windows XP's
>Internet Connection Sharing to share this internet
>connection with my laptop. I was hoping that rather
than
>having the DSL modem connected directly to my desktop,
if
>I connected it to an ethernet hub and also connected
both
>the desktop and the laptop to this same hub, I would
able
>to enable ICS on the desktop and it would work. I
>haven't gotten to far yet, but I'm wondering if I will
>need to add an addtional ethernet card to my desktop in
>order to get this to work. Currently, it just has the
>one ethernet port that is used for the DSL connection.
>If I enable ICS, will this same ethernet port be able to
>handle the connection from my laptop? Or do I need a
>separate ethernet card to handle comms with the laptop
>and then relying on ICS to route traffic from this new
>ethernet card to the original ethernet port that is used
>for the internet connection?
>
>Thanks,
>Paul
>.
>
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