Re: Internet Connection Sharing problem

From: Krish ("Krish")
Date: 12/18/04


Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 21:36:45 +0530

I am sorry but i am a naive user. Can you please elaborate more?

> You should enable ICS on the Local Area Connection for the Touchtel modem.
do you mean the dial up connection or the adapter ?

> Make sure that no gateway is configured for the LAN connection.
what does this mean? I presume you are asking me to set the gateway to the
ADSL adapter instead of home network?

> The Touchtel connection has a private IP address. This suggests that some
> device is already providing NAT for Internet access. If the 'modem' has
> multiple ethernet ports, try connecting the laptop to it directly.
It is a USB device... which i guess has only 1 port

>If
> multiple ports are not available, try connecting the device to a switch
> and
> connecting both computers to the switch.

Isnt there a way to do it with software entirely?

Thanks,
Krish



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