Re: How do I setup ICS with dialup and wireless router?

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All you need to do for #3 is enable (or install if it is not already
installed) ICS (Internet Connection Sharing). That will correctly configure
networking to share the dial-up connection without your fiddling with other
settings.

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"Roger at CCCC" <RogeratCCCC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Thanks to both Richard Harper and Norman Miller for your responses. After
> studying both of your comments, it seems that I need to do three things
> (please let me know if this list is incomplete or incorrect):
>
> 1. Disable the DHCP function in the DI-524 router
> 2. Give the router a default IP address different than 192.168.0.1
> (because
> Windows XP will automatically claim 192.168.0.1 for itself when I set it
> up
> to share its Internet connection)
> 3. Setup my PC which has the dial up connection as a DHCP server so that
> it
> can give out the IP addresses.
>
> I think I know how to do number 1 and 2 above.
>
> However, when I tried to do number 3, I did the following:
>
> I selected Control Panel->Network Connections->right click (my dial up
> ISP)->Properties->Advanced->
> Check â??Allow other network users to connect through this computerâ??s
> Internet connectionâ??->
> Settings->
> The settings listed 14 unchecked options and 15 checked â??msmsgsâ??
> options. I
> assume the â??msmsgsâ?? are irrelevant and ignored them.
>
> The 14 unchecked options are: DNS, DHCP Client, DHCP Server, FTP Server,
> IMAP3, IMAP4, SMTP, POP3, Remote Desktop, HTTPS, SSDP component, Telnet
> Server, UPnP Framework, and HTTP.
>
> The only one that looked like what I wanted was â??DHCP Serverâ?? so I
> checked
> it.
> Then a screen appeared which asked the following:
>
> Name or IP Number of computer hosting this service on your network:
> HomeDell2004 (default, which seems correct)
> External Port number for this service: 67 (default) TCP (blank) UDP
> (checked)
> Internal Port Number for this service: 67 (default)
>
> â??HomeDell2004â?? IS the name that I gave to the computer that I am using
> so
> that seems correct.
>
> However, I do not know what the External/Internal Port Number refer to or
> whether the defaults are correct. Does â??Externalâ?? refer to some
> request that
> might come from the Internet, rather than some other PC on my own network?
> And what does the â??port numberâ?? mean? Or does this matter? I was
> afraid to
> try it for fear of seriously disturbing my small existing network.
>
> So am I on the right track here? and how should I continue? Thanks again
> for any response. (Iâ??ll be out of town next week, so if I donâ??t get
> this
> figured out tonight, (and it doesnâ??t look likely) I wonâ??t be back
> online for
> a while. I WILL be back, however, so I would appreciate any response.)
>
>


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