Re: dial-up and wireless networking

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Chuck,
I reread one of your articles. Won't both of my computers have the Ethernet
cards you are talking about already installed? How do I know? See, I'm dumb
here.
I'm going to Wal Mart shortly and just look at what they have available. I'm
not exactly sure what I'm looking for.
I'm getting a headache trying to figure this out. Oh, and I'm not impressed
at all by the Geek Squad. I think they need to talk to each other so they are
all telling people the same stories. You get a difference answer depending on
which Geeker you talk with.
--
nb


"Chuck" wrote:

> On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 06:47:44 -0500, "Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> >The person from the "Geek Squad" is parroting a line that he or she has
> >memorized. I tell you of my own personal knowledge that it is indeed
> >possible, since I did it for two years before either Cable or DSL was
> >available in my tiny little hamlet in the wilds.
> >
> >Did you visit either of the Web sites I referred you to, or any of the ones
> >that others have mentioned in their replies? This ain't rocket science. A
> >little careful study and research will make it really very simple.
> >
> >In a nutshell, you need to set up ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) on only
> >the PC that dials the Internet. That PC then needs to connect, wired or
> >wirelessly, to a router or switch. I recommend a router, and if you use one
> >you will need to turn off the DHCP server since the ICS server you have
> >created will handle giving out network information to the other computers on
> >your network. Finally, connect other computers to your router either wired
> >or wirelessly.
>
> Richard,
>
> My point is that you don't need ICS at all, and you're better off NOT using it.
> ICS was developed as a workaround. A router, that can do the job of ICS, is a
> far better solution:
> # Manage a dial-up modem.
> # Provide NAT functionality.
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/ics-is-ok-but-you-can-do-better.html>
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/ics-is-ok-but-you-can-do-better.html
>
> We don't recommend using ICS to share Ethernet based Internet service (ie
> broadband thru an Ethernet capable modem). Why recommend ICS to share dial-up
> (unless it's some crappy service that requires a proprietary dialer installed on
> the computer)?
>
> I'm convinced that the Geek Squad has a cute name and that's it.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
> Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
> My email is AT DOT
> actual address pchuck mvps org.
>
.

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