Re: Network Broadband Sharing

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As long as you set up the ICS part, clicking on IE6 should technically bring
up a working home page..

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Mike Hall
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User



"Alan" <Alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User" wrote:

Alan

You did not make us aware that your modem is USB only.. many have USB and
Ethernet connection capability, which makes the use of a router very
simple.. in view of your hardware, go to this website for instruction on
how
to set up and use ICS (Internet Connection Sharing).. as long as your Win
2000 machine has an Ethernet card fitted, and you are using a crossover
cable, you should be able to see the task through to success..

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/ics_xp

Come back and tell us how you fared..

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Mike Hall
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User



"Alan" <Alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Bob Willard" wrote:

Alan wrote:
I have connected my main PC(Windows XP as host) to a Windows
Professional PC
with a cross wired Ethernet cable as I did not feel that networking
of
two
PC's needed the comlexity of a router and port switch.I was said
that
Windows
Professional 2000 was almost identical to XP, however the 2000
didn't
know
about Ethernet, only older serial & parallel connections. Also XP
only
listed
Windows 98, Millennium & XP for networking. I produced a Network
Setup
Floppy
with the XP Network Setup Wizard, set XP as host & the W2000 PC as
client. I
can now share files and printers but not the Broadband connection.
The 2000 machine has dial up and the XP Broadband. The Network
connections
on the host & client look unchanged. I have set Internet Explorer to
`Never
dial a connection' and `LAN setttings' and cleared `Automatically
detect
settings' & `Use automatic configuration script' check boxes as
suggested -
making no difference. I have tried to set up a connection using the
client
connection wizard, & `Connection through another computer' but when
it
asks
what type of connection the alternatives are COM1,COM2 & LPT1 so I
am
still
no closer to sharing the Broadband connections. Can you please help?

I concur with Mike's & Chuck's suggesttion to use a router instead of
ICS.

Win2K is an earlier version of NT than XP, but it has always supported
Ethernet; even pre-NT flavors of Win support Ethernet.
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Cheers, Bob
Thank you Mike, Chuckand Bob for your fst responses. You all concur on
the solution. Just to clarify what I was saying having sucessfully set
up
and shared files etc, it seemed just a small step to share
Broadband-but
obviuosly not! I am not clear about hoe a router solves the problem
also
my BT Voyager 105 Modem has only one USB connection. Is this a
problem.
Mike yes Win2K must support Ethernet because I can share over my cable
but If I use the Win2K Connection Wizard, the two options shown are
LPT1
and COM1/COM2. Having got to where I am I don't want to create other
problems.
Regards and thanks, Alan

Thank you Mike for the Annoyances Website. I believe I setup Host
(Broadband Internet Connection), and Client (Local Area Connection) as
recommended. Certainly the Ethernet cable is working and will share files
and printers both ways. So far so good.However I really am at a loss as to
how I get to the Broadband connection from THe Client. From this point of
view, things look much the same, and I don't have an Icon or anything to
access the Broadband WEb or Email.
I would like further Help please.
Regards, Alan Blackburn




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