re: Question about 'Getting Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) to work with PPPoE'
Monday, May 31, 2004 at 10:25 am
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ron Strouss
(2 messages posted)
I have exactly the same issue. Did you ever get it worked out or did you give up
and buy a router?
On Wednesday, September 17, 2003 at 11:22 am, Lou wrote:
>There's been a number of questions lately regarding sharing the internet between
>2 machines. This can be extremely frustrating as I have been down that road as
well.
> One has access (the host) while the client has problems. I, too, went through
the
>list of things needed to be done to secure a connection to the client and ended
up
>scratching my head trying to figure out what kept going wrong. The solution to
the
>problem was to purchase a router. Setting it up and getting both machines online
>took about a half-hour. The particular model I got was the SMC 7004ABR. This one
>features the standard 4 LAN ports, a printer port (which also solved the problem
>I was having with sharing it), and a 9-pin serial connection for a backup external
>modem. I also have PPPoE now and all I needed to do to configure this was enter
>the router management software, enter the username, password, and servicename.
No
>screwing with the machines as they receive their IP's from the router, not the ISP.
> Didn't want to write a novel here but that router was the best $60 bucks I've ever
>spent on computer equipment. And you don't have to stick with that model, either.
> Linksys also makes pretty good routers as well so shop around. There's the whole
>wireless thing too, though I'm pretty good at hiding the wires that they don't bother
>me at all.
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