re: Question about 'Share an Internet Connection'
Tuesday, October 2, 2001 at 1:14 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Mike Kelley
(1 messages posted)
On Tuesday, October 2, 2001 at 2:34 am, Hauke wrote:
>Hi,
>I never tried, but it should be possible to build up a dial-up-connection on your
>client manually (Openning Dial-Up-Network, Double-click the desired connection,
log
>in) and then your internet
>should work again on the client. But I am nearly shure, that it is not possible
to
>configure a automatical dial-up as backup to the shared connection.
>
>Hauke
>
>
>On Monday, October 1, 2001 at 7:11 pm, Lenny Wintfeld wrote:
>I have a question about Share
>an Internet Connection:
>My internet connection sharing host connects via DSL. There are times when the host
>is down, or the DSL connection is down. At those times I'd
>like to have the internet connection sharing CLIENT dial the internet using a modem
>that's local to the CLIENT.
>Is there a simple way to have the CLIENT use internet connection sharing when it's
>available (most of the time) but
>use to a local dial modem when it's not?
>
>Thanks for any help!
>
I think IE 4 &/or 5.xx provides the Internet Options Menu stream for Connections,
that may allow you to do what you're wanting to do. I just use dial-up and haven't
had DSL but believe it's treated as a Network, so you could say if Network not present,
dial this connection. ?
M Kelley
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