I have a question about Getting Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) to work with PPPoE:

I am trying to get ICS to work with a (bellsouth provider/3com internal ADSL modem) PPPoE ADSL internet connection. Has anyone been able to do this?

I have a 3com homephoneline network in place, which works great until ICS hacks it up. I have been through the (excellent) "setting up ICS" article. After installing ICS, in the wizard, if I choose "direct connect with 3com ADSL PCI Modem Dialup/PPP" ... then I am not able to connect on the host at all. If instead, I choose the DUN connectoid which actually establishes my PPPoE net connection, then my host connects fine, but the clients cannot.


On examination of the network configuration tab, it seems that the problem is that while all adapters are present, there is no ICS protocol, IPX/SPX, or TCP/IP set up for the 3com ADSL modem. Attempting to add is futile.

Supporting this is that if I examine the ICS settings found at: Control Panel | Internet options | Connections | Sharing, in the "connect to the internet using" drop down box, my 3com ADSL modem is not listed! (Note: these are hardware choices only.)

It seems as if I could only add the missing protocols from my network settings window, and bind them to my 3com ADSL modem, I'd be in business ... but how to do this???!!!!!

Is it possible to make PPPoE/ADSL and ICS in WinMe work?! Any help greatly appreciated ...

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After doing some more google research,
the key seems to be:
=> when running the ICS wizard, choose the 
DIAL UP ADAPTER as "your connection to
the internet" ... *NOT* your ADSL modem.
=> after install, go to IE | Tools
Options | Connectons and make sure "always
dial my internet connecton" is selected.
=> on the host computer, in this connectons
window you will see a "sharing" button.
Click here and verify that in the "connect"
to the internet using" line, dial-up
adapter is listed.  This is working 
for me, so that oughta do it...
Good luck!






On Tuesday, October 15, 2002 at 11:24 pm, paul wrote:
>I have a question about Getting 
>Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) to work with PPPoE:
I am trying to get ICS 
>to work with a (bellsouth provider/3com internal ADSL modem) PPPoE ADSL internet 
>connection.  Has anyone been able to do this?  
>

>I have a 3com homephoneline network in place, which works great until ICS hacks 
it 
>up.  I have been through the (excellent) "setting up ICS" article.  After installing 
>ICS, in the wizard, if I choose "direct connect with 3com ADSL PCI Modem Dialup/PPP" 
>... then I am not able to connect on the host at all.  If instead, I choose the 
DUN 
>connectoid which actually establishes my PPPoE net connection, then my host connects 
>fine, but the clients cannot.
>

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