ICP and AOL

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Looks like ICP is disabled for AOL? Did I get that right?

I have a slave networked to a master. The master has the
dial up modem. Both running XP home and I can see and
share files between the machines with the home networking
stuff. Is there a way for the slave to connect out to
the internet over the home network using AOL 9 dialup but
using the modem in the master?

regards,

Scott
 
"Scott" said:
Looks like ICP is disabled for AOL? Did I get that right?

I have a slave networked to a master. The master has the
dial up modem. Both running XP home and I can see and
share files between the machines with the home networking
stuff. Is there a way for the slave to connect out to
the internet over the home network using AOL 9 dialup but
using the modem in the master?

regards,

Scott
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Do you mean ICS (Internet Connection Sharing)?

I'm sorry, but it isn't possible to share an AOL connection in Windows
XP using Internet Connection Sharing. That's documented in this
Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

Internet Connection Sharing Clients Cannot Connect If Host Is Using an
AOL Dial-Up Connection
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;321644

Here's a free proxy server program that runs on Windows XP and can let
other computers access the Internet through an AOL connection:

AnalogX Proxy
http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/proxy.htm

The other computers won't be able to log into AOL, because AOL only
allows one screen name to log in at a time. They will be able to use
other Internet programs, like Internet Explorer, email programs, news
readers, etc.

NOTE: To protect your network and prevent malicious use by Internet
hackers, read and follow the suggestions in the following message that
appears when you run AnalogX:

WARNING - Proxy is currently running in an open state!

The proxy server is currently running in an open state, which
should only be used when you initially install the proxy server or
if you are attempting to verify that everything is configured
properly. Please read the security section of the documentation
for information on how to secure the proxy once it is successfully
configured - when it is running in a closed state this message will
no longer appear. When the proxy is running in an open state, it
is visible to other computers on the Internet and could potentially
be used by spammers or other Internet users to mask their
activities.
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