ICS and Windows 2000 Workstation

[Dave]

Hello,

I've just received DSL from my work but the package only
provides a single IP address. I would like to have two
computers access the internet simultaneously and I have
more than enough bandwidth to do so. I have one machine
with Windows 2000 workstation and XP on the other. I have
a switch but no router that will do DHCP. Can I do ICS
(intenet connection sharing) to get both machines on? I
don't seem to have the necessary tabs available to turn
it on with Windows 2000 (which would be the host
computer) and I don't know if that means I need the
server addition or what. I also read that it will change
the IP of the network card of the host computer to
192.168.0.1 which will not work because I need to use a
static IP in order to have access to the DSL services.
Does anyone know if there is a way to this with my
current equipment and OS versions? Thanks for your help!

-Dave

 

[BobC]

Hello,

I've just received DSL from my work but the package only
provides a single IP address. I would like to have two
computers access the internet simultaneously and I have
more than enough bandwidth to do so. I have one machine
with Windows 2000 workstation and XP on the other. I have
a switch but no router that will do DHCP. Can I do ICS
(intenet connection sharing) to get both machines on? I
don't seem to have the necessary tabs available to turn
it on with Windows 2000 (which would be the host
computer) and I don't know if that means I need the
server addition or what. I also read that it will change
the IP of the network card of the host computer to
192.168.0.1 which will not work because I need to use a
static IP in order to have access to the DSL services.
Does anyone know if there is a way to this with my
current equipment and OS versions? Thanks for your help!

-Dave

You need 2 NICs in the computer providing the ICS (the computer connected
to the Internet) otherwise the ICS option is not available. The 192.168.0.1
address is assigned to the internal LAN NIC of the ICS computer. You will
still have your public Internet address on the NIC connected to the
Internet. You will use port forwarding to access your internal LAN computer
from the Internet.

Read the windows help on your computer for Internet connection sharing.

BTW, you will have fewer problems and the installation and setup will be
much easier if instead of ICS you get a cheap router. If you need to buy a
second NIC for ICS why not just spend a couple of dollars more and instead
of the second NIC, get yourself a router.

 

[DS]

Hello,

I've just received DSL from my work but the package only
provides a single IP address. I would like to have two
computers access the internet simultaneously and I have
more than enough bandwidth to do so. I have one machine
with Windows 2000 workstation and XP on the other. I have
a switch but no router that will do DHCP. Can I do ICS
(intenet connection sharing) to get both machines on? I
don't seem to have the necessary tabs available to turn
it on with Windows 2000 (which would be the host
computer) and I don't know if that means I need the
server addition or what. I also read that it will change
the IP of the network card of the host computer to
192.168.0.1 which will not work because I need to use a
static IP in order to have access to the DSL services.
Does anyone know if there is a way to this with my
current equipment and OS versions? Thanks for your help!

-Dave

the preferred method is a router, very cheap.

ds