Sharing a dialup connection to the internet...how?

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Fran

I have a windows 2000 server with active directory. We lost our T1 for
a while and I need to get a 56k modem connection shared with 3 client
computers through a modem (I know it's slow but it will at least work
for some of the stuff we need...it's our only alternative for the next
few weeks.)

So...what I need to know is how can I share the dialup network
connection I have created on the server (through an external telephone
modem) with the client computers?

-Fran-
 
look up 'internet connection sharing' in the windows help, that should give
you what you need. at least i hope so, i haven't actually tried that on
2000 server, but it works fine on 2000 pro. one thing you want to watch is
to be sure you have a firewall on the server's dialup connection, you may
have been protected by a router firewall and/or nat before, but when you
dialup the server direct to the internet it is wide open.
 
Hello Fran,

In a Windows 2000 domain environment the internet connection sharing will
disabled on the DC and member server.

Well if you have the server in a workgroup environment we can configure
ICS.

Here is the article that would help configure ICS

237254 How to Enable Internet Connection Sharing on a Network Connection in
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=237254

Regards

Vedvyas

Microsoft
 
I tried the ICS checkbox and it ran...but it changed the IP address of
the server and disabled all the client accesses...not what I wanted.
It also effectively disabled the printer servers (which are on static
IP addresses) making it impossible to print off the internet
connection (and this is one of the primary reasons I needed internet
connectivity in the first place...the ability to print off
internet-accessed documents.)

I can get the dialup to work at the server level but I need to let the
clients access the internet through this only connection. Is there
away to do this WITHOUT losing my internal LAN IP scheme?

(I have a new T1 on order but it's 3 weeks out and I can't leave them
down for 3 weeks!)

Thanks,

-Fran-
 
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