WINXP connection sharing

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Gregor Rot

Hi,

the WINXP box is a gateway to the internet (modem dialup), other
machines are connected to this box, and the dialup connection is set up
to dial-on-demand (whenever some other machine tryes to connect to the
internet, the WINXP dials the connection).

Now, WINXP has one modem and one ethernet card (other computers are
connected to this card). I can't figure out but on some computers
various programs are running that have some autoupdate internet check,
so the dialup connection gets dialed continuously and i would like to
prevent this.

Is there a way to route just TCP port 80 and 110 + 25 for email? (to let
trough from localnet 192.168.0.1/24 to the dialup connection just this
ports and block all other requests? (and using just the WINXP default
software?)

tnx,
Greg
 
Maybe not the ideal way to do it but I used the following method to achieve
what you need:

* Go to: Network Connections/Dial-Up/Properties/Advanced & remove the tick
from "Establist a dial up whenever a computer ----"

* On the remote P.C.s (without the dial up connection) drag & drop the
"Dial-Up connection" icon to the task bar.

Whenever you want to establish a connection from a remote P.C. just click
the icon & it will connect. It infers the connection failed but it doesn't!
The connection then remains as the P,C. with the modem holds it even if you
re-boot the remote! Great for Windows Updates which require frequent
re-boots.
 
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