Internet connection sharing…

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I have a desktop that I’ve got wireless internet connection to. I’d like to share that connection via wire but haven’t a clue how to get this internet connection sharing widget to work, and all sites I’ve found work on opposite premise; wired desktop sharing to wireless laptop… any tips?

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I haven’t done this, but I think it is as simple as finding the properties of the connection, going to the Advanced tab, and setting the checkbox marked “Allow other network users to connect…”.

I think this may only work for dial up connections, so it would depend on how the driver for your wireless internet connection is designed.

StuartR

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Unfortunately , it’s not that easy….that was the first thing I tried. [grrr]

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This will need to be done using a wireless router. Who is the wireless provider?

The internet sharing widget is for DIAL UP only.

DaveA I am so far behind, I think I am First
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Dang. Good to know. It isn’t a wireless provider…it’s my wireless router. I could buy another wireless receiver, but I’d rather not, since the PC and laptop are located within 15′ of each other.

Kind of a stupid idea though – internet connection sharing for dial up only? Dial up is near worthless nowadays anyways.

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All of the Wireless routers that I have seen have 4 Cat5 connections on the back side, are you sure that you do not have any?

What make amd model number do you have?

DaveA I am so far behind, I think I am First
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Yes it has cat5 on the back…the router is in a different room.

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Then you need to get a Wireless card or run the cable to this computer.

How did you plan on connecting to this computer using “Internet sharing” if you did not want to buy a different NIC or run a cat5 cable?

DaveA I am so far behind, I think I am First
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If I understand the original post correctly, he is looking to share thru the wirelessly connected computer by a crossover cable connection between the RJ45 ports on each PC.

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The Windows feature you need to do this is called “Routing and Remote Access” (RRAS) and I think it comes with Server versions of Windows only.

A quick google for “XP RRAS” turned up this article which suggests you can do what you want by setting HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesTcpip ParametersIPEnableRouter to a value of 1.

StuartR

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I happen to have a version of Server

I’ll try the suggestions in the article first; thanks a lot!

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Nearly a month later.

Did this try this? Dit it work?

StuartR

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Give this a try. It’s Proxy, from http://AnalogX.com[/url%5D. I used it a number of years ago now to share a dialup connection to AOL with many computers in my home network when I was without my regular broadband connection. It worked very well, and also allowed me to connect computers of various operating systems (Linux, Windows) via the one dial-up connection.

Note… you do not require anyone type of network connection.

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