Well you can use ICS AKA Internet Connection Sharing if you want to do
this, but everyone will tell you that it is a bad idea & that you should
buy a router. Routers are cheap now. They offer you a layer of
protection. You don't have to have the host computer on for the
Internet Connection to work.
IF you do use ICS make sure you don't create a network bridge. This
means if you run the network wizard on that computer you need to uncheck
the option when it offers you to bridge the connection. There are
several reasons for this. You don't have a firewall or NAT protecting
the other computers. Also it is known to cause problems because ICS &
the bridge are trying to do something very similar.
Anyone have any pointers on how to set up a Windows XP Pro SP2 computer as a
NAT firewall/Internet sharing PC?
I have broadband internet. I want to connect the PC directly to the modem
and then connect the rest of my PC's to a second network card in the PC. I
want to surf/email/etc on all the PC's through the first PC.
I plan on using the XP firewall to keep external probes/hacks off of my
network.
Suggestions? Links?
Thanks!
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