Internet sharing

[Damian]

Hi, i have a dlink dsl-300 modem, an 8 port switch and 2
computers. comp1 can access the internet but comp2 cant.
I have a cat5 cable going from modem to switch, comp1 to
switch and comp2 to switch. I have 2 NIC cards in comp1,
if i plugged a cat5 from my modem to NIC 1 and then
another cat5 from NIC 2 to the switch and then keep the
cable going from comp2 to switch, would i be able to run
the internet on comp2 - assuming tcp/ip is set up
correctly?

Cheers,
Damian

 

[phoenix]

Hi, i have a dlink dsl-300 modem, an 8 port switch and 2
computers. comp1 can access the internet but comp2 cant.
I have a cat5 cable going from modem to switch, comp1 to
switch and comp2 to switch. I have 2 NIC cards in comp1,
if i plugged a cat5 from my modem to NIC 1 and then
another cat5 from NIC 2 to the switch and then keep the
cable going from comp2 to switch, would i be able to run
the internet on comp2 - assuming tcp/ip is set up
correctly?

Cheers,
Damian

Have a look at www.practicallynetworked.com or www.homenethelp.com for a
tutorial on setting up ICS for internet sharing, I'm assuming you don't get
multiple public IPs from your provider.

Regards

Bill

 

[Jack]

An alternative solution might be a Cable/DSL Router.
Some of them are "Dirt" cheap (Example: Wireless 4 Port Cable/DSL Gateway
Router $9.99 after rebate -
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0151877 )
Routers provide more stability better protection.
DSL-PPPOE http://www.ezlan.net/PPPOE.html
Cable/DSL Routers, NAT & Ports - http://www.ezlan.net/routers1.html
Connection Diagram: http://www.ezlan.net/~network/router.jpg
Jack (MVP-Networking).

 

[Richard G. Harper]

I'll second Jack's advice - skip ICS and go for a router to connect to your
DSL modem to share the Internet connection with the other two computers.