Alternative to ICS

[Guest]

I have my network set up as 192.168.0.*, and thus can't use ICS. What I want
to do is share my internet connection over an ad-hoc wireless network. But I
want the connected devices to only access the internet, not that computer's
shares or anything else on my LAN. Anyone know any software that does this?

 

[Malke]

I have my network set up as 192.168.0.*, and thus can't use ICS. What
I want to do is share my internet connection over an ad-hoc wireless
network. But I want the connected devices to only access the internet,
not that computer's shares or anything else on my LAN. Anyone know any
software that does this?

Making the Wireless Home Network Connection in Windows XP Without a
Router - MVP Barb Bowman
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/bowman_02april08.mspx

See if this helps.

Malke

 

[Tim Eagle]

If you go into TCP/IP properties on the device that you want to use to
connect to network. Make Default Gateway the I.P. of the network computer
that connects to the internet, then for the DNS type in the primary and
secondary DNS of your ISP. I just did this with my own wirless connection
and it worked. But first be sure to make your internet connection shared.
This will only work if you have dial-up. If you have DSL or Cable you will
need a router, I think.

Tim Eagle

 

[Guest]

I gues the real problem is that the ICS in Windows XP was downgraded so it
could only use 192.168.0.1. WTF did Microsoft do this for? Did the team who
worked on ICS just want to piss people off?

 

[Tony]

I gues the real problem is that the ICS in Windows XP was downgraded so it
could only use 192.168.0.1. WTF did Microsoft do this for? Did the team
who
worked on ICS just want to piss people off?

:

But 192.168.0.1 of ICS is compatible with your network with same subnet
192.168.0.x so what is the problem?

 

[Matt]

Huh? No it's not. My router is 192.168.0.1

But 192.168.0.1 of ICS is compatible with your network with same subnet
192.168.0.x so what is the problem?

 

[Tony]

Huh? No it's not. My router is 192.168.0.1

If you have a router, then you don't need ICS?

 

[Tony]

If you have a router, then you don't need ICS?

Sorry just read the Ad-Hoc bit. What you need is a proxy server such as
CCProxy which is free from http://www.youngzsoft.net/ccproxy/ . There are
other free ones around but I found this one gives best support for media
players (Socks 5 etc)

 

[Matt]

I need it to share an internet connection to my Nintendo DS, which has
POS wifi hardware. But seriously, why would Microsoft want to make it
not configurable? Why are they trying to make it hard to use? You could
actually configure it in windows 9x, wtf are they doing taking away
functionality for XP? Anyone know any hacks that change the ip addresses
assigned?

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

I need it to share an internet connection to my Nintendo DS, which has
POS wifi hardware. But seriously, why would Microsoft want to make it
not configurable? Why are they trying to make it hard to use? You could
actually configure it in windows 9x, wtf are they doing taking away
functionality for XP? Anyone know any hacks that change the ip addresses
assigned?

You can change the IP address of the LAN connection to a different
subnet in XP. However, this isn't recommended, supported, or tested
by Microsoft, and I can't guarantee that it will work.

If you want to try it, at your own risk, enable ICS and then change
the host computer's LAN connection from 192.168.0.1 to a static IP
address in a different subnet. That will disable the host's DHCP
server, so you'll have to assign TCP/IP properties (IP address, subnet
mask, default gateway, DNS server) on the client device(s) manually.

I recommend making a restore point using System Restore first. That
will let you recover from any problems caused by changing the IP
address.
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[Matt]

You can change the IP address of the LAN connection to a different
subnet in XP. However, this isn't recommended, supported, or tested
by Microsoft, and I can't guarantee that it will work.

If you want to try it, at your own risk, enable ICS and then change
the host computer's LAN connection from 192.168.0.1 to a static IP
address in a different subnet. That will disable the host's DHCP
server, so you'll have to assign TCP/IP properties (IP address, subnet
mask, default gateway, DNS server) on the client device(s) manually.

I recommend making a restore point using System Restore first. That
will let you recover from any problems caused by changing the IP
address.

Yeah, that's what I did. Seems to work. Cool.

 

[Diamontina Cocktail]

I have my network set up as 192.168.0.*, and thus can't use ICS. What I
want

Yes you can. Why cant you? You can also use 10.1.1.* and 10.0.0.* -
personally I have used any old IP I like internally and it all works just
fine.

to do is share my internet connection over an ad-hoc wireless network. But
I
want the connected devices to only access the internet, not that
computer's
shares or anything else on my LAN. Anyone know any software that does
this?

You just have to share the internet connection.