Connecting to Internet via a home network

[James Bauer]

I have a home wired network connecting a Vista home premium machine with an
XP machine.
File and printer sharing work fine.
I connect to the Internet via dial-up from the Vista machine.
I would also like to be able to connect to the Internet over the network
from the XP machine and would appreciate any guidance that someone could
give me.
Many thanks.

 

[Mick Murphy]

http://www.lytebyte.com/2007/02/21/...connection-with-another-computer-using-vista/

Have a read of the above.
It involves buying more hardware, NIC Cards, and installing them inside your
computer.
It would be simpler to just buy a Router for your Network.

 

[KawaiDon]

James,

Check the Windows Vista help for this:

Set up a shared Internet connection using ICS

Paste this into the Vista help search, and the resulting page should allow
you to do what you want.

Since you are sharing a dial up connection, the other web page suggested by
Mick doesn't apply - that is for sharing a connection over Ethernet.

Hope you can get a faster connection some day!

Don Mannino

 

[Mick Murphy]

Hey, you still have to use the Ethernet Cable with your way
A cat5 cable is Ethernet!!!!!!!