Home Network Problem

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Bill Milton

I am currently setup with two systems networked to each
other. I go through the wizard and everything goes fine.

Now whenever I create the connection between the two
system, I immediatly get a message that pops up stating
that I am being connected to the internet and it starts
dialing. I am out in the country so the is no DSL or
Cable connections. I am using one phone line and when it
starts to dial, the phone call I am on gets disconnected.

I want to be able to connect the two systems and log onto
the internet when I choose to do so. If I setup the
network any other way, the remote system cannot access
the internet
 
As luck would have it, I just responded to a similar
posting a couple of days ago.
[See: "Network mess up" March 24, 1:23 PM, for more
detailed information, including possible reasons for this
behavior and additional steps to troubleshoot your
network.]

What it boils down to:
Because it sounds like you used the Network Setup wizard
to network your computers, your network is almost
certainly using ICS. If you are using Internet Connection
Sharing (ICS) to network your computers, you can disable
the ICS "On-demand dialing" feature. Disabling ICS on-
demand dialing should prevent computers on your network
from launching dial-up connections without explicit
permission.

To disable ICS on-demand dialing:
a) Open Network Connections.
b) Right-Click the dial-up connection on which you want
to disable ICS on-demand dialing, and then
click "Properties."
c) On the "Advanced" tab, under "Internet Connection
Sharing," clear the check box titled "Establish a dial-
up connection whenever a computer on my network attempts
to access the Internet," to disable ICS on demand dialing.

Disabling ICS on-demand dialing will likely cure the
simptoms that you are experiencing, but does not address
the root problem. Therefore, I strongly encourage you to
review the aforementioned posting before disabling ICS On-
demand dialing, as that posting contains a great deal
more information.

Also, comprehensive documentation about Internet
Connection Sharing and its related features can be found
by doing searches for both "Home Networking" and
for "Internet Connection Sharing" in "Help and Support,"
on a Windows XP computer. The help for the Home
Networking feature set is detailed, easy to understand, --
quite good.

Brit Weston, Microsoft

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