ICF ICS comparison

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when would I use one over the other?
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Well, one is a firewall (ICF) and the other is a NAT router (ICS). It
depends what you're trying to do, post some more details about what you
want.

Regards

Bill
 
Tony said:
when would I use one over the other?.
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ICF (Internet Connection Firewall) and ICS (Internet Connection
Sharing) do entirely different things.

ICF protects an Internet connection (dial-up, cable modem, DSL, etc)
from access by other Internet users.

ICS shares one computer's Internet connection with other computers on
a local area network.

I've written some web pages with details:

Windows XP Internet Connection Firewall
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/ic_firewall.htm

Windows XP Internet Connection Sharing
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_ics
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