ICS client control of an internet connection

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I have two machines with XP/home that I have connected directly with a crossover Ethernet cable. I have successfully brought up file sharing, printer sharing, and ICS. My internet connection from my ICS host is a dial-up.

What I'm missing is the "Internet Gateway" control that I have read about for the ICS client, so that I may connect/disconnect to the Internet from the client.

If I set the ICS host to "allow other computers to connect..." then I can connect from the client, but I have the "sorcerer's apprentice" scenario--even with no foreground applications running, my client wants to constantly dial the internet on the host. So I turned that option off.

I configured my ICS client using the network setup wizard, and according to my reading, there should have been an "internet gateway", but I don't have one. (Perhaps with XP/pro only...??)

If I cannot get a connect/disconnect control on my client, I'd settle for having it auto-connect but only when I run a foreground application that requests it.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.
 
Make sure the "Internet Gateway Discovery And Control Client" is installed
in optional components.

Make sure the SSDP Discovery Service is running.

After that it is usually a firewall causing the icon not to appear.

--

Ken Wickes [MSFT]
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


I have two machines with XP/home that I have connected directly with a
crossover Ethernet cable. I have successfully brought up file sharing,
printer sharing, and ICS. My internet connection from my ICS host is a
dial-up.

What I'm missing is the "Internet Gateway" control that I have read about
for the ICS client, so that I may connect/disconnect to the Internet from
the client.

If I set the ICS host to "allow other computers to connect..." then I can
connect from the client, but I have the "sorcerer's apprentice"
scenario--even with no foreground applications running, my client wants to
constantly dial the internet on the host. So I turned that option off.

I configured my ICS client using the network setup wizard, and according to
my reading, there should have been an "internet gateway", but I don't have
one. (Perhaps with XP/pro only...??)

If I cannot get a connect/disconnect control on my client, I'd settle for
having it auto-connect but only when I run a foreground application that
requests it.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.
 
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