ICS client control of an internet connection

[Michael]

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.

 

[Ken Wickes [MSFT]]

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.

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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.