"Internet Connection" on Client has no means of disconnecting?

[Guest]

Just 2 XP Home machines with an RJ-45 Lan Ethernet crossover cable; dial-up connection on the Host.
I have to activate the internet connection "manually" (Win Update, Norton AV Auto-update for instance won't connect unless I do this first), but, having done so, Network Connections/Internet Gateway says I am disconnected, even though data may be flowing; I can't find how to disconnect other than physically going to the other machine and disconnecting there, which sort of misses the point of the network.
Am I missing something here please?
(On the Host I have had to uncheck "make a connection whenever another machine on the network wishes to connect to the internet" because something on the Client - Win u/d or Norton autoupdate? - keeps opening a connection which then stays open if no-one is about to spot it and manually disconnect; "disconnect if idle after ... mins" doesn't work because, as ZoneAlarm Pro tells me, there's always something out there trying the connection. Is this anything to do with the problem?)
MilesG

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

Just 2 XP Home machines with an RJ-45 Lan Ethernet crossover cable; dial-up connection on the Host.
I have to activate the internet connection "manually" (Win Update, Norton AV Auto-update for instance won't connect unless I do this first), but, having done so, Network Connections/Internet Gateway says I am disconnected, even though data may be flowing; I can't find how to disconnect other than physically going to the other machine and disconnecting there, which sort of misses the point of the network.
Am I missing something here please?
(On the Host I have had to uncheck "make a connection whenever another machine on the network wishes to connect to the internet" because something on the Client - Win u/d or Norton autoupdate? - keeps opening a connection which then stays open if no-one is about to spot it and manually disconnect; "disconnect if idle after ... mins" doesn't work because, as ZoneAlarm Pro tells me, there's always something out there trying the connection. Is this anything to do with the problem?)
MilesG

I don't know why the Internet Gateway on the client isn't working as
advertised, but here's a program that should do what you want: install
Remote Disconnect Utility on the client and the host. Get it here,
clicking "Downloads" to access it:

http://www.twiga.fsbusiness.co.uk/index.htm
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[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=311074

You're welcome, Miles. I don't think that article is relevant. It
documents the fact that closing Internet Explorer on an ICS client
doesn't make it ask whether you want to hang up the dial-up
connection. That's because an ICS client connects to the Internet
through its local area network connection. The client doesn't know
that it's actually connecting through the host's dial-up connection.

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Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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[Guest]

-----Original Message-----
I can't find how to disconnect other than physically going
to the other machine and disconnecting there, which sort
of misses the point of the network.

I don't know why the Internet Gateway on the client isn't working as
advertised, but here's a program that should do what you want: install
Remote Disconnect Utility on the client and the host. Get it here,
clicking "Downloads" to access it:

http://www.twiga.fsbusiness.co.uk/index.htm

Steve, that RDU from twiga is brilliant. All I had to do
was manually enter the IP address of the Host in the
Client dialog box on first running it. What a neat piece
of software. Thanks again for the help. You are indeed a
MVP.
Regards
Miles