WinXP software router?

[gus]

I live in a rural area in Mexico, where the only internet access
is thru a cell phone 3G network. The phone company provides
a 3G USB or PCMCIA modem, which connects the computer
on which it is installed to the internet.

What I want is to set up a home network with multiple WinXP
computers able to access the internet. Thus I would need
a Windows XP software router/firewall/gateway of some kind
on the system with the USB/PCMCIA device. Does such
software exist?

Or is there another way to accomplish this (I know it can be done
with a Linux box, but that's not a great solution for me)

Thx, Gus

 

[Bob Lin \(MS-MVP\)]

In this case, you may want to setup Microsoft Internet Connection Share.
This how to may help.

How to setup Windows ICSWindows 2000 supports both Network Address
Translation (NAT) and Internet Confection Shading (ICS) al1ow workgroup
users to access to the Internet. ...
www.howtonetworking.com/Windows/ics.htm


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http://www.HowToNetworking.com

 

[Bernd]

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I live in a rural area in Mexico, where the only internet access
is thru a cell phone 3G network. The phone company provides
a 3G USB or PCMCIA modem, which connects the computer
on which it is installed to the internet.

What I want is to set up a home network with multiple WinXP
computers able to access the internet. Thus I would need
a Windows XP software router/firewall/gateway of some kind
on the system with the USB/PCMCIA device. Does such
software exist?

Or is there another way to accomplish this (I know it can be done
with a Linux box, but that's not a great solution for me)

Thx, Gus

As said before: ICS

Better description:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306126

Bernd