Manual Setup Of Internet Connection Sharing

Turning on ICS manually is almost as easy as using the Network Setup Wizard except that you need to create the bridge for multiple network cards before enabling ICS. The following steps can be use to DSL, cable and dial-up connections.

Then take these steps:

1. From Start menu, select Settings and then click Network Connections.
   
2. Select and right click the broadband connection or the dial-up networking connection that you want to share and select Properties.
   
3. Click the Advanced tab, and select the Allow other network users to connect through this computer’s Internet connection check box.
   
4. You can enable or disable the allowing of other users to control the connection—users don’t need to be able to control the connection to use it.
5. Under Internet Connection Firewall, select the Protect my computer and network by limiting or preventing access to this computer from the Internet check box for this network card, unless you have another firewall between the computer and the Internet. This is very important.
6. Click OK, and Internet Connection Sharing will be enabled.
   Note: You must have administrative rights to enable ICS. After enabling ICS, verify that Internet connectivity is still functional on the host computer before testing the client computers. Remember to leave the host computer on all the time or turn it on before the other networked computers, so the client computers can request an IP address from the host.

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