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Internet Connection Sharing
On some countries, more and more families have
2 (or even 3) PC's:
- one for the parents, used for business work
- one for the children, to play (and to
do some school-work......)
Both like to connect to the Internet. But in most houses, there
is only one
phone-line. On Windows95 , the first version of Windows98 and on
Windows NT-systems, a PROXY-server could be installed to allow the
sharing of the connection to the Internet.
With Windows98 SE (you
can upgrade Windows98 first version to 98SE) and the new
Windows 2000, Microsoft has now included this functionality as:
Internet
Connection
Sharing
( ICS )

The system with the modem, establishing the connection to the
Internet,
is called the "ICS Host",
while the other systems, which connect now to
the Internet via the network and the ICS-Host, are called "ICS
Clients".
ICS Host Installation
ICS Host
Configuration Check
ICS Client
Installation on Windows 95/98/ME
ICS Usage
ICS Advanced
Configuration
Windows NT4 ICS
Client Installation
Windows 2000 ICS
Client Installation
Modem Internet
Connection Sharing via Direct-Connection-Cable (DCC)
If your system with the Internet Connection does not have the
Microsoft feature ICS (like on
Windows95, Windows98 First Edition and Windows NT4) , then you
can use a Non-Microsoft
package for Internet Connection Sharing.
The Microsoft Windows98SE, ME, 2000 "Internet
Connection Sharing" does not work for
sharing a connection via a Direct-Cable-Connection, but using
Non-Microsoft packages you
can share an Internet
Connection via a Direct-Cable-Connection (DCC).
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