sharing usb broadband modem for 3 pc network

Choose 1 PC to be the "host".

Connect and install the modem to that PC.

Install ICS on THAT PC.

Create the client disk at the end of installing ICS.

Take the client disk to the other PCs and set them up as clients.

Chas

I think you just need to buy a cable/dsl router and install it in your system. It is a lot simplier and easier to install specially if you are your ISP didn't assign you a static IP address. This will save time in figuring out the TCP/IP configuration. The MS ICS is a little bit unreliable.

Installation instruction for the routers are in usually included on the read me file folder of the cd that comes with it.

I agree with the answer about getting a broadband router. Not only is ICS a little unreliable and difficult to set up at times, it is a heavy resource burden on the host machine. The router will take the load off the host by managing the broadband connection, acting as a DHCP server for the PC's connected, and provide a hardware firewall. You can also plug the 10/100 switch into it for future network expansion, since most standard off-the-shelf consumer broadband routers come with 3 to 8 ports. This is assuming that the broadband modem you have can support ethernet as well as USB, of course. One more thing, by using a router, it means that you do not have to run a host PC continuously so that the other PC's can connect to the internet. As long as the router is on, each PC can connect independent of the others.

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