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Home LAN - Dial-up ISP connection start

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by samjaynes

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I have an home LAN which I have three computers connected through an simple switch. One of the computers has a dial-up connection to the internet, however this computer is not frequently used physically, just mapped drives. My question... is therea way to start the internet connection from another computer through possible a self-excuted script? Right now I am using net-meeting to share the desktop and start the connection. I really don't need to have control of the desktop, just access tostart and stop a internet connection. Suggestions?

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by thechas

If the computer has at least W98, you can install and run Internet Connection Sharing.

This allows 1 PC to be the default dial-up gateway.

You install ICS ONLY on the PC that will be dialing the connection.
At the end of ICS installation, youcreate a floppy to set-up the access on the 'client' PCs.

Chas

by samjaynes

Chas,

Thanks for your response. I am using ICS and sharing an internet connection on all three PC's. The issue is... Example: I am currently using my laptop which is connected to my switch downstairs. The computer downstairs is connected to the internet and dishes out internet access to all three computers through ISP. I would like to START and END the connection via a script rather than Net-Meeting into the computer to start and end the connection.

I apologize if my first message wasn't that clear or concise on the question.

S

by deadly ernest

As suggested you can use Internet Connection Sharing and it will activate the moment someone uses a program seeking the Internet. Another way would be to use a 3rd party application like Wingate to limit the Internet access to approved users only. It is available from Deerfield (www.deerfield.com)I have used it in both a home and work situation it is designed more for a peer to peer set up than a domain.

by samjaynes

ICS works fine... that is not the topic of the question. The question is how do I remotely (from a laptop thru my LAN) start a dial-up connection which is configured on another PC without physically starting the connection at that computer, or using remote desktop to click on the ISP icon to start the connection, thus sharing the connection with all computers connected to the switch. ICS works fine, I am just trying to reduce the step using Remote Desktop to only start the connection. I use the browser just fine on the laptop and the other computers. I think my intital message was protrayed in a manner that made the reader beleive I was using the browser on the PC physically connect to the internet. That is not the case...

Hope this information helps...

by deadly ernest

ICS has a setting that allows the remote users to activate the dial up connection, trouble is it allows anyone on the LAN to activate the dial up connection.

Programs like Wingate (from www.deerfield.com) allows you to set up users with access approvals so that they can log in to use the Internet and it also allows you to set some up to have permission to activate the dial up connection and to have some that can only use an active connection. There are others that do this to.

The only other option would be to set the dial up connection executable file as having a set 'security' level and that those accessing it via the ICS have to have the proper security permissions or password to run it. You would have to set this up as a share permission for the individual executable file.

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