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Can you share internet through a windows me machine from a new xp home machine?
The phone line is in the room with the me machine.
I have wireless adapter in the xp home machine and an ethernet cable to a router by the me machine.
I tried withoutsuccess.
Thanks, Gordon
by omie
If I get it right .. you are trying to share an internet using a dial up modem... You could share it but it is slow. In the ICS for the ME .. you need to load/activate the window component for ICS.
You mention that you have a router. If that is awireless router you could connect the XP but if it is not ... you need an access point appliance in order to connect those two computers
by wpcc
I have an access point/dhcp router with the xp home connected to it by wireless.
Networking works great.
I have set up the ics windows components in the me macine, but the xp home machine will never trigger the me machine to dial out.
The modem is an internal 56k v90/v92.
The me machine dials out normally.
I have tried to set up the ics components in both machines, but the xp home machine then thinks it is the machine to dial out.
The telephone jack is in the room with the me machine.
I have tried an external modem attched to the router with no ics configured, but the external modem it is either connected or not.
This does work, and both machines surf the net fine simultaneously. But it will not dial on demand and disconnect when not needed anymore.
The router controls the dialing feature.
It is a manual turning off of the modem to disconnect. A pain!
I have a feeling that if I move the phone line to the other room and let the xp home machine take control, it will probably work. Another pain!
Is this the only real solution?
Thanks, Gordon
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