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by rjousten

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i have a small network of 3 pcs sharing analog modem on pc 1 which is running win2000 pro everything works fine excepte for the anoying dailup that the other pcs cause when they switch on or left connected for about 10 min it will cause the win200 pc to dail

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by acattr

When a machine starts up, it looks for internet services like an internet time server, yahoo, AOL Instant messanger, anything internet related. What you can do is set your internet sharing machine not to initiate connections on demand. Understand that you will have to manually start the connection from the internet sharing machine.

from the machine running internet sharing. select the dialup connection, properties, sharing tab, deselect "demand dial....."

Sorry if its vage, but Im not on a windows 2000 box right now.

by rjousten

thank you for the ans it seems to work but if the dailup computer is far then it becomes a pain

by acattr

I know its a pain, but that is the answer. There is no option in internet sharing connection as to specify what type of service actually initiates the call. If you want that you have to buy software like winroute.

Why did you reject my answer?

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