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by itpro128

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I am working on corporate intranet and I want to browse the Internet from my workstation through the workstation which is connected with DSL connection. We are using NT server Domain and Windows98, win2000 and XP workstations.

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by kinetechs

Well both Windows 2000 and XP have a feature to share your internet connection but, to be frank, it's a bad solution. Turning the feature on may require that you restructure your IP address scheme because the gateway PC will want to be their DHCP server.

I'd suggest getting a cable/DSL router from the store and setting it up to work with your DSL. They're pretty cheap. I've seen them as low as $30 US. Also, nowadays, most of them have firewall features that keep people, viruses, workm, etc. out of your network and can even block sites from your internal users.

Linksys, NetGear, D-Link are the common ones.

Cheers!
~Sean

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