I just got myself a Dlink 108G wireless router, which i want to use to get all my computers online. The router has one Ethernet port that is supposed to be used for connecting to the DSL modem, and 4 ports for direct connections to computers. Now it's all supposed to be plug and play, but for me it isn't that simple.
I have a strange internet connection. my uplink is a DSL modem, and my downlink is a satellite cable connection, which is hardwired to a PCI slot in my computer. So if i want to share this connection, it doesn't quite work automatically, as i can't plug the modem straight into the router. i have to use one lan cable to connect the modem to the computer, and another NIC card inside the computer which connects to the router. however, it won't automatically configure itself for ICS. if i try to automatically assign an IP it gives me an error, and if i do it manually, using a gateway, etc, i don't get any shared internet over the wireless. i can network fine to the other computers through that, but it won't share internet access. then i also need to connect a regular 8 port hub, so that confuses me more. how can i get everything on one network, and share the internet across as well?
---using XP Pro, just for the record. I wanted to install Server2000 on the computer with the internet link, turn it into a server, but the tech guy i asked said it wasn't necessary. is that true as well, or am i creating more of a headache for myself by not using a server?

It would be so much easier if the computer had proper server software. Windows internet connection sharing just seems to be so unconfigurable that it either works or you can't do anything about it.

I am not an expert on Windows networking but could it be that the XP's ICS just can't handle the different uplink and downlink or it needs to be configured somehow different?

So would Win2000 Server be the easier option in that case?

internet connection sharing through wireless
How To Do ICS Through Wireless?

Hello sir;

I have a laptop which use windows xp sevice pack2, I have a internet broadband connection using the username and password, now I want to share this connection with my room mate which also have a xp on his laptop, so how can I do this. What type of setting we have to do in both laptops. Please mentions all steps for both laptops.



-question by rahul jaiswal

Hi, rahul,
Are you alreeady able to put an ethernet cable between your PC and your room mate's pc and share folders ? If this is a case, I can explain you how to easily share your internet connection. Just put a private proxy on your PC and use this proxy on your rommmate pc.
Tell us if you need more details in order to do that.
Regards
Yordan

DSL connect in I PHONE?
How To Do ICS Through Wireless?

I have DSL connection in my computer,I want to use internet in my IPHONE via WI-FI.Can WIRLESS LAN ROUTER do this work?

-question by Adeel