I honestly don't know whether ICS *can* be used to share a 
dialup modem connection.  Dialup connections top out at 53 Kbps, 
and Ethernet connections slower than 10 Mps (200x faster!) have 
been obsolete for years.  It's not the speed alone; running a 
TCP/IP network protocol on top of a dial-up modem connection is 
a bit of a hack, and it's possible that ICS never learned to 
cope with that.

  Hugh is correct that *in most cases* a router (with internal 
switch) is a better way to share a "high speed" internet 
connection with multiple computers, but with only two machines 
to connect, a hub will take care of the crossover issue 
(previous thread) and only cut your bandwidth in half.  (On a 
switch, more than one machine can be sending at the same time, 
whereas on a hub they must take turns).  Not a difference you 
would be likely to notice.

  Networked computers generally used TCP/IP (the other choices 
have become pretty much extinct), and so each needs an IP 
address.  ICS is very strict about assigning an address to the 
machine that is sharing its Internet connection, and will offer 
compatible addresses to all other machines on the same network 
segment (which, however, must be configured to make use of what 
they are offered...).  So ICS users don't really have a choice 
about what addresses are used, and generally don't need one; if 
the addresses ICS wants to use don't work for you, your network 
is too complicated for ICS anyway.

[Here I began to write a textbook about IP addressing, but you 
don't need it.]

  There is a command-line (old-timers probably still think of it 
as "the DOS prompt"...) utility in Windows to show the 
configuration of network addressing:  ipconfig.  For most 
complete information, the command is "ipconfig /all".  And of 
course you can redirect the output into a text file which can 
make copying and pasting it into an emal message easier.

  We *should* see that ICS has given Raymond's Computer its 
server address configuration and that Margaret's Computer is set 
to accept and use whatever configuration Ray's tells it to use.  
If we see anything else, we'll have a pretty good idea where the 
problem lies.

David Gillett
CISSP CCNP 


From:           	Joyce A <[log in to unmask]>

> Um, I didn't _get_ a hub -- I already _had_ several.  I "obtained" the
> hub in question from my own storage shelf:  I had bought a whole box
> of hubs for about three dollars at an auction four or five moons ago. 
> They tested fine ( I took a few of them down to ReUse and one of the
> fellas there showed me how) and I figured I could use the four-port
> hub to link Margaret's computers.  I did set up ICS, using the
> "wizard," but as I said, the computers are still not "talking" with
> each other.  I will print out the MS KB article and take it back to
> Margaret's place for one more try.....
> 
> As for purchasing anything more -- hey, I ain't 'xactly rich!  lol 
> Even $50 is quite a bite outta the ol' budget.  Guess what I need is a
> set of step-by-step instructions, in plain English, on this thing. 
> Like I said a couple of weeks ago, this is my first try at any such
> thing...  Learning curve?  Not so steep that I can't climb it, I
> hope...
> 
> Something just occurred to me:  does MS have all these things set up
> _just_ for high-speed now?  We only have dial-up, and there is a modem
> only in "Raymond's Computer."  "Margaret's Computer" does not have a
> modem at all.  I'm trying to configure "Margaret's..." such that she
> can access the Internet (however slowly!) from "Raymond's..."
> 
> Or would it be easier to simply install a 56K modem in Margaret's
> computer?
> 
> Joyce in SE Ohio
> 
> 
> vandervoort@...  wrote:
> > Why did you get a hub?
> > A router makes this very easy, and they are usually inexpensive. Did
> > you set up ICS? Post ipconfig from each computer. This MS KB article
> > may help: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308007
> >
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: [PCBUILD] Network setup revisited
> > From: Joyce E <j3e@...>
> > Date: Mon, September 07, 2009 3:22 pm
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> >
> > First of all, thank you everyone for the previous help! But now I
> > need more... :::sigh::: 
> >
> > I obtained a good hub, two correct network cables, and ran the
> > Windows XP network setup wizard on each computer. 
> >   
> ...
> 
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