Accessing a Shared Internet Connection with a Mac, Unix, FreeBSD, or Linux Client System
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 Windows XP
Windows 2000
Windows Me
Windows 98
Windows 95 |
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Once you've set up your Windows machine as an Internet Connection Sharing "host," you can have any other computer access the internet connection as a "client."
This includes all version of Windows, as well as Mac, Unix, FreeBSD, and Linux machines.
To set up a Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, or XP client, follow these directions.
For all other platforms, use the following settings.
(Naturally, the setup procedures vary for these platforms - consult your documentation for details.)
- ICS requires all computers on the local network to have pre-assigned IP addresses.
The ICS host must be set to 192.168.0.1, and the clients should be set to 192.168.0.2, 192.168.0.3, and so on.
Let's say you have a Windows host, a Windows client, and a Mac client.
The Windows client would be set up as described here, and its IP address would be 192.168.0.2.
Next, you'd set the IP address of the Mac client to 192.168.0.3.
Naturally, your setup will vary; just dole out the 192.168.0.xxx addresses to each of your clients, making sure no two computers are using the same address.
- Set each client's Gateway to 192.168.0.1 (the address of the ICS host).
- You may also have to configure DNS (nameserver) addresses for each of your clients, although this is not always the case.
Just use the two IP addresses (Primary DNS and Secondary DNS) supplied by your Internet Service Provider (ISP).
That's it!
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