Alternative to Internet Connection Sharing

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jsteele · #1 Post by **jsteele** » Wed May 31, 2006 12:51 pm

Does anyone know of a freeware alternative to Microsoft's ICS for Windows 2000 or XP? I'm looking to set up a Thinkpad 600 as a backup router for my WLAN using a Verizon EVDO card configured for dial-on-demand.

Using ICS requires the LAN be configured for 192.168.0.xxx and that they ICS machine serve as the DHCP server. My WLAN is at 192.168.15.xxx and my existing router serves as the DHCP --- I really don't want to reconfigure everything just to get ICS working.

thibouille27 · #2 Post by **thibouille27** » Wed May 31, 2006 12:58 pm

I think you can enable it and then change its IP settings after.

jsteele · #3 Post by **jsteele** » Wed May 31, 2006 1:09 pm

Thanks but I tried that and there does not appear to be any way to do that.

dorin · #4 Post by **dorin** » Wed May 31, 2006 1:51 pm

that's wired, usually you should be able to change it after enable it, try a reboot and change the ip after.

dont know exactlely what you have there, but did you try a bridge?

bofh · #5 Post by **bofh** » Wed May 31, 2006 2:12 pm

In an earlier live I used the Sambar-Server to connect several PCs to a Dial-Up connection. To quote the manual:

The Sambar Server proxy functionality allows many computers on a local network to connect to the Internet from a single (dynamic) IP address.

If you can live without DHCP, thus configuring IP-Adresses manually, you could even do without the pro licencse and use the free Sambar Server.

http://www.sambar.com/

Alternative to Internet Connection Sharing

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