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Internet Connection Sharing

3 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/internet-connection-sharing.34439/

sysfilez
sysfilez Original post #1
Aug 19, 2006 at 11:01 AM
I want to share my BB connection to two other pcs, all of them are using Win xp SP2. Pls tell me how can i do it manually instead of going thru the wizard.
R
Aug 19, 2006 at 5:19 PM
Its illegal to merge your bb connection lto more than 1 pc, bb service provider may catch u knowing your load on server..... better u get 2 new bb connections.
S
SE> #3
Aug 19, 2006 at 7:29 PM
I don't feel its illegal to share a BB. one of ma friend has airtel BB and the person from airtel made two separate points for him when he asked for sharing. Ofcourse he didnt pay anything extra.

There are two ways to do the sharing.
1) Buy a 3 port hub , connect 2 PC's and the "line" to this hub. configure the IP settings accordingly and you're done (may not work in some cases)

2)Get an extra NIC (LAN card) and then enable ICS on it. You may need to use NAT too.
PS: open up "help and support" and search for NAT and ICS, explining them will be out of scope of this post.