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***glc*** · 04-22-2003, 10:39 AM

No, you don't bridge as far as I know - I believe you just set up the machine with 2 nics as an Internet gateway.

I don't use the wizard, because I avoid XP's handholding all I can. In Win2000 I simply enable sharing on the broadband connection TO the lan connection, this will set the lan card to 192.168.0.1 and enable it as a DHCP server for the other machines on the lan.

Wingate is a bad idea as are most 3rd party sharing apps. If you don't want to buy a router, the M$ ICS in Win2K and XP works as well as anything, but the 98se and ME versions can be nasty, I prefer to use the AnalogX Proxy with those OS's.

04-22-2003, 10:39 AM	#6
*glc* Forum Administrator Staff Premium Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Joplin MO Posts: 37,725	No, you don't bridge as far as I know - I believe you just set up the machine with 2 nics as an Internet gateway. I don't use the wizard, because I avoid XP's handholding all I can. In Win2000 I simply enable sharing on the broadband connection TO the lan connection, this will set the lan card to 192.168.0.1 and enable it as a DHCP server for the other machines on the lan. Wingate is a bad idea as are most 3rd party sharing apps. If you don't want to buy a router, the M$ ICS in Win2K and XP works as well as anything, but the 98se and ME versions can be nasty, I prefer to use the AnalogX Proxy with those OS's. Last edited by glc; 04-22-2003 at 10:42 AM.