dialup wifi

I'm setting up a wireless network for a friend who only has dialup. He has
an internal modem on his internet computer. Am I correct in thinking that I
can hook that computer up to a router and have "internet connection sharing"
turned on and then just have to have that computer left on at all times?
(that is how my DSL wifi network is set up) But how would you activate the
modem from the other computers? (DSL is on all the time) Or would he have to
have an external modem?

Terry

On Mon, 1 Jan 2007 05:48:42 -0800, "Terry Kangas"
<kterryatpacifier.com> wrote:

>I'm setting up a wireless network for a friend who only has dialup. He has
>an internal modem on his internet computer. Am I correct in thinking that I
>can hook that computer up to a router and have "internet connection sharing"
>turned on and then just have to have that computer left on at all times?
>(that is how my DSL wifi network is set up) But how would you activate the
>modem from the other computers? (DSL is on all the time) Or would he have to
>have an external modem?
>
>Terry

Check the below link:

http://tinyurl.com/ydnlkm

On Jan 1, 5:48 am, "Terry Kangas" <kterryatpacifier.com> wrote:
> I'm setting up a wireless network for a friend who only has dialup. He has
> an internal modem on his internet computer. Am I correct in thinking that I
> can hook that computer up to a router and have "internet connection sharing"
> turned on and then just have to have that computer left on at all times?

You got 2 of 3 assumption correct. The one that's wrong is that you
don't need a router with Internet Connection Sharing. The computer
with the modem acts as a router (actually it just does NAT and nothing
else).

> (that is how my DSL wifi network is set up)

Is your DSL modem a card inside your computer? If not, your
arrangement is quite different from your friends setup.

> But how would you activate the
> modem from the other computers? (DSL is on all the time) Or would he have to
> have an external modem?

Activate? No problem. Place an ash tray on top of your friends
computer containing the printed results of a Google search for "ICS
setup". Ignite the paper and recite the magic words "Forgive me for
not searching the internet BEFORE I ask questions". If nothing
happens, repeat the incantation at least 3 times. An internal modem
will work.

Otherwise, see:
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_ics/
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/ics_xp
http://www.learnthat.com/courses/com...windowsxp/ics/
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u..._02july01.mspx
etc...etc...etc...

However, be advised the ICS is considered to be rather flakey and
unreliable. If you're friend can't get broadband and is stuck with a
dialup connection, I suggest a network modem such as a 3com 3c888 or
3c886 or a Netgear RM356. These are all obsolete but available on
eBay. About $50-$75/ea. Avoid Webramp network modems.

"Terry Kangas" <kterryatpacifier.com> wrote in message
news:12pi4buit624ab6@corp.supernews.com...
> I'm setting up a wireless network for a friend who only has dialup. He has
> an internal modem on his internet computer. Am I correct in thinking that
> I
> can hook that computer up to a router and have "internet connection
> sharing"
> turned on and then just have to have that computer left on at all times?
> (that is how my DSL wifi network is set up) But how would you activate the
> modem from the other computers? (DSL is on all the time) Or would he have
> to
> have an external modem?
>
> Terry
>
>

I only have dialup here in the sticks, after a lot of Google and postings I
got my internal modem on my desktop hooked up with Ethernet to a Linskys
WRT54GC Router (using one of the Ethernet ports) and the only way I could
share the dialup connection with my laptops (built in wireless) was to use
AnalogX Proxy server on my desktop. This is all in my office.

I then configured an airport express(while hooked up with Ethernet to the
Linksys) as an access point in the living room (did a great job of extending
the range of the router throughout the house and outside) plus I can
wirelessly stream my ITunes from my laptop to my home theater and share my
desktop dialup connection with both laptops anywhere in the house.

A steep learning curve LOL

Let me know if you want some links.

Bob

> Activate? No problem. Place an ash tray on top of your friends
> computer containing the printed results of a Google search for "ICS
> setup". Ignite the paper and recite the magic words "Forgive me for
> not searching the internet BEFORE I ask questions".

Ha! Good one Jeff!

"Bill Kearney" <wkearney-99@hot-mail-com> hath wroth:

>> Activate? No problem. Place an ash tray on top of your friends
>> computer containing the printed results of a Google search for "ICS
>> setup". Ignite the paper and recite the magic words "Forgive me for
>> not searching the internet BEFORE I ask questions".

>Ha! Good one Jeff!

Huh? I'm serious. In some cultures, ritual requires that all
promises and contract be burned after signing. The resultant smoke
goes to the ancestors and gods who are responsible for enforcing the
promises and contracts. I thought it was a good idea, but had some
difficulties getting various attorneys to follow the practice.
Something about a fire alarm.

In my readings of mediaeval alchemy texts, the consensus was that the
chemical mechanisms behind transmutation was fairly well understood,
but the necessary words to activate the process using the philosophers
stone was what was lacking. The search for the magic words to
activate the process occupied as much time and effort as the mundane
chemical mixtures.

These days, the process of troubleshooting has allegedly been
organized to routine and formalized into dogma. Yet, it suffers from
the same problems that faced the alchemists. Without the magic words
to activate the process, mother nature and father physics will not
cooperate (and are often likely to be belligerent in their absence).

I have no intention of revealing my secret incantations and 4 letter
epithets that accompany the troubleshooting ceremony. However, I will
suggest that our ancestors were highly successful with burnt
offerings, which I'm trying to resurrect. For example, I often
accompany a major repair job with the immolation of an old motherboard
over the hibachi as an offering to the computer gods. It apparently
works as I'm still in business after all these years.



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