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ICS Quick Jumps
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getting some applications to work through ICS?
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here!
Welcome to our new ICS HowTo Center.
We've always had the best resource on the 'net (at least, that's
what people tell us...) for helping you get Microsoft's Internet
Connection Sharing (ICS) feature for Win98SE working.
Now we've added the same great walk-through for ICS-WinMe,
including info on using its multi-network sharing feature.
Using Win2000 Pro? No problem! Use our Win2000
ICS walk-through!
What
is ICS?
ICS is a NAT based
routing application, designed to share an Internet connection
among multiple computers connected via a LAN. (ICS is based on
Nevod's NAT1000, which was purchased by Microsoft in 1999.)
ICS can handle both dial-up and broadband based
Internet connections.
Have a satellite broadband connection? See this
page for instructions on setting up ICS for a DirecPC
connection.
ICS can handle networks with clients (the computers
on the LAN that share the Internet connection via ICS) running
any operating system (OS), as long as the OS supports the TCP/IP
protocol (which all do). The clients can have their TCP/IP
information assigned manually, or they can run as DHCP clients,
obtaining their TCP/IP settings from ICS' built-in DHCP server
(see this page for more info
on DHCP).
ICS is not the fullest-featured sharing program
out there. It doesn't support logging, access controls,
or many other features that you may find in other programs.
It does support "port mapping" or opening holes
in its firewall, which is needed if you want to run a server on
your LAN, or for many other applications, including on-line gaming.
However, ICS versions other than the Win2000 flavor don't make
it easy to do this.
Tip:
If you need to map ports through the ICS firewall, use Harley
Acheson's ICS Configuration and the dozens of ready-made
application mappings that we have for your downloading
pleasure!
(Sorry, but ICS Configuration works only with ICS for Win98SE
or WinMe.)
Ready
to go?
If you'd like a walk-through of a Win2000 Pro ICS installation
for a dialup connection, start
here.
If you'd like a walk-through of a Win2000 Pro ICS installation
for a Cable Modem / Broadband connection, start
here.
If you'd like a walk-through of a Win98SE ICS
installation for cable modem, start
here.
If you'd like a walk-through of a WinMe ICS
installation for cable modem, start
here.
NOTE:
ICS may not work with 
Tip:
If you need to map ports through the ICS firewall, use 
