Internet Connection Sharing a Dial-Up in WinXP?

[MarkF]

Hi. Has anyone tried WinXP's Internet Connection Sharing? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306126

Is this the most reliable way to donate the Dial-up Modem on my WinXP-Pro laptop to a standalone PC via a cross-over Ethernet-cable?

I anticipate a job needing Internet activation of some products, and I don't fancy metred GPRS costs once their standalone Windows box sniffs the Internet.

[Fastethernet]

Hi MarkF,

I've used ICS before and it does what is says on the tin. The wizard built into windows makes it very easy to set up, give it a try. It does introduce some latency and the ICS server must be on whenever you need internet access. However since you are sharing a dial up connection the couple of extra milliseconds won't make any difference.

Let us know how you get on.

[MarkF]

Cheers for that.