ICS question

Should I install Internet Connection Sharing if I have multihomed system and my ISP provides Internet connection thru Ethernet? Or it can be done simply with IP-routing? Does Windows XP Pro have build-in router?

The XP is not designed as a router. I would enable ICS.

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"st" <st@sandy.localdomain> wrote in message
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> Should I install Internet Connection Sharing if I have multihomed system
> and my ISP provides Internet connection thru Ethernet? Or it can be done
> simply with IP-routing? Does Windows XP Pro have build-in router?

On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:44:38 +0700, "st" <st@sandy.localdomain> wrote:

>Should I install Internet Connection Sharing if I have multihomed system and my ISP provides Internet connection thru Ethernet? Or it can be done simply with IP-routing? Does Windows XP Pro have build-in router?


You need to use ICS to share the connection. XP can handle ip routing
okay between the two interfaces but without ICS you would need a
separate NAT device (like a router) to handle the sharing.


Jim.