Internet Connection Sharing

Internet Connection Sharing | ICS | Internet Share | How to share internet on network Internet Connection Sharing is a built-in feature of Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP and Vista. If you have private network at your school or office. ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) is best feature to share internet on your private network. ICS shares every protocol and service to the client computers provided by ISP. Some ISPs provide SMTP server access and some not so exact services and protocol will forward to the client computers.

How to configure ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) on Windows XP?
Here are steps for share internet connection using ICS.
Step 1
Set your LAN (Connected Network Card with Private Network) IP as 192.168.0.1

Step 2
Open internet connection properties

ICS Properties

ICS Properties

Step 3
Select Advanced Tab

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Step 4
Click and check on “Allow other network users to connect through this computer’s Internet connection”

That’s All! Internet Connection Sharing is enabled. Client computers will get IP address automatically and internet will run on every computer of private network. ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) is simple to configure.