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Answer» <html><body><p>I had someone network all of my computers together and they were all working fine with ICS and now that I changed ISP's I can't get them to connect to internet or they were connected for a couple of days and then all shared internet connections stopped. The person is not around to help so I thought I'd come here. I also have one computer that is not getting a orange light on ethernet switch, the host and one of the clients light on switch is orange and the other <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/client-769117" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about CLIENT">CLIENT</a> light is a blinking green light, sometimes the other client with the orange light will work if I disconnect all the ethernet cables and disable internet connection sharing and connect all wires back up and enable ICS. I have a dial up connection with windows 2000 as host and two 98's as clients. All settings for internet connection sharing are correct. Can anyone help me?<br/><br/>Thanks,<br/>troubledoneContact your it manager or isp.......<br/>Another story.......thats is......harry potter...Thank You. I will contact them. Do some ISP's not support ICS?<br/><br/>Thanks,<br/>troubledoneIraq hates the usa.....you have come for the oil.......i had a can in the boot of my car you could have had.It's just Merlin posting again under another name obviously. He cannot even take credit for his own drivel. He must assume another identity and continue his silliness and babbling. Talk about a waste of a computer......I called my ISP and they said they don't support ICS. So I will need to find one who does. In my family we all need our own computers. If anyone knows of an ISP who supports ICS please reply to this post, I would greatly appreciate it.<br/><br/>Thanks<br/>troubledone Why not just buy a router and be through with ICS and screwy ISP's?Would using a router require a high speed cable internet connection? If so I can't afford dsl or cable internet service right now.<br/><br/>Thanks <br/>troubledoneWhat's the difference between a router and an ethernet switch? And when do you use a router? Or is there a certain type of internet service you have to have to use a router? Any reply would be appreciated.<br/><br/>troubledoneA router is a more sophisticated network device than either a switch or a hub. Like hubs and switches, network routers are typically small, box-like pieces of equipment that multiple computers can connect to. Each features a number of "ports" the front or back that provide the connection points for these computers, a connection for electric power, and a number of LED lights to display device status. While routers, hubs and switches all share similiar physical appearance, routers differ substantially in their inner workings.<br/><br/>Traditional routers are designed to join multiple area networks (LANs and WANs).<br/><br/>On the Internet or on a large corporate network, for example, routers serve as intermediate destinations for network traffic. These routers receive TCP/IP packets, look inside each packet to identify the source and target IP <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/addresses-768612" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ADDRESSES">ADDRESSES</a>, then forward these packets as needed to ensure the data reaches its final destination.<br/><br/>Routers for home networks (often called broadband routers) also can join multiple networks. These routers are designed specifically to join the home (LAN) to the Internet (WAN) for the purpose of Internet connection sharing. In contrast, neither hubs nor switches are capable of joining multiple networks or sharing an Internet connection. A home network with only hubs and switches must designate one computer as the gateway to the Internet, and that device must possess two network adapters for sharing, one for the home LAN and one for the Internet WAN. With a router, all home computers connect to the router equally, and it performs the equivalent gateway functions.<br/><br/>Additionally, broadband routers contain several features beyond those of traditional routers. Broadband routers provide DHCP server and <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/proxy-11644" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PROXY">PROXY</a> support, for example. Most of these routers also offer integrated firewalls. Finally, wired Ethernet broadband routers typically <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/incorporate-499100" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about INCORPORATE">INCORPORATE</a> a built-in Ethernet switch. These routers allow several hubs or switches to be connected to them, as a means to expand the local network to accomodate more Ethernet devices.<br/><br/>In home networking, hubs and switches technically exist only for wired networks. Wi-Fi wireless routers incorporate a built-in access point that is roughly equivalent to a wired switch.<br/><br/>From: <a href="http://compnetworking.about.com/od/homenetworkhardware/f/routervsswitch.htm">http://compnetworking.about.com/od/homenetworkhardware/f/routervsswitch.htm</a><br/><br/>DellThanks for all your help with explaining the difference between a ethernet switch and a router. I really appreciate it. I just have dial up so I need to know if anyone out there knows of any ISP that will allow internet connection sharing with dial up. Can't afford cable just yet. <br/><br/>Thanks <br/>again,<br/><br/>troubledoneThink I'll go back to semaphore and smoke signals.<br/><br/>This technology is killing me. There's no such <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/thing-25656" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about THING">THING</a> as an ISP not supporting ICS they are 2 different beasts... ICS set up properly is actually invisible to an ISP <br/>i'm confused as to what yuor problem isMe too. Let's start over.It's been a month and I just came back here to see if I could find the solution to this problem. Didn't realize you all had asked to start over with question. Anyway I thought the same thing about ISP's not having anything to do with ICS. I have had no luck getting back connected with my other computer or computers. I have all protocols set up for ICS and still no dice. I have the host set up on Win Prof 2000 and the other computer Win 98SE set up as client. Like I said everything was working fine until I switched ISP's and then ICS stopped working. I had a friend set it up and he's no longer around to fix so it's up to me. I followed all the instructions on ICS on every website which are basically the same. So what could be wrong? Should there be LAN connections on the other computer. I just have a internet connection and Lan connection on host. I tried to set up a LAN on client but will not work. This is the only thing I can think of that might be the problem. Or maybe something should be fixed in internet options in browser? <br/><br/>On host type of dial up server I'm calling is: PPP;95/98/NT4/2000, Internet. Componets are TCP/IP, File and Printer Shaing for Microsoft Networks, and Client for Microsoft Networks. TCP/IP and Client for Microsoft Netoworks are checked. This is on both computers and are connected to a 5 port ethernet switch. On the LAN on the host same protocols except I have connect using my NIC. I do have ICS enabled on host. Any suggestions?</p></body></html>


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