Sharing DSL w/ Crossover

[Mr Cherry]

Is there anything fancy I need to do in order to get my friend's computer to connect to the internet through a crossover cable? This is my setup:

- 1 DSL cable modem plugged into NIC[1]
- My Computer (sig) with NIC[1] (PCI) and NIC[2] (onboard) installed
- 1 Crossover cable plugs into my friends computer from NIC[2], we've connected before and have been able to share files.

Sometime this weekend I'm going to buy a router (suggestions welcome) so I won't have to worry about the crossover, but for the time being I want to share my internet with my friend. Do I need to install more software/drivers?

Thanks.

[Kernel Panic]

You will need to set up ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) on your computer.

[Mr Cherry]

Originally posted by Kernel Panic
You will need to set up ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) on your computer.

I looked through my start menu and didn't see it, where can I find it and how do I set it up?

[freedon]

what OS? The following is for win2k or XP.
on the computer with the 2 nics and that has the internet;
Start-->settings-->network connections--> select the nic where you have internet-->right click-->properties-->[win2k-->sharing, click on sharing] [XP-->Advanced-->allow other user internet...]

then a warning should appear that should say something like "to be able to share you have to set 192.168.0.1", press Yes.

[Mr Cherry]

thanks.