internet conection sharing in win vista

[shashgo]

Hello,

How do I use ICS in windows vista, how do I turn it on?  I want to use ICS to share the internet connection between a desktop and a wireless laptop.  The internet connection is on the desktop

[dahlarbear]

You'll be one of the few using Internet Connection Sharing; most people use a "router".
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[shashgo]

i know using a router is an option, and a better option.  However, I am using dialup and so one of my computers is connected to the internet, and I want the other one which is going to be wireless, to connect to the internet through this computer, as I dont think there is an adapter to convert a rj11 standard phone plug to an rj45 which is an ethernet plug.  The router I have has only an ethernet port as its WAN input, and I dont know of any way to plug a telephone jack into an ethernet port.

If I have to use internet connection sharing, then do I need to have a disk or something to transfer settings from one computer to the other?

[patio]

On dial-up this is going to be painfully slow with 2 machines sharing a connection...

[dahlarbear]

If I have to use internet connection sharing, then do I need to have a disk or something to transfer settings from one computer to the other?

You should treat setting up a home network and internet connection sharing as two separate issues.  No you don't need "disk or something to transfer settings from one computer to the other" for internet connection sharing; but it is sometimes used to setup the underlying Local Area Network (LAN) configuration to permit file and printer sharing within the Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) and possibly the wireless access configuration.  My personal preference is to manually setup these configurations as it forces you to learn what's involved (which will allow you to maintain it down the road).

To access the internet from both computers using Internet Connection Sharing does not require a setup disk.  The sooner you start, the sooner you'll know what you don't know.