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Date Posted: July 30, 2001
Date Written: April 2001

This is a step by step setup of how you get Windows 2000 to use Internet Connection sharing when you have a Bridged DSL or Cable Modem connection with a NIC going to a hub (or a crossover cable to the other computer) and then having the secondary computer plugged into the hub also.

1. First off, right click on the "My Network Places" icon on your desktop. You will then select "Properties" from the drop down menu. That will open up this window for you:

Now, in this window you should see an icon for "Local Area Connection" and also "Local Area Connection 2", once for each NIC you have installed in your computer.

2. Next, you will want to right click on the Local Area Connection Icon (or whichever is the NIC that goes to your cable/DSL modem), and once again select "Properties" from the drop down window. That will open up a window that looks like this:

 

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