[RESOLVED] Using a router to connect to the internet

[tk421]

I have an internet connection that connects to a computer. It must connect to this computer, because it is some kind of satellite internet service, and it needs this software running. I would like to connect more computers to the Internet, via a Linksys router.

The Satellite modem thing connects via USB to the computer running the software. The computer has a NIC. I want to hook up the router, then the router to the hub with my other computers, and make it all work.

Can I do this? Do I have to install ICS or something on the main machine? (it is running Win2k).

Thanks.

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[Antimatter]

ICS is the easy way to do it. Just use dhcp on the other machines and set up ICS on the machine connected to the modem.

[techs]

Make sure you get a Linksys router with a usb imput.

[tk421]

a dumb question:

to use ICS, do I need to enable ics on the WAN network card or the LAN network card?

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[ch1as]

If you could find a router that has a USB input then it should be very easy without the use of ICS (Ive just never seen one but then again I dont look around to much so they probably exhist ). And just attach the hub to the router via a crossover attached into either the uplink or a regular port (Ive seen them work both ways on different routers so you may have to play around with it)

[ch1as]

Whoops ... I didnt realise (or I just posted to quickly without thinking is what i really did)That the software needed to be running. You may want to disregard my input previously. sorry bout that. Im not to familiar with satellite.

[tk421]

yes, apparently that software does need to be running. seems pretty stupid to me... makes this really difficult to setup.

so, to get ics running, which connection do I need to share? WAN or LAN?

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