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Sharing internet connection??
I have windows me, and have just bought a xbox live kit, Ive been told that
it only works on win 2000 and win xp, This is due to not being able to use dial up networking to share the connection to the xbox, the only way ive been told is to update to win xp? If you can help please explain as though talking to a five yr old, as i need steps to do something or the rattle gets thrown from the pram, thanks in advance... |
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What does it say on the box?
Win ME (and Win98) systems can also use broadband - if your ISP supports it. RTFM -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "spongey" wrote in message ... I have windows me, and have just bought a xbox live kit, Ive been told that it only works on win 2000 and win xp, This is due to not being able to use dial up networking to share the connection to the xbox, the only way ive been told is to update to win xp? If you can help please explain as though talking to a five yr old, as i need steps to do something or the rattle gets thrown from the pram, thanks in advance... |
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How to configure Internet Connection Sharing
1. Sign on to AOL 2. When you have signed on, click on the Start menu button, then move your mouse cursor to Settings, then click Network and Dial-Up Connections. The Network and Dial-Up Connections window will appear. 3. A small window should now appear showing some icons, of which one will be called Local Area Network, and another will be the connection you use to connect to the Internet, (Internet 2). If you do not have at least two icons, your PC is not able to act as a Microsoft ICS host. Check to make sure your network card is installed correctly. 4. Assuming you do have at least two icons, select the icon for your Internet connection, for AOL this is Internet 2 connection. This should be the connection you wish to share. Right-click it, and then click Properties. 5. In the Properties dialog box, click on the 'Advanced' tab and then click the check box stating you wish to enable Internet Connection Sharing. 6. Click OK to close the Properties dialog box. With these steps completed, your PC should now be configured to share your existing Internet connection. If you have not already done so, now is the time to set up the cable connections between your console and PC. Thats how aol says i connect to the internet sharing, but on ME it doesnt have the internet 2 icon, only, make new connection, aol, aol diognostics, all of these dont have the internet sharing option on them, when i phoned aol they said you cant do it on win ME, Onnly on 2000 and xp. |
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AOL will NOT allow you to share an internet connection on a dialup service -
only on broadband. again, the distinction is between broadband and dialup - not between OS's -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "spongey" wrote in message ... How to configure Internet Connection Sharing 1. Sign on to AOL 2. When you have signed on, click on the Start menu button, then move your mouse cursor to Settings, then click Network and Dial-Up Connections. The Network and Dial-Up Connections window will appear. 3. A small window should now appear showing some icons, of which one will be called Local Area Network, and another will be the connection you use to connect to the Internet, (Internet 2). If you do not have at least two icons, your PC is not able to act as a Microsoft ICS host. Check to make sure your network card is installed correctly. 4. Assuming you do have at least two icons, select the icon for your Internet connection, for AOL this is Internet 2 connection. This should be the connection you wish to share. Right-click it, and then click Properties. 5. In the Properties dialog box, click on the 'Advanced' tab and then click the check box stating you wish to enable Internet Connection Sharing. 6. Click OK to close the Properties dialog box. With these steps completed, your PC should now be configured to share your existing Internet connection. If you have not already done so, now is the time to set up the cable connections between your console and PC. Thats how aol says i connect to the internet sharing, but on ME it doesnt have the internet 2 icon, only, make new connection, aol, aol diognostics, all of these dont have the internet sharing option on them, when i phoned aol they said you cant do it on win ME, Onnly on 2000 and xp. |
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Noel Paton wrote:
AOL will NOT allow you to share an internet connection on a dialup service - only on broadband. again, the distinction is between broadband and dialup - not between OS's Note also that this is AOL making this restriction not the operating system. Use any other ISP and one can use Internet Connection Sharing whether on dial-up or broadband. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP |
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Some others also get shirty about it - if they find out - but AOL is the
only one I know of that pre-empts the problem by using their own dialler which blocks efforts to use ICS -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Mike M" wrote in message ... Noel Paton wrote: AOL will NOT allow you to share an internet connection on a dialup service - only on broadband. again, the distinction is between broadband and dialup - not between OS's Note also that this is AOL making this restriction not the operating system. Use any other ISP and one can use Internet Connection Sharing whether on dial-up or broadband. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP |
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Getting "shirty", IOW not officially permitting the use of internet
sharing, is I feel somewhat different though from actually preventing the use of ICS through the use of proprietary connection software such as practiced by AOL. For a short time I used such an ISP who objected to my posting details in their private newsgroups of how to enable ICS back in the days of Win 98 when a third party product was required (ICS was introduced by Microsoft in 98SE). The original MSN (as an ISP) from way back (Win 95) was much like AOL in so much as little was possible other than via their own interface but that all changed with, I think, MSN2.5. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Noel Paton wrote: Some others also get shirty about it - if they find out - but AOL is the only one I know of that pre-empts the problem by using their own dialler which blocks efforts to use ICS |
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i would switch but ive only just signed up so have a 12mth contract, Is there
any way to bypass this? Or do i need to buy a new computer? I did the download check on microsoft to see if my comp can take xp but said i cant so what should i do?? |
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I say again - XP will NOT fix your problem with ICS over AOL
(I'm not even convinced that you need ICS, unless you plan on having both the XBox and the PC online at the same time - but as I've never seen an Xbox yet, I'm shooting from the hip here!) -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "spongey" wrote in message news i would switch but ive only just signed up so have a 12mth contract, Is there any way to bypass this? Or do i need to buy a new computer? I did the download check on microsoft to see if my comp can take xp but said i cant so what should i do?? |
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spongey wrote:
i would switch but ive only just signed up so have a 12mth contract, Is there any way to bypass this? Or do i need to buy a new computer? I did the download check on microsoft to see if my comp can take xp but said i cant so what should i do?? So why did you say "due to not being able to use dial up networking to share the connection"? Internet Connection Sharing has been a feature of Microsoft operating systems since Win 98SE and if an xbox works with XP's ICS it should also work with that in Win Me as it also should with that provided by Win 98SE. As for "what should I do?" a good place to start could be to ask the correct question in the correct place. Win Me supports internet connection sharing. AOL, I understand supports internet connection sharing provided the user is on broadband - which you are. So other than a connection to the internet what are the requirements of your xbox? I suspect none so I can't see why you cannot use Win Me's ICS as the connection since as far as the xbox is concerned the connection will appear identical to that provided by either XP or a direct connection to a router. What you may have to do though is configure port forwarding through the host to the xbox regardless of the host be it Win Me, XP or a router. Regards, -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP |
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