Connecting to a Broadband Connection through a Residential Gateway Connection , Please Help .
I dont know so much about this in general so please excuse any mistakes i might make .I am trying to connect a computer running Windows 7 to the internet , through a computer running Windows XP and we dont seem to have much luck . The internet conection the pc that connects directly to the internet is a Broadband Connection wich uses user name and password . Any help would be apreciated , thank you in advance .
July 1st, 2009 4:38am

Hello Sanduzng,Have you enabled Internet Connection Sharing enabled on the NIC recieving the internet?-Scott
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July 1st, 2009 5:21am

ok i really dont know anithing about networking so could u pls give me a more detailed walkthrow ? if it helps with anything when i enter network on the windows 7 pc i can see under the network infrastructure the residential gateway device... its just that i dont know how i can connect to the internet...also on my network it says no internet acces
July 1st, 2009 5:26am

You are making life hard for yourself. Spend the extra few bucks to get a hardware router with built-in firewall and switch and give each machine its own internet connection.Many routers have at least 4 connections for PCs and theywill allow those PCs to use one IP from yourservice provider. Most routerscan handle entering passwords if you are on a DSL line, but you will need to read up on the specifics for each router.Internet connection sharingon the XP computer will work, but itlimits you to having both machines turned on to get access when only one actually needs to be powered up.Did you try connecting to the internetjust by itself, with no XP machine in the middle? Do you have only a switchwith no routing capabilities in order forboth PCs to be on the same network? If so, you are stuck with using connection sharing on the XP. Also, in a mixed XP/Win7 system read up on the concept of Public vs Private networks and Homegroups. MS made it more confusing than necessary in Win7.Do not turn on the Homegroup networking on Win7, that seems to be useful only on networks running Vista and Win7 exclusively. Add XP and the scheme falls apart. Why they even introducedthatwhen home networkers are confused enough is beyond me.How many people are going to havenon-mixed networks? It will be a long time before XP fades from use. Unfortunately, when it comes to networking, you will just have to read up on it to understand the basicconcepts. If you are stuck on using XP as a gateway to the internet, then experiment with Public vs. Private networking in the Win7 Networking and Sharing app.
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July 1st, 2009 4:41pm

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