excuse me, i want to ask my problem here. i am trying to share my internet connection from my pc (run win seven) with my notebook (run win seven), the internet connection modem is connected into my PC as host. when i want to share my ICS from my first LAN properties i checklist the ICS, but the error happening it says "the dependency service or group failed to start" then i reinstall my PC windows with windows seven again. and after tha installation is ready, before i install anything i do share my ICS, and it works. so the ICS to my notebook working. but sometime when i try to connect my notebook again it doesnt works. it cant access the internet. im so confuse about this. i hope someone can help me, but im sorry if my language is bad. or my question is foolish.

Hi Nitefran, I would like to suggest you make sure the network cables are good and update the network card driver for Windows 7 first. If the issue persists, you may try to assign the IP address of the host computer to your client computer as the Default Gateway. Whats the result? For more information about ICS, you may refer to the following link: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-IN/windows7/Using-ICS-Internet-Connection-Sharing Arthur Li - MSFT

Hi Try to set both Network cards to stay awake. Look for the setting in the cards configuration properties, and the Advanced Power Options. However No matter what, if your have a broadband conncetion you are nuch better off with a Router. Jack (MS, MVP-Networking).JackMDS