In our case we will uncheck the “Allow other network users to control or disable the shared Internet connection” option. This will basically enable ICS on this computer. Here we will select the “Allow other network users to connect trough this computer’s Internet connection” option. To enable ICS, we will select our Internet connection, go to its properties, and select the Sharing tab. On that Switch we will typically have other computers connected. Local Area Connection is typically connected to a Switch on our local (private) network. Internet connection is typically connected to a cable modem, a DSL modem, etc. So, we want to share our Internet connection from this computer with other computers which are located on our LAN. One connection is called “Internet”, and another is called “Local Area Connection”. To manage network connections on Windows 7, we can go to Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network Connections. In our case, on our computer we have two Network Interface Cards which provide two network connections.
One network connection has to be connected to the public network (Internet), and another connection has to be connected to our private network (LAN). The computer on which we want to enable ICS has to have two network connections.
Key terms: network, computer, ICS, connection, Internet, private, enable, server, address, IP, port, settings, Windows 7 Prerequisites: you should already know what is ICS in general.
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Objectives: Learn how to enable and configure ICS in Windows 7.