ICS with three computer?

[BIB]

ok this is my set up right now. Box 1 has two nic cards. One nic card is getting the internet. then the other nic card is sharing that internet with Box 2.
now can i put in other nic card into Box 1 so i can share the internet again to Box 3.
so basically have box 1 has a server to provide box 2 and box 3 internet access?

[DDR-PIII]

yeah, you can do that, its not that efficent, but it can work :)

[drshivas]

The ideal solution would be to get a hub or switch, so that PC#2 and #3 (and future ones) plug into that. Then the uplink port on the hub is connected to NIC#2 on PC #1. This way, you don't need to keep adding NICs to PC #1, just plug new PCs into the hub.

I think you can do it the way you descibed, but it isn't the best way, as DDR-PIII pointed out.

HTH

[BIB]

cool thanks.
the only reason why i am doing it this way is because i need to follow the schools rules. That is no hubs, switches, and routers.

[nerd4life]

Originally posted by BIB
cool thanks.
the only reason why i am doing it this way is because i need to follow the schools rules. That is no hubs, switches, and routers.

Why won't they let you use any of those?

[jajmon]

your ICS pc = router, so you are breaking their rules.

[{PMS}fishy]

They can't tell that you have a router connected.

Maybe you should get a junky computer, stack it with NICs and run Linux on it. Set yourself up a router that way. The IT guys at your school probally are not smart enough to figure that one out.

[BIB]

i am not sure, it is just their rules.
I am running ICS because i got permission from the IT people to do so and i dont want to use a router just in case someone is walking down the hallways. I can get into serious trouble

but setting a router through linux sounds tempting, and i am pretty sure too that they wont figure it out either, but for right now i will just use ICS. It is working good for me right now.

[JDXNC]

To add to that, if box 1 has windows XP, it can bridge all 3 computers together so you can share files and the whole works amongst all the computers, it would just as if it were a switch.

[jajmon]

Originally posted by {PMS}fishy
They can't tell that you have a router connected.

Maybe you should get a junky computer, stack it with NICs and run Linux on it. Set yourself up a router that way. The IT guys at your school probally are not smart enough to figure that one out.


Sure they can. If his pc is running ICS. Any modern day network managment software, HP Openview etc, can scan the network and display nodes and there function on the network. His pc would show up as a router.

-sounds like a college campus to me -

[BIB]

ok follow me if you can

i just installed a third nic card in my box 1 and i am having a hard time getting it to work for me.

this is what i tried
box 1 has 3 nics. nic1 is getting the internet and also sharing with nic2, so box 2 has internet access. So then you can not choose to share again to box 3 becuase there is no option. so i figured use the internet from nic2 and share that with nic 3. that will go but then it turns off the other share. So you can only share one connection at one time and i need two.

so then i figured move a nic to my box 2. so i am back to my orginal with box 2 having internet. Then i tried to share the internet that i have from box 2 to box 3. i tried that i get the error saying that the ip is in use(192.168.0.1). and it is. so i went to box 1 and changed it to 192.168.0.2 but then when i went back to box 2 i have no internet at all.

all the boxes are running windows 2000 pro.
so you guys said this would work, how can i get it to work now?
i am guessing that i need some kind of program to set this up or am i doing it wrong?

edit
as far as i can tell, this is impossible to do what i want to do. Although i read a site that said ics is only for two computers but there is a way for three. but it is really complicated and they did not go into talking about it.

[JDXNC]

Get yourself a copy of XP and it will work, it can bridge NIC's together to all share the same IP address. It will work with XP or get the trial of 2003 Server, it can do the same.

[BIB]

how many days the "trial" version of the 03 server let you use it?

edit
180 days. get rid of that idea. I might be upgrading to XP!

[JDXNC]

Only the one doing all the sharing needs XP anyway, so its not that bad,

[diggingforgold]

I wonder why they don't want you to use hubs/switches/routers, but will let a computer act as one?

[everclock]

Well they prolly dont mind actuall hubs or switches (unless is a major issue at ur school, and most ppl dont know what ICS is so wouldnt bother) but some routers can cause IP conflicts in networks. Some can get pretty stubborn and start assigning IPs that your schools DHCP server has already assigned. That = big problems. they prolly just say hubs/switches/routers so that the ppl who dont know the differnece dont accidentaly install a router. The IT guys at your school prolly know more about networking than most of the ppl here (at least the head guys) dont for one second think they dont know whats going on. If you go to a big school (i.e. 20,000 students) the main IT guys prolly know more than all of us here. I have met some guys, and beleive me, when you spend $2000 dollars to take a a test that averages 7/10 failures, you definatly know your stuff. Thats all just my GUESS as to why they disallow it, dont flame me when u find another reason.

Heres another suggestion: If you have an pc that is over 100MHz, you can turn it into a smoothwall or m0n0wall. It needs at least 32MB of RAM, and you dont even need a HDD. I prefer m0n0wall, its bsd based. Pop in 2 or more nics, and you got urself a router/switch, and with TONS of features.

Best of all, m0n0wall if FREE. (And it doesnt use any of SCO's unix OS...i dont think. Dont quote me on that.)

[BIB]

when you spend $2000 dollars to take a a test that averages 7/10 failures

what test are you talking about?

[BIB]

ok i just got xp pro and have not yet installed it, i need to back up some stuff first.
Can someone post a link on how to set up a network bridge with ics.
i found this one.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/columns/crawford/02april22.asp

remember that i want the xp computer to have three nics. Then share my connection to two other computers.

[BIB]

do i bridge all three or leave the one getting the internet alone and bridge the other two?