On that Switch we will typically have other computers connected. To enable ICS, we will select our Internet connection, go to its properties, and select the Sharing tab. This will basically enable ICS on this computer.
If we click the Settings button, we will be able to control some basic firewall settings. This way we can quickly enable some basic services that we want to be accessible from the Internet trough our ICS computer. We could also enter the IP address of the computer. Note that we can only do this for one computer on the same port. This is considered port forwarding.
We can add other or the same services, but they have to use different ports. When the ICS is enabled, our network connections will automatically be configured with some specific settings. First, the Local Area Connection will be configured with the With ICS, our computer automatically becomes the gateway for computers on our private network, and the gateway address will be the address of the LAN interface of the ICS computer.
This is why it is important that the computers on the private network are DHCP enabled. But in many cases this is not true at all. Sharing an Internet connection between 2 to 3 computers is quite easy and does not require a highly qualified professional to do so. However there are few prerequisites which are to be fulfilled before you can configure Internet Connection Sharing on your Windows 7 computer.
Below is the list of them:. Once you have collected and connected all the above devices you can follow the steps given below to configure ICS on your Windows 7 computer. At the bottom of start menu in the search box type ncpa.
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