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Internet
There are many different ways to set up Internet Connection Sharing, but for the purposes of this article, it is assumed that you have two or more computers connected via a hub or switch. The instructions in this article are also for Windows XP - instructions for other versions of Windows will be coming in future articles. Your host computer (the one with the connection) will need to be running Windows XP, but the other computer(s) can be running any version of Windows.
The other varying factor that this article will focus on is sharing a 56k modem connection.
Open up the network connections folder like we did before, but this time click on Show all connections. Now right click on your local area connection, and click Properties. Find TCP/IP in the list of items that your connection uses, and select that then click Properties. You'll then need to make sure that Use the following IP address is selected, and type in 192.168.0.1 as your IP address. Note that the dots are already inserted.
Finally, enter 255.255.255.0 as your subnet mask, then click OK and OK again. It should take a few seconds to update, and then you're set. You may be asked to restart your computer - if so, then restart it before continuing.
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