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Windows, Networking and Software

FAQ, Tips, Hints, and Wisdom for Windows 98x/XP

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Here are some things to keep in mind while making your selection:

• The first problem with this screen is that it not only shows all network adapters currently installed, but

any adapter that has ever been installed - even those removed long ago! If you choose an adapter that

isn't installed, ICS won't work, and you'll have to start over, which means removing and reinstalling

ICS.

• The second problem is that if both of your ethernet adapters are the same, they will be

indistinguishable here. That's why we carefully added the correct protocols to both adapters in Setting

Up the Network. If you did that right, it won't matter which one you choose here.

• If your ethernet adapters aren't the same, it should be easy to choose the one that provides the Internet

connection.

• Naturally, there's no horizontal scroll bar here, so if you have two different adapters, they might look

the same (for example, #1 3Com Etherlink and #2 3Com Etherlink in the screenshot are actually

different, but it's virtually impossible to tell here).

• If you're not sure which one to use here, but you know that it makes a difference, just guess - worst

case is that you'll have to start over.

• Don't choose Dial-Up Adapter. If you're using a Dial-Up connection, click Back and choose the first

option instead.

• The adapters in this list are shown in the same order in which they were installed. That means if you

see more than two adapters, and you don't know which two to select, your best bet is to choose the last

two (#2 and #3 in the screenshot example).

• Make your selection, and click Next.

• The next screen should look just like the last, except that the item you just selected will not longer be

in the list. Ideally, this should just leave one ethernet adapter, which you should select. If you see more

than one, refer to the notes in the previous step. Click Next when you're done.

• The last thing the wizard asks you to do is create an "Internet Connection Sharing Client Disk." This is

a pointless step, and can be skipped by pressing Cancel when asked to insert a floppy. (All this does is

copy icsclset.exe, the Browser Configuration Setup Wizard, and ICSRM.TXT, a readme file. If you

need them later on, they're both in the host's \Windows\System folder.)

That should be it - click Finish and then confirm that you want to restart Windows when prompted.

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