Is this some how possible

[jada855]

Hello all I was wondering is this some how possible. I have a linksys router yesterday I discovered that one of the ports that you connect your ether net cable to was broken but all other ports work fine. problem is I used to connect my laptop to the broken port to gain internet access.

I have a Desktop pc in my room with 2 NIC cards and one onboard NIC one of the NIC cards is connected to the router for internet access. But I have two NIC's free i was wondering if it was some how possible to connect the laptop too the other free NIC's for internet access. Using internet connection sharing behind the router. I set up ICS on the connection connetecd behind the router but nothing happens when I plug the cable into either of the two remaining NIC's they both have the red "X" accross the icon but I can still get on the internet with the local area connection.

Also is there a way to save you NIC's static IP configuration for example if you manually put the IP addresses and DNS in your self incase of a re-format any way to save this data

any ideas!! thanx for any help

[GeneralMandible]

To clarify...

You connect your laptop to your PC to use ICS

The laptop doesn't show an active LAN connection, but can get on the internet

If this is the case, I wouldn't worry about the little red x

As far as saving IP configuration, you could create a reg file that can import the settings when you have to do a fresh install. Otherwise, printing them out on a piece of paper and putting it in a filing cabinet works real well too.

[knight_dkn]

Thats a little, a**-about, but it would work. However, when you configure ICS on a windows box it sets your internal connection (not the internet connection) to an IP of 192.168.0.1 (Subnet 255.255.255.0). All you need to do is choose an adress for you laptop from between 192.168.0.2 to 192.168.0.254 (Subnet 255.255.255.0).

Also if you have a red X on your network adaptor icon this means that it cannot find a physical connection to another network device, this is probably because you are using a 'straight through' network cable, you'll need a 'crossover' cable which can be purchased at any good computer shop.