How to share an internet connection on LAN?
86If you have a fully functional LAN then net sharing is few click away, yes few clicks. I assumed that you have already a broadband connection and account configured on your PC. Just go to “My Network Places” properties, and then select your broadband connection. Now right click on it and select properties. Now broadband properties dialog box should be appear. Here select “Advanced” tab.
Broadband Connection properties selection.
Now check “Allow other network users to connect through this computer" internet connection” and uncheck below two options. Now press “OK” button. This will give you a message stating that IP address of present working PC will be set to “192.168.0.1”, click OK. If you assigned this address to any other computer then change it to something else otherwise it will give IP address conflict error.
Broadband Connection properties.
Now a hand like icon should appear below the broadband connection, indicating that it has been shared.
Broadband Connection after sucessful sharing.
Go to other PC, select “My Network Places” properties, and then select your LAN connection. Now right click on it and select properties. Now LAN properties dialog box should be appear. Here select “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)” as did during IP address assignment. Now click properties button,” Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) properties” dialog should appear. Here you need to give the “Default Gateway” and “DNS Server” IP as shown in the image. Repeat this step on other PCs too.
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Default gateway & DNS server IP assigning.
Connect the internet on server PC where internet connection is physically attached, then try to access internet on other PC. If you see the positive results then Congrats! Else;
Check LAN connection. If you can access Shared Folders then follow next step else you need to check internet sharing from beginning.
You need to check your internet connection again. Try this, press window key + R, now type this without quotes “ping www.google.com -t”. If you get reply as given in below image then net sharing is OK your internet browser corrupted or internet browser setting changed to use proxy address. Please off all proxy address. Now you should able to browse.
Internet connection ping result.
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i hav 3 comps in my house to which i wana giv internet....i hav a broadband connection on one comp n wana distribute it to d oder two via lan....i hav a 8-port lan modem n al three comps are connected via the same lan....so how do i configure each of d comps to share d internet connection widout losin speed....plz help....actually it was al workin fine til i recently formatted my main comp which is why al settings hav been reset.....
thanx for d help....
Neil..
i jus think that i hav ip addresses problems....so plz help n let me kno how to configure the ip addresses.....
thanx for d help....
Neil..
neil
i want to know that, are you using static IP for lan. How did you share internet connection previously and are you using broadband modem.
reply soon to get answer.
THANKS FOR UR SUGGESTION I HAVE SOLVED MY PROBLEM BY ABOVE SETTING
Thanks for your suggestion
didn't work ,
i have an ,
airtel dial-up connection
I remember the first time I tried to set up network so my friends and I could play games together. At the time it ended up taking like an hour and seemed to be really difficult.
Now, I don't even think twice about it, but I sure do wish I had this great guide the first time I tried...
dear brother i have 1 sify broadband conection how to sharing in many computer
Dear Lokesh Nagal you can follow the same process to share internet on two or more PC. If you don't know how to setup lan then please follow "Related Article" section of this article where you will find links to different tutorials of mine.
Hi Raj,
WAH, yo did it in a very simple language.
Computer terms are very dificult for c people. But guides like this one seems very effective.
Keep up the good job.
Thanks Rocknet for your valuble comments. Keep visiting by hubs for more tutorials
Hi Raj, seems quite impressive, i got a problem, i cant make my Siemens Gigaset SE568 Wireless Router to work as ADSL router in terms i can access the internet only via bridging and dial up connection via WAN miniport, I want to use it exactly as i can use the other ADSL router like configuring it only once and then accessing it wirelessely from any laptop with out having to connect it via dial up.. thanks
Munna
Hi
Can you please help me with this, i have got a LAN with three computers with a staic IP adress of 192.168.0.1
192.168.0.2 and 192.168.0.10
subnet mask 255.255.0.0
now i want to connect this LAN to internet, internet service provider gave me a static IP address and the subnet mask for it is 255.255.254.0
Can you plz help to to set the router to communicate with my network without changing IP address and subnet mask of any of my network computers.
Thanks
I have a static ip address assigned to me by the internet service provider. When I follow your step mentioned above the ip address of my machine will change to 192.168.0.1 and I lose my internet connection. As this ip is not the same as the static ip asigned to me.
Kindly suggest ........
Hi
Can you please help me with this, i have a LAN with three computers with the help of Switch of8 port and on computer make a file server with a dianamic IP adress of 192.168.0.240
192.168.0.242 and 192.168.0.241
subnet mask 255.255.0.240
and DNS Server 255.255.0.240
now i want to connect this LAN to internet as a on board connection, internet service provider gave me a static IP address and the subnet mask for it is 255.255.254.0
Can you plz help to to set the Switch to communicate with my network without changing IP address and subnet mask of any of my network computers.
@SID : you can create LAN of three computers and share internet connection too. There is no problem if you have static IP for internet. Just follow the same tutorial. If you face problem then please contact me through “contact rajkishor09”.
@genius1232 : While sharing you need to select LAN card of you LAN rather than internet. If you share LAN using static IP then there shouldn’t be any problem. Please send me details how you shared you LAN and IP address assigned etc through “contact rajkishor09”.
@AshokSingh Rajput : I guess your LAN has dynamic IPs too so share try to share internet using “Internet Connection Sharing”. Please contact me through “contact rajkishor09”.
Thank you guys for visiting and reading me.
I have a cisco router connected to a LAN and two WAN. One of the WAN is internet and the other one for remote location connected through cable to another cisco router.How can i share the internet with the remote location using NAT?
you just helped me in configuring my crosswire lan , internet connection
many thanks to you :D , illustration are so easy :D
i have two pc in my home..i want to have internet for two computers......i have type 2 modem.........can any one help me.urgennnnnnnnnnnttttttttt
Bro i have 2 comp and i have hub and i have connection of bsnl 1 can i can coonect both the pc to ethernet
plss reply me i waiting for ur reply
NOORANI you can connect to both PC using hub, just follow this tutorial. http://hubpages.com/hub/Setup-LAN-with-Hub-or-Swit
i tried all the steps instructed by you, but still i am not able to ping from client pc to server whereas 'ping server to client' is perfectly working , plz suggest what should i do asap THANX for ur past and future assistance, u r doing a good job by sharing ur knowledge
Hi
thanks for article, but pls help me out here . .
in my hostel room, i have one LAN port (dunno static/dynamic IP - but it has a fixed one based on room number)
now we have 2 computers with us and 3 Lan cords. I connect one MAIN(server) computer to lan port using a lan cord.
Where and how do I connect the second computer to ?
I dont have any other devices (switch/router)
Thanks.
I have 3 computer no 1 pc is broadband no 2 pc is a tally server no3 pc is normal how internet conection sharing 3 computer and when internet conection is stop then lan warking poperly how? pls tell me to solved
Hi,
I would like to know that by using this method, do I need to do port forwarding for certain programs such as Warcraft3? I know that with a modem router, I need to do port forward so that every computer can use these programs. The problem is I don't know how to do it for this situation.
Thanks
Dude thanks very much i spent all of last night trying to figured this out where is 1 little read of this did the job im up and running
hello sir,
i want connect my 5 pc using a switch with internet connection
i have a wireless internet connection that always on how to do it? please help me.
pls
can I share a dail up connection on a two-PC LAN.
Thanks.
@OBI3RIZ : You can share your dial up internet but it will reduce its speed further.
@Vinod Karki :By following above method you can share almost all type of internet connection. But you need to provide more information on this to me. So that i can help you.
thanx alot dude
hai raj, please tell me how share the internet with dymic ip address, please give replay soon
Hey man good work but i didnt solve my thing Im using an wirrieles in my laptop which im connected to the router in the router there is hub too its like two in one so i shared one computer with it i want to know how to controll the lane connected to the router although im not connected to the router by line its wiffi as u know????
While sharing you need to select LAN card of you LAN rather than internet.how to select lan card while sharing . i have also static ip using rel net.pls tell me
@ganesh : If you have two lan card connected then at the time of Internet sharing you can see a drop box which will display all lan cards. Select connection of lan card and press OK.
Sharing process is same for dynamic and static IPs if u face problem then ask me.
Hi,
I have setup the ICS with a Desktop(ICS) and a Laptop(client). Each has one ethernet adapter. The Desktop is connected to internet using SmartAX MT882 ADSL, through USB cable. The Laptop and Desktop are connected by LAN RJ45 cable.
When the settings for ICS are done as per the above post, the ICS works fine on both computers.
The problem:
When the client(laptop) is rebooted or comes alive after standby, I am not able to access internet on Laptop.
On Desktop the internet works fine.
Can someone suggest how to solve the above problem, so that whenever the laptop reboots or comes alive after standby, it is able to access internet in sharing mode.
M.D. Swaminathan.
Hi,
The problem I faced is solved as,
I have enabled firewall in Dialup, LAN connection on host(Desktop) and LAN connection on client (Laptop). In this setup when laptop is rebooted, powered off and then made ON,
or wake up from standby the internet connection sharing is lost.
When the firewall setting on the LAN connection in Host (Desktop) is removed, while on others it is maintained, the ICS works on Laptop in all situations of standby and reboot.
M. D. Swaminathan.
Beautiful explained in each and every detail thank you
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