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Originally Posted by JamesO
Your primary Internet connection is via a dial up modem, correct?
This may make things a bit tougher, I have never tried this, there may be an Internet sharing option under the dial up modem configuration???
Also watch out for firewalls, they may give you some problem until configured correctly. But make sure you use a firewall when all is sorted.
Hopefully someone else can expand on this configuration??
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That's kind of a problem. When I am connecting, my Dialup entry only appears briefly when my ISP is trying to connect. Once it manages to confirm and load those starting pages, poof goes the entry. It likes to call itself "CS L2TP" when you can catch it's entry during the connection proccess.
And as for firewalls.. I won't be going into that really. Starts a hoopla and last time I tried a firewall, it farked up my winsock settings so I couldn't use IM service features like file transfers or properly connect to IRC DCC sessions. The more hoopla it raises, the more I grow weary of it. This sharing is intended for temporary sessions too, like maybe a minute of downloading antivirus updates and OS patches. It's true I could just connect my laptop to the phone for that, but it seems easier to just use the network cable instead of moving that phone cord around all the time.