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IOL Broadband + Connection Sharing

[Deleted User] · 2004-01-14 14:42:15

I am getting IOL broadband shortly and I know its asdl modem does not have an ethernet connection. I know i might be able to share the connection with microsofts internet connection sharing over a private lan but the problem is I have a few differnet OS here. Namely Win XP Home FreeBSD MacOS X Will ICS work with these…

14-01-2004 2:42pm

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I am getting IOL broadband shortly and I know its asdl modem does not have an ethernet connection. I know i might be able to share the connection with microsofts internet connection sharing over a private lan but the problem is I have a few differnet OS here.

Namely
Win XP Home
FreeBSD
MacOS X

Will ICS work with these other OS's?

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#2 14-01-2004 2:51pm

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Got the answer myself. Here it is if anyone else is interested..

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/ics_xp

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#3 14-01-2004 3:19pm

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Originally posted by ronoc
I am getting IOL broadband shortly and I know its asdl modem does not have an ethernet connection.

It does now. IOL have changed the modem they supply and it now comes with USB and ethernet connections. I received mine last Thursday.

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#4 14-01-2004 3:20pm

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Originally posted by ronoc
I am getting IOL broadband shortly and I know its asdl modem does not have an ethernet connection.

Check again. According to this recent post IOL are now supplying the Zyxel 623R-T1 ADSL Modem/Router" which has ethernet and USB ports.

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