[sirius]

Originally Posted by sirius

If so, can somebody explain how to do it in a fashion that Im about 4 years old .

lol. Im only understanding half of what youre saying lol.

Enable Internet Connection Sharing on the USB NIC*

*whats the NIC and how do I do that when it doesnt show up in the explorer?
Ip's are assigned already, I cant afford to mess to much (if at all) with Ip addresses. I fannied about trying to internet connection share on the "Network places" page a few months ago and it warned me that if I ticked sharing it would destroy my IP settings and change the computer to another address.....I knew the IP's and thought bollox to it, I will try it - and I knocked the whole bloody system down and no internet either. Took me ages to sort out but luckily there were only two people in that day.

this will allow you to NAT down onto the Ethernet network card

lol.

run a patch lead from the ethernet card into the switch and connect the machines you want to enable access for to the switch also, they will dynamicaly pull IP's from the ethernet NIC in the machine and gateway through the USB NIC.

So I need another network cable (rj45 style)? Theres already one going out of the network card to the hub, cos thats how the others manage to reach it..... The IP's dont really matter aslong as we can all communicate at the end of the day, and nobody is 'lost' without access or I will be in the shit for meddling above and beyond my competancy lol.

Could you be a darling Stylee and eleborate in the style Im four years old and just come off a speak and spell computer lol.

Where do I find what, what settings are there, what are the pitfalls so I can always undo what Ive done if it doesnt work? I dunno what the acronyms for all these things are besides ICS USB PCB (lol).

thanks

Sirius.