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Posted by djc on October 2, 2006, 4:46 pm
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> You don't have to worry that enabling the Windows Firewall/Internet
> Connection Sharing (ICS) service will cause the machine to start handing
> out DHCP addresses.
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> Both features run from a single service, but the ICS features are not
> enabled by default.
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> To enable ICS you would have to go to the Advanced tab on the connection
> properties and check "Allow other network users to connect through this
> computer's Internet connection"
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>
> Mark Burnett
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>> I just went to enable the simple host based windows firewall (not
>> configuring RRAS as a router/firewall to protect a network). I got the
>> message telling me the 'windows firewall / ICS' service (may have spelled
>> it
>> out instead of acronym but you know what I mean) is not running and needs
>> to
>> be in order to use the firewall etc..
>>
>> My intention was to just turn on the host firewall, what I assumed is
>> pretty
>> much the same thing as the xp sp2 host firewall. Thats it. I certianly
>> don't
>> want this machine to start handing out IP addresses and configs (DHCP)
>> which
>> is part of what ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) does right?
>>
>> So what am I missing here? why only one service? how/where would I
>> configure
>> ICS if I actually wanted it (I don't in this case)? I only see what I
>> expected in firewall.cpl, just the firewall settings, just like xp sp2?
>>
>> Could someone straighten me out here?
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