Microsoft KB Archive/254241

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Capabilities and Limitations of Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

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SUMMARY
This article describes Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) capabilities and limitations.

MORE INFORMATION
If you are upgrading a system running Microsoft Windows 2000 Beta 3, you must clear and then reselect the Share This Connection check box for each shared connection, and then release and renew the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) leases for each ICS client. This ensures that each client obtains an Internet Protocol (IP) address in the ICS address range 192.168.0.0/24.

If your computer is configured as a member of a domain, applications may attempt to contact the domain controller on a periodic basis, which causes frequent dial-up connections to the Internet.

Remove ICS before you run the Active Directory Installation Wizard. When the wizard finishes, you can then reinstall ICS.

If a second connection is dialed on an ICS computer while the ICS-enabled connection is active, ICS clients may lose remote connectivity if the second connection is set to Use default gateway on remote network.

When you use Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) across an Internet Connection Sharing gateway, select the Redial if connection is dropped check box on the virtual private network (VPN) connection. This enables the PPTP connection to reconnect if the Internet connection at the Internet Connection Sharing gateway is dropped.

Internet Connection Sharing provides (Direct Play) Peer\Peer support for only the Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) Network Address Translation (NAT)\ICS computer and only one other client, to participate in a session hosted on a public computer.

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Version : WINDOWS:2000

Platform : WINDOWS

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