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ICS Network / Internet Sharing within LAN
using USB dongle on Windows 7

This post will describe sharing internet using any internet dongle with
all LAN computers. To do this one system can be considered as host or
server and this system will have working Internet Dongel connection.
Following are list of settings need to be done on server and client
machine.

On Server/Host Computer

Connect Internet Dongle in USB port and connect the network.

Go to Control Panel
Network and Sharing Center
click on dongl network
click on properties
Sharing tab
Check the “Allow other network users to connect through this
computer’s Internet Connection and Establish a dial-up connection
whenever a computer…” Check boxes.
Click on Settings button and select the services you want to
share.

Now click on Local Area Connection
properties
select Internet Protocol Version 4(TCP/IPv4)
click Properties. You will see an Use the following IP address is
selected and IP address is generated as 192.168.137.1
Go to Control Panel
Internet Options
Connections tab
select Never Dial a Connection. In LAN Settings,
select Use automatic configuration script checkbox and enter your
IP address in Address textbox.

Make sure that Use a proxy
server for your LAN Checkbox is unchecked.

Now Re-connect your Internet Dongel connection.

Now open the command prompt and type the nslookup, and find the server name and address in execution result
server name and address in execution result.

On Client Machine

Go to Control Panel
Network and Sharing Center
Local Area Connection
properties
select Internet Protocol Version 4(TCP/IPv4)
click properties
select Use the following IP address
- Enter IP address as 192.168.137.x. x should be in range of
  3-254.
- Enter server/host computer IP address in Default gateway.
- Now select Use the following DNS server addresses and
- in Preferred DNS server enter the address what you got in nslookup
  command execution result on server.