Can WinGate be used to do this?

[schellem]

Scenario - I can only get Dialup internet access from my home and need a better way to configure my network to share my internet connection.

I have 3 PC's, PC 1 has windows ICS(internet connection sharing) enabled with wireless link to a wireless router/AP (access point), PC 2 hard wired to router/AP and PC 3 is wireless laptop. Obviousily the router/AP has nothing plugged into the WAN port and I have DHCP server turned off on router/AP due to ICS on PC1.

This all works fine as long as PC 1 is turned on, my other PC's get IP from the ICS DHCP. My problem is related to wanting to use PC 2 and 3 when PC 1 is not on, I don't need internet all of the time so don't leave PC 1 on all of the time.

I'm no expert here but it seems I need to hook PC 1 to the router/AP WAN connection, drop ICS from PC1 and use something like WinGate to connect via dialup as needed.

Can this be done or am I just dreaming? Can WinGate be used to do this?

Remember I do not want to leave PC 1 on all of time but will turn it on when I know I need internet connection. I do not want to loose connectivity between PC 2 and 3 when PC 1 is off. I don't want to have to reconfigure 2 or 3 every time I need internet access.

Thanks in advance for any help

[MattP]

So you have the dialup modem plugged in to PC1? So PC1 will be your gateway machine, the other two machines will connect through the WAP to PC1 for their internet connection?

Yes, WinGate will do this, in fact it's the ideal setup scenario for WinGate, where the WinGate server is the gateway for the LAN.

You can configure the dialup profile within WinGate to dial when needed and WinGate can do the DHCP for the other two clients. WinGate also has a built-in firewall to protect your LAN from the internet.

Does this answer your questions?