Changing from ICS on dialup to Wildblue, need tips...

[kaintfindaname]

Current PC network with XP on all machines. Internet access is via ICS through PC1 dialup. D-Link 24 router has converted to act like a switch (by disabling DHCP).

New Network - same hardware except WildBlue becomes new internet access (woohooooo).

What's the best approach to take?
-Enable DHCP and let XP figger it out?
-Re-configure Gateway properties on each peer?
-Get modem online, then re-create the network by running Windows app again on each machine?
-other???

This network has low internal security requirements. The only real security concern is firewall and virus protection.

Thanks!!

 

[cyberspace]

You might aswell just use DHCP! Will be the easiest solution as far as your addressing is concerned.

Set the XP machines TCP/IP properties to get addresses automatically, so Host IP, Gateway and DNS addresses will all be assignned by DHCP, saving you the need to do it manually.

I would think that access to shared folders etc will not be affected by the change, as all that is changing is the source of the internet connection.

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