sharing internet connection

Hi!
My network now:
Several computers connected to a D-link router. This router is connected to
an ISP.
My router get the IP address dymamically.
My problem:
A couple of times every year the ISP is down for repair due to damages from
thunder strikes or similar accidents.
My question:
When the ISP is down I want to use a dial-up internet connection in one of
my laptops. I want to connect the laptop LAN connector to the router WAN port.
How do I configure this laptop to function as an ISP. So my router doesnt se
any difference...

If you don't want to re-configure the router, you may want to use ICS which
can be DHCP server to assign dynamic IP to the router. This how to may help,

Vista How toHow to: Enabling ICS on Vista · How to: find out which edition
of Vista running · How to find out if you are running the 32-bit or 64-bit
edition of the ...
www.howtonetworking.com/vista/vista.htm


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"luddet" <luddet@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi!
> My network now:
> Several computers connected to a D-link router. This router is connected
> to
> an ISP.
> My router get the IP address dymamically.
> My problem:
> A couple of times every year the ISP is down for repair due to damages
> from
> thunder strikes or similar accidents.
> My question:
> When the ISP is down I want to use a dial-up internet connection in one of
> my laptops. I want to connect the laptop LAN connector to the router WAN
> port.
> How do I configure this laptop to function as an ISP. So my router doesnt
> se
> any difference...