Steve Winograd [MVP] wrote:
> In article <Fa5gf.1224$Y%5.929@newssvr17.news.prodigy.com>, Matt
> <ssj4androidnospamm@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> I need it to share an internet connection to my Nintendo DS, which has
>> POS wifi hardware. But seriously, why would Microsoft want to make it
>> not configurable? Why are they trying to make it hard to use? You could
>> actually configure it in windows 9x, wtf are they doing taking away
>> functionality for XP? Anyone know any hacks that change the ip addresses
>> assigned?
>
> You can change the IP address of the LAN connection to a different
> subnet in XP. However, this isn't recommended, supported, or tested
> by Microsoft, and I can't guarantee that it will work.
>
> If you want to try it, at your own risk, enable ICS and then change
> the host computer's LAN connection from 192.168.0.1 to a static IP
> address in a different subnet. That will disable the host's DHCP
> server, so you'll have to assign TCP/IP properties (IP address, subnet
> mask, default gateway, DNS server) on the client device(s) manually.
>
> I recommend making a restore point using System Restore first. That
> will let you recover from any problems caused by changing the IP
> address.
Yeah, that's what I did. Seems to work. Cool.