This is not so much a problem for me as it is a client's configuration. The
card where I would need to enable ICS gets its address from a wireless
router's DHCP pool. It will be a chore to rework this configuration to
support the ICS adapter.

"AmericanTechie" wrote:

> Mike Kenworthy wrote:
> > My situation is I have two network cards. I want to forward packets coming in
> > on one of the cards to a host and port accessible through the other card. I
> > do not want to turn on ICS because it forces me to use a particular IP
> > address on the card. Is there any way other than ICS in xp to do port
> > forwarding. I've tried netsh routing ip nat add portmapping but it doesn't
> > work. Does ICS or something else need to be turned on for that to work? If I
> > am successful with whatever method should I see the port listening if I do a
> > netstat -an
>
> Just a question for you. What is the problem with being forced to use a
> certain IP address when using ICS? I am not a network guru but I cannot
> think of a problem with doing it that way. ICS is perfect for this and
> the most simple way to do it.
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