Using Internet Connection Sharing with Internet Gateway Device Discovery and Control

By default, the Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) public Internet connection can be controlled using Internet Gateway Device Discovery and Control.

With Internet Gateway Device Discovery and Control, users of ICS computers on your network can:

View statistics about the shared Internet connection.
Monitor the status of the shared Internet connection.
Remotely connect or disconnect the shared Internet connection.
Use an icon, displayed in the notification area on the taskbar, to monitor and control the shared Internet connection.
Configure service mappings.

For more information about Internet Gateway Device Discovery and Control, see Using Internet Gateway Device Discovery and Control.

The administrator of the computer that connects directly to the Internet can disable the options listed above for users of the other computers on the home or small office network. For more information, see Set permission for shared Internet connection control and Control the shared Internet connection.

To enable Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) with Internet Gateway Device Discovery and Control on computers running Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, or Windows Millennium Edition, run the Network Setup Wizard from the CD or floppy disk on those computers. For more information about the Network Setup Wizard, click Related Topics.
For ICS with Internet Gateway Device Discovery and Control to work on computers running Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Millennium Edition, Internet Explorer version 5.01 or later must be installed.
For ICS Internet Gateway Device Discovery and Control to work, you must select UPnP framework on the Exceptions tab in Windows Firewall.