Sorry but it's a recurring theme. But why not a router? It's as expensive as your second nic and cable today.
Bob
Good day,
I am having problems in connecting my computers to the internet. I have a pc that has 2 Ethernet LAN Cards, one I connected to the modem for my internet connection, and the other is wired to an Acer 4310 Laptop. Both computers are running under Microsoft Windows Vista. The pc is ok, the problem is that I can?t connect my Laptop to the internet, whenever I try to link both computers. I have already activated the ICS, an Internet Device Gateway is also present in both computer's Network folder yet I cant browse anything in the laptop. What could be causing me this problem?

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