I have a question regarding ICS between XP and Vista. I have a desktop
system running XP SP2 that is using a dialup connection to the internet
(unfortunately broadband isnt an option for our area yet). The desktop
system is setup for ICS on the dialup. I have a laptop that is dual booting
between XP and Vista currently that is connecting to the XP box via a linksys
router that is basically configured to be a dumb hub to connect the wireless
to the wired network. When using XP on the laptop I am able to control the
dialup and disconnect of the ICS on the main XP system by clicking on the
internet gateway that shows up in network connections. it also displays a
network icon on the task bar by the clock when it is dialed up and I can
click it to disconnect when I'm done. Since setting up Vista I seem to not
be able to take control of the modem on the XP box with ICS. I see a
resident gateway pop up in the Vista network window and can right click on it
for properties and it says that its the ICS connection on the XP box but no
control of it. The XP box will dial out when vista makes a request by
launching IE or another internet app just fine but I have no control to make
it hang up when I'm done unless I boot back into XP and tell it to disconnect
there. I disabled UPnP on the linksys router since it was displaying 2 of
the resident gateways with it enabled thinking it was getting confused but
have not had any luck gaining control of the modem from Vista.

I have the XP box wired into the router and the laptop connects to the
router via wireless and obtains the IP from the XP box running ICS (DHCP on
the router is disabled on the LAN side). This setup runs flawless when its
XP to XP but the solution to getting vista to let me control the modem
connect disconnect eludes me. I do have the options set to let others
control the connection on the XP box and nothing has changed on that side so
its definitely vista not cooperating very well

Anyone have any suggestions on how to get control of the ICS connecton
inside of Vista so that I dont have to dual boot just to disconect the line?

Sorry for the lengthy post :)
Chris