Internet Connection Sharing Manager

It is a simple command line tool for turning ICS on or off on Windows 7 and higher.

I wrote it because the netsh routing command which could be used for this in Windows XP is not available in Windows 7.

Requirements

• Windows 7 or higher.
• .NET Framework 4.0.

It seems that System.Management.Automation is no longer supported by .NET. There is an unofficial package https://www.nuget.org/packages/System.Management.Automation.

You can install it in Visual Studio by open Tools > NuGet Package Manager > Package Manager Console and type

PM> Install-Package System.Management.Automation -Version 6.1.7601.17515

Building

Run build.cmd.

Usage

All commands require administrative privileges.

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icsmanager info

Display information about currently available connections:

• name
• guid
• status
• address
• gateway
• sharing status

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icsmanager enable {GUID-OF-CONNECTION-TO-SHARE} {GUID-OF-HOME-CONNECTION} [force]
icsmanager enable "Name of connection to share" "Name of home connection" [force]

Enable connection sharing. Use the force argument if you want to automatically disable existing connection sharing.

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icsmanager disable

Disable connection sharing.

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Powershell

0. Import module:

   Import-Module IcsManager.dll

1. List network connections:

   Get-NetworkConnections

2. Start Internet Connection Sharing:

   Enable-ICS "Connection to share" "Home connection"

3. Stop Internet Connection Sharing:

   Disable-ICS