Internet Gateway

Internet Gateway, is a handy little tool that is designed to help you share your Internet connection across multiple computers which are connected to the same network. It implements TCP and UDP dynamic NAT and enables you to redirect your connection.

Internet Gateway can be considered a lightweight tool as it takes up very little space on your hard drive and leaves a small footprint on your system resources when it is used. Installing it takes a couple of seconds and the application is ready for use immediately after that.

When launched, it displays a basic, comprehensive main window from where you can view a list of existing connection names along with their MAC addresses and NAT status.

Internet Gateway is not necessarily an application that can be used by just about anyone, as it does require a bit of basic knowledge on how networks work. To get started, you need to choose the connection you want to share and with a simple double-click on it bring up the properties window from where you can see the internal name and IP address.

Apart from that, it’s also the place where you set the connection’s NAT status to ‘Provider’. Once that is done, it’s required that you identify the home network interface and set it as a client from the same main window.

Clicking the NAT button might seem like the last step but you do have to configure each client on the network by manually setting a static IP addresses. This seems to be the only downside to Internet Gateway but then again, you only do it once and then everyone can make use of their own Internet connection.

All-in-all, Internet Gateway isn’t all that appealing to novice users but it is a no-nonsense tool that can help you to easily share your Internet connection across multiple computers.