help! my internet connection drops when ICS client disconnects

[vexingv]

i finally got WinXP's ICS to work using 3 nics and crossover cable following practicallynetworked's ICS tutorial...i have 2 nics on my pc thats bridged together and one nic on the client pc. tho its ghey that i still have to dial my PPPoe account on the client to connect to the internet. but what sucks is that my connection on the host machine is dropped whenever the client adapter/nic is disconnected (when shutdown/restart). i'm using covad dsl. i unchecked the "Establish dial-up.." and "allow user to control connection..." boxes under the advanced tab of the Covad connection. any solutions???

thanks

[Vermin]

Anyone ever work out how to prevent this? I have exactly the same problem.

Two XP boxes connected via ICS (ASDL modem and local area con1 bridged).

When ever the client shuts down or restarts the the ICS gateway drops the connection.