I have a friend visiting for the holidays and would like him to share my dsl connection. I have a static IP type of connection and also have Wingate software 4.4.2 <P>My machine is a Windows 2000 Pro ...

If by "ethernet is unchecked in network control panel" you mean it's unchecked in the Network Port Configuration list, go ahead and make sure it's checked. It won't show up in the Sharing pref pane as ...