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by kennyb_2001 1 view

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i have a network with windows 95, 98, nt4, and 2000. and would like to setup internet connection sharing. I set up static ip's (192.168.0.n) and set the win 2k box to be the gate way. i also enabled connection sharing on the 98 box, but still have not been able to connect to the internet via the network.
My question is this: How do i set this up, and particularly what do i need to do on the 95 machines.

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by shanghai sam

This might help. Two interfaces on the ICS machine, 1 for internet, 1 for LAN,
this is the only box w/ ICS enabled.
Automatic IP addressing on the clients. Clients look to ICS machine for DNS.
If you?re running ICS on a w2k server, no DNS or active directory. The ICS runs a mini DNS service and will assign a 192.168.0.IP to the clients.
Your LAN NIC will be assigned 192.168.0.1 by ICS and is the address your clients will look to for DNS. Use the connection wizard on the clients to connect- IE properties|connections tab|setup|connect through a LAN radio button, etc. I don?t know about 95 I think you need IE5 to connect via cable modem but it should work, only the host/server cares about OS the others just need the appropriate IE version. I?m running 98 & 2K here and it works ok.
Good Luck

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