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Win98 SE,internet sharing.

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by n_tooma

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How can Win98 SE be used for internet sharing with cable modem connection?
It worked fine with dial up connection, but I was told that Win98 does not support 2 network cards, hence it does not work with cable modem.

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by dmessner

Go to:
Start>Help>Index>Internet Connection Sharing>Internet Connection Sharing Overview

I tells you how to setup ICS on a Win98SE computer w/ a cable modem.

Basically when you setup ICS you are asked which Adapter is the Internet connected one and which one is the Network one.

That should be all there is.

by toltec58

Hi,

The best way to share a cable connection is to buy a router. You can get a cheap one (around 180$) with 4 ports that is pretty easy to set up. I recently helped a friend set up 2 win98se systems to share a cable connection with a Netgear router. It works fine and also can be configured as a firewall.

by sumo

You cant do this without buying a router and hook your cable modem up to the router and then the computer to the router

by sixfourtykilo

Win98 will work fine with two NICs. I have ran them successfully for quite sometime. You may have problems, however, if your NICS are of the same brand. I have Intel NICs and they all want to grab the same IRQ (11), which happens to also be my USBIRQ. Most BIOS setups will allow you to force PCI slots into a hard IRQ, which is what I had to do. Unfortunately, I have never been able to get ICS to properly work but I did get ahold of a copy of Sygate, its easier to configure.

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