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by zackbanda

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I'm looking for assistance with internet sharing on a LAN, i have a total of 10 PC's on the LAN, 2 have Windows XP and the rst have Windows 98, i have two modems (56K), one is connected to the Xp PC and the other to A Win 98 PC. I would like to use the one with Win98 for the main connection and let the other get the internet connection from it.
Please assist with how i should go about with the sharing.
Your assistance wil be greatly appriated.
Zack

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by sithspawn

You just need to install Internet connection Sharing. It comes with windows 98. There are a few things you should know first. If you use Win98 Internet connections sharing it will FORCE it's own IP addressing system. For example if you have a 192.168.0.1 addressing system it will change it so the server (the 98 box) has a static IP and it will give every other system on the same network an IP address as well. It works like a DHCP server...but you control NO options.

Anyway, as long as you don't mind Win98 taking over your addressing system it should work fine. There is very little configuring you need to do it get it to work. If you decide you are looking for something more configurable, try Win200 and use NAT.

-Sith

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