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by ameliapumo

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I have several PC's connected to a network, with a win 2000 advanced server being used as server.

I also connect to the internet with a broadband connection through this server.

I want to use a old PC (4 years) with small hard drive (win 98) as the connection to broadband, then connect this to network hum, and tell Win 2000 server to share this internet access, ands all other PC's on network access broadband connection via the server. Is this possible.

I am new to networking but have managed to set up the Win 2000 server and connect all the other PC's to it, also sharing the broadband connection.

I am one of these people that has never been taught anything, but has a habit of staying up all night till I find out how to do something.

My reason for wanting to do this is because I can't afford any new equiptment at the moment and want to have a PC that's only purpose is to connect to the internet. If I had the money, I would buy a modem router or something like that, but not possible at moment.

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by mshavrov

I would recommend you to install Linux. It will require a few times less resources. You can even install firewall or proxy server software to protect your network. There are many solutions available.

Windows 98 is not a good solution because it's not designed to handle many connections. It can barely keep one workstation connections, but can you imagine it serving doubled (inbound and outbound) conenctions from few PCs?

Try to search something like "build linux firewall" on Google, it will give you quite a few step-by-step instructions how to build it. Here are one of it named "FloppyFirewall". All you need to build firewall - 386 PC with 2 NIC and floppy drive.

http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1155/sam0101i/0101i.htm

Also check another links:

http://www.sjdjweis.com/linux/bridging/
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=1212
http://www.i386.info/firewall.htm

Good luck,

Michael Shavrov
MCSE W2K, MCSE+I, Sun SCSA, Check Piont CSSA, CCNP, CCDP, CCSP, Security+

by rabbit_runner

Here is another suggestion. The previous answer mentioned Linux. There is a web site which provides a complete linux firewall. When it is downloaded, it is in ISO format and you can burn it to a CD. Then this can be used to install it on your older PC. The site is www.ipcop.org
I have used this successfully and it does not require any real knowledge of Linux. You can download the manual and follow it for complete details. You will need two NIC's for this system. All configuration is via a Web interface. Hope this helps.

by sskumar

Hi,

I would suggest you do the following.

1. Right click the network neighbourhood in Windows 2000 Advance Server (Hope internet is connected to this machine)

2. Select Properties. Here you can see a link named lan connection or the like.

3. Right click the lan link and you can see two tabs above named "General" and "Sharing".

4. Click on "Sharing" link and select the checkbox against "Enable Internet Connection Sharing for this Connection." This would share the internet connection to you machines in the network. This machine becomes a DHCP server with range from 192.168.0.1 and supports connections to 192.168.x.x

5. Now go to the windows 98 machines and configure them to receive ip address dynamically. i.e through W2K Advance server "Shared lan connection". The internet connection becomes available to you.

Hope this solves your problem. Good luck.

Sunil Kumar S

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