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Network XP Pro with 98
I need to set up a network with XP Pro on two machines with the third having
98. The 98 machine is to have the printer and dial up connection. Internet, file and printer sharing are desired. Any suggestions on how to go about establishing the network? Thank you for your time. Regards, Alifea |
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alifea wrote: I need to set up a network with XP Pro on two machines with the third having 98. The 98 machine is to have the printer and dial up connection. Internet, file and printer sharing are desired. Any suggestions on how to go about establishing the network? Thank you for your time. Regards, Alifea Does the 98 machine have the original version of Windows 98, or does it have Windows 98 Second Edition (98SE)? Second Edition can share its Internet connection with other computers, but the original version can't. If possible, I strongly recommend using one of the XP Pro machines to host the dial-up connection, not 98SE. XP's version of Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) is easier to set up and much more reliable than the version in 98SE. To use 98SE as the ICS host and XP Pro as the clients, follow the steps in these web pages: ICS Installation [Win98SE] http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...icsinstall.htm XP ICS - Client Setup Using the Network Setup Wizard http://www.practicallynetworked.com/.../clientwiz.htm To use an XP Pro computer as the ICS host and 98SE and XP Pro as the clients, follow the steps shown he Windows XP Internet Connection Sharing http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_ics -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networking http://mvp.support.microsoft.com Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm |
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Network XP Pro with 98
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alifea wrote: I need to set up a network with XP Pro on two machines with the third having 98. The 98 machine is to have the printer and dial up connection. Internet, file and printer sharing are desired. Any suggestions on how to go about establishing the network? Thank you for your time. Regards, Alifea Does the 98 machine have the original version of Windows 98, or does it have Windows 98 Second Edition (98SE)? Second Edition can share its Internet connection with other computers, but the original version can't. If possible, I strongly recommend using one of the XP Pro machines to host the dial-up connection, not 98SE. XP's version of Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) is easier to set up and much more reliable than the version in 98SE. To use 98SE as the ICS host and XP Pro as the clients, follow the steps in these web pages: ICS Installation [Win98SE] http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...icsinstall.htm XP ICS - Client Setup Using the Network Setup Wizard http://www.practicallynetworked.com/.../clientwiz.htm To use an XP Pro computer as the ICS host and 98SE and XP Pro as the clients, follow the steps shown he Windows XP Internet Connection Sharing http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_ics -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networking http://mvp.support.microsoft.com Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm |
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Thank you very much for the info.
The network will be for a friend of mine who is buying two new machines for his twins and has the old machine with the modem and printer, etc on it. Thus, the Win 98 machine will default as the internet connection point. This part of planet earth does not have ready access to broadband yet, so dial up it is. I presume I will need wireless cards in each, but would an access point/router be required (or recommended) even though the internet connection is through the third computer and not the access point/router? "Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote: In article , alifea wrote: I need to set up a network with XP Pro on two machines with the third having 98. The 98 machine is to have the printer and dial up connection. Internet, file and printer sharing are desired. Any suggestions on how to go about establishing the network? Thank you for your time. Regards, Alifea Does the 98 machine have the original version of Windows 98, or does it have Windows 98 Second Edition (98SE)? Second Edition can share its Internet connection with other computers, but the original version can't. If possible, I strongly recommend using one of the XP Pro machines to host the dial-up connection, not 98SE. XP's version of Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) is easier to set up and much more reliable than the version in 98SE. To use 98SE as the ICS host and XP Pro as the clients, follow the steps in these web pages: ICS Installation [Win98SE] http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...icsinstall.htm XP ICS - Client Setup Using the Network Setup Wizard http://www.practicallynetworked.com/.../clientwiz.htm To use an XP Pro computer as the ICS host and 98SE and XP Pro as the clients, follow the steps shown he Windows XP Internet Connection Sharing http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_ics -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networking http://mvp.support.microsoft.com Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm |
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Network XP Pro with 98
Thank you very much for the info.
The network will be for a friend of mine who is buying two new machines for his twins and has the old machine with the modem and printer, etc on it. Thus, the Win 98 machine will default as the internet connection point. This part of planet earth does not have ready access to broadband yet, so dial up it is. I presume I will need wireless cards in each, but would an access point/router be required (or recommended) even though the internet connection is through the third computer and not the access point/router? "Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote: In article , alifea wrote: I need to set up a network with XP Pro on two machines with the third having 98. The 98 machine is to have the printer and dial up connection. Internet, file and printer sharing are desired. Any suggestions on how to go about establishing the network? Thank you for your time. Regards, Alifea Does the 98 machine have the original version of Windows 98, or does it have Windows 98 Second Edition (98SE)? Second Edition can share its Internet connection with other computers, but the original version can't. If possible, I strongly recommend using one of the XP Pro machines to host the dial-up connection, not 98SE. XP's version of Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) is easier to set up and much more reliable than the version in 98SE. To use 98SE as the ICS host and XP Pro as the clients, follow the steps in these web pages: ICS Installation [Win98SE] http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...icsinstall.htm XP ICS - Client Setup Using the Network Setup Wizard http://www.practicallynetworked.com/.../clientwiz.htm To use an XP Pro computer as the ICS host and 98SE and XP Pro as the clients, follow the steps shown he Windows XP Internet Connection Sharing http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_ics -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networking http://mvp.support.microsoft.com Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm |
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alifea wrote: I need to set up a network with XP Pro on two machines with the third having 98. The 98 machine is to have the printer and dial up connection. Internet, file and printer sharing are desired. Any suggestions on how to go about establishing the network? Does the 98 machine have the original version of Windows 98, or does it have Windows 98 Second Edition (98SE)? Second Edition can share its Internet connection with other computers, but the original version can't. If possible, I strongly recommend using one of the XP Pro machines to host the dial-up connection, not 98SE. XP's version of Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) is easier to set up and much more reliable than the version in 98SE. To use 98SE as the ICS host and XP Pro as the clients, follow the steps in these web pages: ICS Installation [Win98SE] http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...icsinstall.htm XP ICS - Client Setup Using the Network Setup Wizard http://www.practicallynetworked.com/.../clientwiz.htm To use an XP Pro computer as the ICS host and 98SE and XP Pro as the clients, follow the steps shown he Thank you very much for the info. The network will be for a friend of mine who is buying two new machines for his twins and has the old machine with the modem and printer, etc on it. Thus, the Win 98 machine will default as the internet connection point. This part of planet earth does not have ready access to broadband yet, so dial up it is. I presume I will need wireless cards in each, but would an access point/router be required (or recommended) even though the internet connection is through the third computer and not the access point/router? You're welcome. Here are some ways to set things up with wireless networking: 1. Create an Ad-Hoc wireless network between the three computers, without the need for a wireless access point or router. Each computer would require a wireless network adapter. However, Ad-Hoc is hard to set up, and it can be hard to find a wireless network adapter that works reliably with Win98. 2. Connect a wireless access point to an Ethernet adapter on Win98 and use ICS. 3. Connect a wireless router's LAN port (not its WAN/Internet port) to an Ethernet adapter on Win98, use it as a wireless access point only (disabling its routing capabilities), and use ICS. To use a wireless router as an access point only, disable its built-in DHCP server and assign its LAN interface a static IP address in the same 192.168.0.x subnet that ICS uses. 4. Avoid the need for ICS by getting an Ethernet-equipped dial-up modem like this one: http://www.actiontec.com/products/br...odem/index.php Connect it to the WAN/Internet port of a wireless router. Connect the three computers to the router using wired or wireless connections. -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networking http://mvp.support.microsoft.com Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm |
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Network XP Pro with 98
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alifea wrote: I need to set up a network with XP Pro on two machines with the third having 98. The 98 machine is to have the printer and dial up connection. Internet, file and printer sharing are desired. Any suggestions on how to go about establishing the network? Does the 98 machine have the original version of Windows 98, or does it have Windows 98 Second Edition (98SE)? Second Edition can share its Internet connection with other computers, but the original version can't. If possible, I strongly recommend using one of the XP Pro machines to host the dial-up connection, not 98SE. XP's version of Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) is easier to set up and much more reliable than the version in 98SE. To use 98SE as the ICS host and XP Pro as the clients, follow the steps in these web pages: ICS Installation [Win98SE] http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...icsinstall.htm XP ICS - Client Setup Using the Network Setup Wizard http://www.practicallynetworked.com/.../clientwiz.htm To use an XP Pro computer as the ICS host and 98SE and XP Pro as the clients, follow the steps shown he Thank you very much for the info. The network will be for a friend of mine who is buying two new machines for his twins and has the old machine with the modem and printer, etc on it. Thus, the Win 98 machine will default as the internet connection point. This part of planet earth does not have ready access to broadband yet, so dial up it is. I presume I will need wireless cards in each, but would an access point/router be required (or recommended) even though the internet connection is through the third computer and not the access point/router? You're welcome. Here are some ways to set things up with wireless networking: 1. Create an Ad-Hoc wireless network between the three computers, without the need for a wireless access point or router. Each computer would require a wireless network adapter. However, Ad-Hoc is hard to set up, and it can be hard to find a wireless network adapter that works reliably with Win98. 2. Connect a wireless access point to an Ethernet adapter on Win98 and use ICS. 3. Connect a wireless router's LAN port (not its WAN/Internet port) to an Ethernet adapter on Win98, use it as a wireless access point only (disabling its routing capabilities), and use ICS. To use a wireless router as an access point only, disable its built-in DHCP server and assign its LAN interface a static IP address in the same 192.168.0.x subnet that ICS uses. 4. Avoid the need for ICS by getting an Ethernet-equipped dial-up modem like this one: http://www.actiontec.com/products/br...odem/index.php Connect it to the WAN/Internet port of a wireless router. Connect the three computers to the router using wired or wireless connections. -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networking http://mvp.support.microsoft.com Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm |
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Again, thank you for the info. I will explore all those options and see
which one works best for my friend. I told him he needed to get three wireless cards and they had to have drivers for Win 98 so it could be used. We will see how that goes. Might be better as you point out to use a different option than the Ad Hoc approach. Not sure what you meant by hard to set up, but I guess I will find that out soon enough. I have set up Ad Hoc networks with just Win XP when I did not have the Access point working properly and I have to admit I sort of stumbled into a functioning arrangement. I figured it was just my inexperience. Perhaps it is more than that. Thank you for your time. Best regards, Alifea "Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote: In article , alifea wrote: I need to set up a network with XP Pro on two machines with the third having 98. The 98 machine is to have the printer and dial up connection. Internet, file and printer sharing are desired. Any suggestions on how to go about establishing the network? Does the 98 machine have the original version of Windows 98, or does it have Windows 98 Second Edition (98SE)? Second Edition can share its Internet connection with other computers, but the original version can't. If possible, I strongly recommend using one of the XP Pro machines to host the dial-up connection, not 98SE. XP's version of Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) is easier to set up and much more reliable than the version in 98SE. To use 98SE as the ICS host and XP Pro as the clients, follow the steps in these web pages: ICS Installation [Win98SE] http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...icsinstall.htm XP ICS - Client Setup Using the Network Setup Wizard http://www.practicallynetworked.com/.../clientwiz.htm To use an XP Pro computer as the ICS host and 98SE and XP Pro as the clients, follow the steps shown he Thank you very much for the info. The network will be for a friend of mine who is buying two new machines for his twins and has the old machine with the modem and printer, etc on it. Thus, the Win 98 machine will default as the internet connection point. This part of planet earth does not have ready access to broadband yet, so dial up it is. I presume I will need wireless cards in each, but would an access point/router be required (or recommended) even though the internet connection is through the third computer and not the access point/router? You're welcome. Here are some ways to set things up with wireless networking: 1. Create an Ad-Hoc wireless network between the three computers, without the need for a wireless access point or router. Each computer would require a wireless network adapter. However, Ad-Hoc is hard to set up, and it can be hard to find a wireless network adapter that works reliably with Win98. 2. Connect a wireless access point to an Ethernet adapter on Win98 and use ICS. 3. Connect a wireless router's LAN port (not its WAN/Internet port) to an Ethernet adapter on Win98, use it as a wireless access point only (disabling its routing capabilities), and use ICS. To use a wireless router as an access point only, disable its built-in DHCP server and assign its LAN interface a static IP address in the same 192.168.0.x subnet that ICS uses. 4. Avoid the need for ICS by getting an Ethernet-equipped dial-up modem like this one: http://www.actiontec.com/products/br...odem/index.php Connect it to the WAN/Internet port of a wireless router. Connect the three computers to the router using wired or wireless connections. -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networking http://mvp.support.microsoft.com Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm |
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Network XP Pro with 98
Again, thank you for the info. I will explore all those options and see
which one works best for my friend. I told him he needed to get three wireless cards and they had to have drivers for Win 98 so it could be used. We will see how that goes. Might be better as you point out to use a different option than the Ad Hoc approach. Not sure what you meant by hard to set up, but I guess I will find that out soon enough. I have set up Ad Hoc networks with just Win XP when I did not have the Access point working properly and I have to admit I sort of stumbled into a functioning arrangement. I figured it was just my inexperience. Perhaps it is more than that. Thank you for your time. Best regards, Alifea "Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote: In article , alifea wrote: I need to set up a network with XP Pro on two machines with the third having 98. The 98 machine is to have the printer and dial up connection. Internet, file and printer sharing are desired. Any suggestions on how to go about establishing the network? Does the 98 machine have the original version of Windows 98, or does it have Windows 98 Second Edition (98SE)? Second Edition can share its Internet connection with other computers, but the original version can't. If possible, I strongly recommend using one of the XP Pro machines to host the dial-up connection, not 98SE. XP's version of Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) is easier to set up and much more reliable than the version in 98SE. To use 98SE as the ICS host and XP Pro as the clients, follow the steps in these web pages: ICS Installation [Win98SE] http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...icsinstall.htm XP ICS - Client Setup Using the Network Setup Wizard http://www.practicallynetworked.com/.../clientwiz.htm To use an XP Pro computer as the ICS host and 98SE and XP Pro as the clients, follow the steps shown he Thank you very much for the info. The network will be for a friend of mine who is buying two new machines for his twins and has the old machine with the modem and printer, etc on it. Thus, the Win 98 machine will default as the internet connection point. This part of planet earth does not have ready access to broadband yet, so dial up it is. I presume I will need wireless cards in each, but would an access point/router be required (or recommended) even though the internet connection is through the third computer and not the access point/router? You're welcome. Here are some ways to set things up with wireless networking: 1. Create an Ad-Hoc wireless network between the three computers, without the need for a wireless access point or router. Each computer would require a wireless network adapter. However, Ad-Hoc is hard to set up, and it can be hard to find a wireless network adapter that works reliably with Win98. 2. Connect a wireless access point to an Ethernet adapter on Win98 and use ICS. 3. Connect a wireless router's LAN port (not its WAN/Internet port) to an Ethernet adapter on Win98, use it as a wireless access point only (disabling its routing capabilities), and use ICS. To use a wireless router as an access point only, disable its built-in DHCP server and assign its LAN interface a static IP address in the same 192.168.0.x subnet that ICS uses. 4. Avoid the need for ICS by getting an Ethernet-equipped dial-up modem like this one: http://www.actiontec.com/products/br...odem/index.php Connect it to the WAN/Internet port of a wireless router. Connect the three computers to the router using wired or wireless connections. -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networking http://mvp.support.microsoft.com Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm |
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Network XP Pro with 98
The post above is absolutely the best, simplest way to go. Win98 hates
wireless cards! I think it even hates AdHoc networks even more. I have the exact same setup running now and I ended up throwing out the wireless card for the Win98 machine. You just can't get the drivers to work right. Buy the router for the 98 machine and use wireless for the XP machines as the previous post noted. Just be sure you turn off the DHCP in the router, the instructions that it comes with will explain how to do that. The rest is fairly simple from there especially if your 98 machine has a NIC installed and configured already. The nice advantage of the router is that if you ever get DSL or cable access you just plug it into the router, re-enable the DHCP and turn off ICS on the 98 machine and your done! alifea wrote: Again, thank you for the info. I will explore all those options and see which one works best for my friend. I told him he needed to get three wireless cards and they had to have drivers for Win 98 so it could be used. We will see how that goes. Might be better as you point out to use a different option than the Ad Hoc approach. Not sure what you meant by hard to set up, but I guess I will find that out soon enough. I have set up Ad Hoc networks with just Win XP when I did not have the Access point working properly and I have to admit I sort of stumbled into a functioning arrangement. I figured it was just my inexperience. Perhaps it is more than that. Thank you for your time. Best regards, Alifea "Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote: In article , alifea wrote: I need to set up a network with XP Pro on two machines with the third having 98. The 98 machine is to have the printer and dial up connection. Internet, file and printer sharing are desired. Any suggestions on how to go about establishing the network? Does the 98 machine have the original version of Windows 98, or does it have Windows 98 Second Edition (98SE)? Second Edition can share its Internet connection with other computers, but the original version can't. If possible, I strongly recommend using one of the XP Pro machines to host the dial-up connection, not 98SE. XP's version of Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) is easier to set up and much more reliable than the version in 98SE. To use 98SE as the ICS host and XP Pro as the clients, follow the steps in these web pages: ICS Installation [Win98SE] http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...icsinstall.htm XP ICS - Client Setup Using the Network Setup Wizard http://www.practicallynetworked.com/.../clientwiz.htm To use an XP Pro computer as the ICS host and 98SE and XP Pro as the clients, follow the steps shown he Thank you very much for the info. The network will be for a friend of mine who is buying two new machines for his twins and has the old machine with the modem and printer, etc on it. Thus, the Win 98 machine will default as the internet connection point. This part of planet earth does not have ready access to broadband yet, so dial up it is. I presume I will need wireless cards in each, but would an access point/router be required (or recommended) even though the internet connection is through the third computer and not the access point/router? You're welcome. Here are some ways to set things up with wireless networking: 1. Create an Ad-Hoc wireless network between the three computers, without the need for a wireless access point or router. Each computer would require a wireless network adapter. However, Ad-Hoc is hard to set up, and it can be hard to find a wireless network adapter that works reliably with Win98. 2. Connect a wireless access point to an Ethernet adapter on Win98 and use ICS. 3. Connect a wireless router's LAN port (not its WAN/Internet port) to an Ethernet adapter on Win98, use it as a wireless access point only (disabling its routing capabilities), and use ICS. To use a wireless router as an access point only, disable its built-in DHCP server and assign its LAN interface a static IP address in the same 192.168.0.x subnet that ICS uses. 4. Avoid the need for ICS by getting an Ethernet-equipped dial-up modem like this one: http://www.actiontec.com/products/br...odem/index.php Connect it to the WAN/Internet port of a wireless router. Connect the three computers to the router using wired or wireless connections. -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networking http://mvp.support.microsoft.com Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm |
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