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| 81776 | 2002-09-21 14:20:00 | Hi Guys, I have a problem getting my network to internet properly. I have two PC's, one running win98 and the other Win XP, I have then set up in a LAN. I want the Win 98 PC to conect via dialup to the internet, this has been set up with no problems. The problem is I cannot access the internet from my Win XP PC, although I know this should be possible through the LAN Connection to my Win 98 PC, ie having the Win 98 PC as the main access point to the internet. Any suggests on how I can get my Win XP PC to recocognise the internet connection existing in the LAN already? Cheers. AM. |
Aaronmik (1977) | ||
| 81777 | 2002-09-21 15:07:00 | You can save yourself alot of trouble by having Win XP connect to the internet directly and have 98 connect to xp and then the internet.Then you can run xp home network wizard and set it all up easyer. sorry about the spell. |
BootyLicious (526) | ||
| 81778 | 2002-09-21 19:31:00 | Booty is right. Letting XP be the host computer will enable easier networking. If any other problems, I think XP has an option hidden somewhere saying that, 'If your other computer on the network is not XP click here'. So just have a browse. Zan |
Phate (1499) | ||
| 81779 | 2002-09-21 23:32:00 | The above advice is ok but doesn't answer the question. Have a look at www.webattack.com which has many free proxy servers that you'll need to make an ICS (internet connection sharing) machine. Find one that fits your needs and follow the instructions in setting it up. ICS proxy is usually only installed on the host machine (your Win98 comp in this case) then all the computers just connect to that computer by filling in the LAN (local area network) details in Internet Explorer or other web browsers. It's usually a good idea to set your host's IP (internet protocol) for your NIC (Network Interface Card) as static (which means that the IP address doesn't change) and allow the rest to get their IPs automatically assigned from DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) or just make them static as well. This way your LAN settings should never need to change in the case that the IP assigned to the Win98 machine didn't change. For example you set your Win98's Network Card's IP to 192.168.1.1 and subnet 255.255.255.0 the XP machine IP can then be anything from 192.168.1.2-255 with a subnet of 255.255.255.0. You set XP's gateway as 192.168.1.1. I hope this helps. I didn't suggest Win98's ICS since I find other programs do much better jobs. |
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