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Anonymous   04-01-2001 at 02:25:54 AM

Following some earlier excellent advice, I acquired a NIC and crossover cable to make a LAN. My goal was to share a DSL connection between the two computers. Since the DSL modem is internal, I chose to network the computers this way. My local network works fine (I can see the two computers and access files) but I am at a loss how to configure the second computer to access the Internet via the first computer's DSL connection. The DSL service does not provide support for networked connections :(
The question is: what do I have to do in IE or network configuration (or wherever) to use the DSL connection of the first computer on the second one? I am running WIN98 on both and when I start explorer on the second comp with the DSL connection up in the first one, I cannot get any web pages. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
jem007

PS: I have WIN 98 original not SE, so no built-in "sharing" program. Do I need one to do this; if so, should I just buy the upgrade to SE, a separate piece of software, or are there any free downloads that will do this? (anyone know any warez sites? :)
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by jem007 on 03/31/01 07:42 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

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machow   04-01-2001 at 03:01:38 AM
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To share connection, you need the computer with Internet connection to become a <i>proxy</i> server, which means it emulates all those networking packets. You need to install a program to make it work, like Winproxy, Wingate etc. The clients configuration will be given by the program, so I won't write it here. And, recommendation to warez sites? Heck, no. It's <b>ILLEGAL</b>. Besides, this is a open forum, not underground.

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Anonymous   04-01-2001 at 06:16:14 AM
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Easy there, I was just kidding about the warez, hence the :) after it...
Thanks for recommending some programs; you didn't specify, but I am assuming these are stand-alone programs, right? Or is Winproxy part of Windows or an update package?

Thanks,
jem

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machow   04-01-2001 at 06:20:28 AM
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Yeah Winproxy is a standalone program. I use it myself. (cracked... hehe. Just joking!) I never tried other programs, but Winproxy is fine with me. Lots of advanced options and supporting DUN modems. But that wouldn't apply to you anyways.

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BrainStorm   04-02-2001 at 01:53:15 AM
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Search for "proxy+" on www.download.com, it is free for up to 3 users and reliable from my experience. Even if it is less intuitive than Winproxy, take the time to read the docs and it will be fine.

Hope that helps.

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Anonymous   04-03-2001 at 12:44:56 AM
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If you have Windows 98SE/ME/2k you can use Internet Connection Sharing built into windows. It's basically the same as wingate.

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FLINTSTONE   04-05-2001 at 05:25:02 PM
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Will this work if the "host" computer has an usb adsl modem also or is there a better way to network the machines?
I have a router, hub and nic cards for three copmuters and with this damn usb modem, i don't know how to put them together. All three are running windows ME. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

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Anonymous   04-05-2001 at 06:58:14 PM
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Windows ME has Internet Connection Sharing built-in (although you might have to enable it withing the Add/Remove programs - Windows Setup).

Hook up one PC with the USB DSL modem and make sure it works fine (ie: can connect to the 'net).

This PC will also be the gateway to the internet for your LAN. From the NIC on that PC (we'll call it PC#1) you'll go into your hub. The other PCs will also go into that hub from their NICs. You have to use TCP/IP on each PC, and they should use some private naming address like 192.168.1.x (or whatever you'd like but each machine has to have it's own uniqe address within the same subnet).

Each of these PCs (#2 and #3) have to point their gateway address to PC#1's LAN address (in their TCP/IP settings). PC#1 knows to pass the stuff along to the internet thanks to internet connection sharing (which you have to set up... and i'm pretty sure it'll tell you exactly what to do (I just summed it up for ya))...

Hope that helped out a bit?

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