Network between 2 98SE machines on broadband?

Hi,

Is it possible to network two PC's running Windows 98SE both using
broadband? Mine has a fixed IP don't know about the other yet as it is
not yet installed.

Thanks

Gerald

In article <O486$$(E-Mail Removed)>, Gerald Bramwell
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Is it possible to network two PC's running Windows 98SE both using
>broadband? Mine has a fixed IP don't know about the other yet as it is
>not yet installed.
>
>Thanks
>
>Gerald

Are the two PCs located in the same house? If so, get an inexpensive
broadband router to share a single Internet IP address between them.
The router will give the computers compatible private IP addresses and
allow them to network with each other.

Are the two PCs in different locations, with separate broadband
Internet connections? If so, trying to network them with each other
over the Internet is very difficult and might expose them to undesired
access by other Internet users.
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>Hi,
>
>Is it possible to network two PC's running Windows 98SE both using
>broadband? Mine has a fixed IP don't know about the other yet as it is
>not yet installed.
>
>Thanks
>
>Gerald

I did it sucessfully. I also had two Atari computers on the Lan.
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Steve Winograd [MVP] wrote:
> In article <O486$$(E-Mail Removed)>, Gerald Bramwell
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>Is it possible to network two PC's running Windows 98SE both using
>>broadband? Mine has a fixed IP don't know about the other yet as it is
>>not yet installed.
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Gerald
>
>
> Are the two PCs located in the same house? If so, get an inexpensive
> broadband router to share a single Internet IP address between them.
> The router will give the computers compatible private IP addresses and
> allow them to network with each other.
>
> Are the two PCs in different locations, with separate broadband
> Internet connections? If so, trying to network them with each other
> over the Internet is very difficult and might expose them to undesired
> access by other Internet users.

They are about 2 miles apart on two ISPs