ICS

Hi there,

Is there an easy way to setup ICS with a Windows 98se PC to a XP PC ?

What kind of software would I need to use?

Thanks in advance.

night walker




Night Walker

forgot to say, i've got BT Broadband
"Night Walker" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi there,
>
> Is there an easy way to setup ICS with a Windows 98se PC to a XP PC ?
>
> What kind of software would I need to use?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> night walker
>
>

"Night Walker" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> forgot to say, i've got BT Broadband
> "Night Walker" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:40055e16$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi there,
> >
> > Is there an easy way to setup ICS with a Windows 98se PC to a XP PC ?
> >
> > What kind of software would I need to use?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > night walker
> >



The easiet way to do it would be to have the XP PC connecting to
your BT Broadband account, and then linking the PC's together
somehow - either through network RJ45 cables or even a USB
hub. All you do on the XP PC is to set the dial-up connection
to 'share this connection' in windows XP - no software is needed.
This would mean the XP PC would need to be on in order for
the Win98SE PC to connect to the internet.

Another way is to buy a router - we have a Draytek Vigor 2600, but
it costs about £140. EBuyer have an 'our-brand' router for about
£40 I think, which does pretty much the same thing. If you buy
a router both PC's will of course need a network card/plug and
cables. This is a slighty better way of doing things, as the router
functions like a network switch, and only it has to be switched on
to connect to BT.


James H

Night Walker bashed at the keyboard and said:
> Hi there,
>
> Is there an easy way to setup ICS with a Windows 98se PC to a XP PC ?
>
> What kind of software would I need to use?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> night walker

Hi

How to connect more than one PC to the Internet: http://tinyurl.com/yg4k

HTH
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"Mcploppy ©" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Night Walker bashed at the keyboard and said:
> > Hi there,
> >
> > Is there an easy way to setup ICS with a Windows 98se PC to a XP PC ?
> >
> > What kind of software would I need to use?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > night walker
>
> Hi
>
> How to connect more than one PC to the Internet: http://tinyurl.com/yg4k
>
> HTH
> --
> McPloppy ©
>

Really useful for a Windows 98 group.
It has this in the article:

What do you need to get started?

All the computers in your network must be running either Windows 2000 or
Windows XP

Night Walker bashed at the keyboard and said:
> Hi there,
>
> Is there an easy way to setup ICS with a Windows 98se PC to a XP PC ?
>
> What kind of software would I need to use?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> night walker

You might want to ahve a look here also:
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_ics/

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On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 15:21:36 -0000, "Night Walker" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Hi there,
>
>Is there an easy way to setup ICS with a Windows 98se PC to a XP PC ?
>
>What kind of software would I need to use?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>night walker
>
To use ICS you don't need any additional software, ICS comes free with both
OS's. However, it's not installed by default on win98, you have to goto :-
add/remove programs/ windows components and install it from the Win98 CD

On XP it's installed when you install XP.

the cheapest way to network two PC's is:-
2 x Ethernet network cards ( NICs) 10/100 type
1 x Ethernert cat5 CROSS-OVER cable

It's important that it's a CROSS-OVER cable and not a `straight' cable though
you can use a `straight' cable with a `cross-over' adapter on one end.

And to learn how to do it, you can't do better then use the tutorials on

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_ics/

as suggested by Mcploppy

Clansman

O
> To use ICS you don't need any additional software, ICS comes free with
> both OS's. However, it's not installed by default on win98, you have to
> goto :- add/remove programs/ windows components and install it from the
> Win98 CD
>
> On XP it's installed when you install XP.
>
> the cheapest way to network two PC's is:- 2 x Ethernet network cards (
> NICs) 10/100 type 1 x Ethernert cat5 CROSS-OVER cable
>
> It's important that it's a CROSS-OVER cable and not a `straight' cable
> though you can use a `straight' cable with a `cross-over' adapter on one
> end.
>
> And to learn how to do it, you can't do better then use the tutorials on
>
> http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_ics/
>
> as suggested by Mcploppy
>
> Clansman

If you buy a router, you don't need all this bother.

Dave

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And you were born knowing all about ms windows....??

Clansman wrote:
> It's important that it's a CROSS-OVER cable and not a `straight' cable though
> you can use a `straight' cable with a `cross-over' adapter on one end.

These sound bloody useful. Any ideas where I can get them from? I
apologise that this is severely OT.

try ebay...
"Anton Gysen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> Clansman wrote:
> > It's important that it's a CROSS-OVER cable and not a `straight' cable
though
> > you can use a `straight' cable with a `cross-over' adapter on one end.
>
> These sound bloody useful. Any ideas where I can get them from? I
> apologise that this is severely OT.
>