Win 98 as a file / print server?

I have a Windows 98 machine (it's an old clunker - 486 or P1 I
think...). I want to connect this to my LAN at home and use it as a
file and print server for two laptops. My laptops are Win2000 and XP.

How would I set up the Windows 98 machine to make itself known on the
network? I have no other machines on my LAN and my Linksys router
does DHCP allocation.

Thanks ,
Chris

Chris MacNeil wrote:

> I have a Windows 98 machine (it's an old clunker - 486 or P1 I
> think...). I want to connect this to my LAN at home and use it as a
> file and print server for two laptops. My laptops are Win2000 and XP.
>
> How would I set up the Windows 98 machine to make itself known on the
> network? I have no other machines on my LAN and my Linksys router
> does DHCP allocation.
>
> Thanks ,
> Chris

You install a network card in it and turn on print sharing.

But I don't think that's a good idea, because the amount of money
you're going to spend on electricity to keep it running for a year
would probably buy a cheap print server designed specifically for
the task, and which you can tuck away where it won't even be noticed.

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CJT wrote:

> Chris MacNeil wrote:
>
>> I have a Windows 98 machine (it's an old clunker - 486 or P1 I
>> think...). I want to connect this to my LAN at home and use it as a
>> file and print server for two laptops. My laptops are Win2000 and XP.
>>
>> How would I set up the Windows 98 machine to make itself known on the
>> network? I have no other machines on my LAN and my Linksys router
>> does DHCP allocation.
>>
>> Thanks ,
>> Chris
>
>
> You install a network card in it and turn on print

and file

sharing.
>
> But I don't think that's a good idea, because the amount of money
> you're going to spend on electricity to keep it running for a year
> would probably buy a cheap print server designed specifically for
> the task, and which you can tuck away where it won't even be noticed.
>
Scratch that last bit -- I forgot you said you were going to file serve,
too.

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