[kegswindows] Re: Networking
- From: "Roger James" <roger@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <kegswindows@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2002 08:00:24 -0700
Hi Mr. Russell How is everything? Hope to talk to you later, I have not =
been on the computer as much as I would like. I have been sick for the =
past two years. I have cancer in my head It was growing for the past two =
years I think. now they give my one to two years, I cant walk very well =
and have other things going on. Talk to you later.
Roger
Arlene/Roger
people will forget what you said ....
people will forget what you did ....
but people will never forget how you made them feel
----- Original Message -----=20
From: "Pat Russell" <patrussell@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <kegswindows@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 11:13 PM
Subject: [kegswindows] Re: Networking
>=20
> Far and away the simplest solution is to put a modem on each computer =
and
> set each up separately to dial your ISP and connect to the Internet. =
If you
> have enough separate phone lines you can even have both of them on the
> Internet at the same time as a lot of ISPs do not bother to check for
> multiple simultaneous connections. It is cheating, however, to do so. =
A
> simple way to avoid this is to use one phone line for both computers. =
That
> way, the first one gets in and the second one gets a "no dial tone" =
error.
> Of course, if this is your one and only phone line then probably =
neither of
> your computers will get in due to competition from the female members =
of
> your house hold.
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> If you don't want to go the simple, 2 modem way, then both '98 and XP
> support something called Windows Connection Sharing. I have =
implemented
> this on a cable modem with Windows 2000 server. It should work better =
on XP
> than on '98 so if you have one of each computer use the XP one as the
> "Master". If you implement using '98 then the Master must be up and =
logged
> in for ICS to work.
>=20
> ICS does two things. One is it provides rudimentary networking =
capability
> by implementing TCP/IP and something called DHCP, all with automatic,
> default settings so you can network the two connections together. The =
other
> thing it does is it senses if either computer wants to access the =
Internet.
> If one does, it automatically runs the dial up and log in process to =
get you
> connected. There is usually a 15 or 20 minute inactivity timeout to =
hang
> you up once you stop using the connection.
>=20
> You can use both computers to browse the web or access mail at Hotmail =
or
> any of the web based mail services. You can access the e-mail account =
that
> comes with your Internet account but you have to look out for messages
> getting downloaded to the other computer. So it is best to always =
access a
> particular mail account from a particular computer. This works out =
well if
> your ISP provides multiple accounts and your account is set up on one
> computer and your wife's on the other.
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> Et up is pretty straight ahead. On the Master computer set up your =
dial up
> networking and make sure your network card is installed and working =
ok.
> Then drill down to where your network cards are (Right-click "Network
> Neighborhood" and select "Properties" on '98; Start, Control Panel, =
Network
> and Internet Connections, Network Connections on XP). Select =
"Properties"
> on your Network Card Icons. You should have one for your dial up and =
one
> for the NIC card. I never remember which one to do it on. There =
should be
> an "Internet Connection Sharing" check box around somewhere. Check it =
and
> you will end up going through a configuration wizard. You should end =
up
> with the IP information blanked out on your NIC card although it's =
always
> 192.168.0.1. Other computers on your home network will end up with IP
> addresses of 192.168.0.nnn, where nnn is between 2 and 254.
>=20
> There is also a way to make a floppy which will automatically =
configure your
> "Slave" PCs. With this as an outline check out the Help on your boxes =
and
> look up "Internet Connection Sharing" or ICS. Now you see why I =
recommend
> the 2 modem approach.
>=20
> -----Original Message-----
> From: kegswindows-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:kegswindows-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Kurt Mincin
> Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 10:51 PM
> To: KEGS (Windows) SIG
> Subject: [kegswindows] Networking
>=20
> Now that I have a 2nd computer, I'm going to network them. I =
understand
> that cabling is the cheapest way. I would like both computers to =
access the
> internet by dial-up, since I don't have a choice for high-speed in my =
area
> at this time. How do I decide between Client/Server or Peer/Peer =
setup? Is
> there much difference between using 98 versus XP?
>=20
> Thanks
> Kurt Mincin
>=20
>=20
>=20
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