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DSL-Dave - 07 Nov 2005 03:24 GMT

I have a laptop running Win98se with an internal NIC and a WiFi card.
I would like to connect a second laptop, which only has an internal NIC to
the first laptop.
I've tried various combinations, none of which work, and am thinking that I
may need a
bridge between the two adapters on the first laptop. Can this be done in
software?
If I assign addresses to the NICs, I can network the two machines, but can
no longer access the wireless router via the first laptop. In that case,
there are no address conflicts on the network.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Dave

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Steve Winograd [MVP] - 07 Nov 2005 08:52 GMT

>I have a laptop running Win98se with an internal NIC and a WiFi card.
>I would like to connect a second laptop, which only has an internal NIC to
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>Thanks,
>Dave

Do you want the second laptop to have Internet access through the
first laptop? If so, enable Internet Connection Sharing on the first
laptop, as shown here:

ICS Installation [Win98SE]
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/ics/icsinstall.htm

If not, the two laptops should be able to network with no
configuration needed other than making sure that they use a different
TCP/IP subnet than the wireless router.

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Steve Winograd [MVP] - 07 Nov 2005 09:03 GMT

>>I have a laptop running Win98se with an internal NIC and a WiFi card.
>>I would like to connect a second laptop, which only has an internal NIC to
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>configuration needed other than making sure that they use a different
>TCP/IP subnet than the wireless router.

Something that I forgot to mention: If you want to enable ICS, check
the router's TCP/IP subnet. If it's 192.168.0.x, change the router to
another subnet, such as 192.168.1.x.

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DSL-Dave - 07 Nov 2005 22:25 GMT

Hi Steve,

Thanks for the suggestions, I will give them a try later tonight.
This is only a temporary lash-up, and if all else fails, I will just use a
spare USB WiFi adapter on the 2nd computer (if I can find where I put the
dang thing... If they make this stuff any smaller, we will have to use
personal RFID to find the buggers...)

Dave

> >>I have a laptop running Win98se with an internal NIC and a WiFi card.
> >>I would like to connect a second laptop, which only has an internal NIC to
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> the router's TCP/IP subnet. If it's 192.168.0.x, change the router to
> another subnet, such as 192.168.1.x.

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DSL-Dave - 13 Nov 2005 05:25 GMT

Steve,

I finally got around to adding my spare adapter to the computer.
Unfortunately, since I am running WinXP Pro 64 bit version on that computer,
there is no driver yet available for the card! Curses, foiled again!

Dave

> Hi Steve,
>
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> > the router's TCP/IP subnet. If it's 192.168.0.x, change the router to
> > another subnet, such as 192.168.1.x.

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Anorack Ted - 14 Nov 2005 17:41 GMT

> I have a laptop running Win98se with an internal NIC and a WiFi card.
> I would like to connect a second laptop, which only has an internal NIC to
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
> Thanks,
> Dave

Have you thought of installing an Apache web server V1 (v2 is experiment
if think)and getting at the conf file, bind/listen on IP addr. of the
NIC adapter then enabling the proxy options. Run the server as an auto
run service.
Connect another client PC via a cross-wired cable or use a hud and have
may clients.
It work with most website, but not all. Which can be as pain!
Ted.

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