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popper · 22-10-2006, 13:59

he doesnt want to spend on extra's (#4)to get this going or he could have done it as per #3 real easy.

CM===win2000/xp=X=win98
or
CM===win2000/xp=wireless/adhoc=win98
or
CM===wireless/router===to all machines in the house
or
CM===win2000/xp=nullX-serial=win98 (slow but works)
or get some (techy)wingate type software and have win95/98 as the first/master machine instead of win2000/xp.

wireless pci cards or wireless usb2.0 sticks in adhoc mode would have been easyest, as already said, but not as fast for transfering files from pc-to-pc as 100/1000 pci cards would be......

for any future readers, download,burn and boot a linux livecd and check that your main machine can connect to the net and then you can use that as your emergency bootdisk to come here and ask question if you messup the setting etc,simple....

1:
'===' equals straight through rj45 cable
'=X=' equals cross over rj45 cable

2:
you can replace the CM==='to what ever' with normal USB cable if you must/want

3:
CM equals stand alone Cable Modem or the inbuilt stb Cable Modem, but its far esyer with the stand alone one.

22-10-2006, 13:59	#19
popper Inactive Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 3,270	Re: First post - how best to connect another pc to the internet he doesnt want to spend on extra's (#4)to get this going or he could have done it as per #3 real easy. CM===win2000/xp=X=win98 or CM===win2000/xp=wireless/adhoc=win98 or CM===wireless/router===to all machines in the house or CM===win2000/xp=nullX-serial=win98 (slow but works) or get some (techy)wingate type software and have win95/98 as the first/master machine instead of win2000/xp. wireless pci cards or wireless usb2.0 sticks in adhoc mode would have been easyest, as already said, but not as fast for transfering files from pc-to-pc as 100/1000 pci cards would be...... for any future readers, download,burn and boot a linux livecd and check that your main machine can connect to the net and then you can use that as your emergency bootdisk to come here and ask question if you messup the setting etc,simple.... 1: '===' equals straight through rj45 cable '=X=' equals cross over rj45 cable 2: you can replace the CM==='to what ever' with normal USB cable if you must/want 3: CM equals stand alone Cable Modem or the inbuilt stb Cable Modem, but its far esyer with the stand alone one.