Subj : Newbie Networking Question To : Frank Reid From : Bennie Hutto Date : Tue May 29 2001 05:04 am Hello Frank! 29 May 01 09:30, you wrote to all: BH>> To be Client machine: BH>> 486DX/100mhz machine, Win98SE, 16meg RAM. 1 of the BH>> IBM NIC's is installed in this machine. FR> You mention DOS... is the client to be running DOS? Well, no and yes.. It will be running Win98SE but I would like to be able to access the DOS prompt on the client machine. The reason I ask this particular question is, I seem to remember some years ago when a client machine had the drive letters begin with Z: and c: was the server machine. I could be totally off base here since it has been quite some time since I saw a configuration like that. BH>> but the modem syncs up and the same program shows me my correct IP BH>> address, something's just not jiveing between the NIC card and the BH>> adapter card that the Alcatel installed under the Network Adapters BH>> in the System device drivers. Is there a way to set the 'default'? FR> Are you loading the Internet Connection Sharing package from Win98SE? FR> That's what allows a remote computer to use the active Internet FR> connection (Alcatel DSL router). The Alcatel isn't a router, it's just a USB DSL modem. And a program recommended to me was Sygate Network Manager (www.sygate.com), which I can find did absolutely no good. FR> A couple observations/comments. First, you're going to need to load FR> client software on the DOS (assumed) machine in order for it to do FR> networking. There FR> are only a few options for DOS. The best, in my opinion, is LANtastic FR> (www.lantastic.com). It will provide full client and server FR> networking capabilities on both the DOS and the Windows machines. FR> Microsoft also released a DOS-capable client software many years ago. FR> I'm unsure if you can still find it, but it used to be on their site FR> as MSCLIENT*.ZIP, I believe. I'll check out these sites, thanks. FR> Next, your mileage is going to vary greatly using the cross-over cable FR> configuration you described. Typically, a 10Base-T network ("wide FR> phone jacks") requires a hub or switch to control traffic. I know FR> that you can network two machines with a cross-over, as you described, FR> but when you throw in the Internet Connection Sharing capability and FR> remote file/print, I think you ask too much of that. FR> So, my suggestions are: FR> 1) Find appropriate client software for your DOS machine. If you FR> want to share files *from* DOS, your options are limited. If you only FR> need to share files from the Windows machine, you might even get by FR> with the Novell IPX client talking to Windows. If you want to do FR> TCP/IP, you're going to need an NDIS-type driver for your DOS machine. FR> That means you will have to identify the model/manufacturer and FR> download an appropriate driver diskette. FR> 2) Load the Internet Connection Sharing stuff on your Win98SE FR> machine. Once you have the NDIS driver working correctly on the DOS FR> machine, this is what's required to masquerade it through the Win98SE FR> machine to get out on the FR> Internet. Once ICS is installed, it will handle all the "defaults" FR> you mentioned, in terms of routing packets out to the Internet. FR> 3) Invest in a cheap, 4-port hub for your protected network. This FR> will eliminate the potential issues having two adapters in the Windows FR> machine, FR> with one of them direct-wired via cross-over. Thanks Frank! I'll let you know how it turns out. Regards, Bennie --- WildCat! * ViaMail! * GoldED+ * Origin: The Wall BBS, Augusta Ga: Where the fun *never* ends! (1:360/5) .