At 03:53 PM 10/31/98 +1000, you wrote:
>>Unfortunatelt, linux isnt an option either, I only have 2 machines, one will
>>prolly run NT and the other 98, unless 98 can handle the networking stuff I
>>need it to.
>
>Hi
>I'm not quite sure what the issue is here. The discussion appears to be
>currently centered around getting the other computer(s) on your home
>network to use the internet. I haven't used ISDN (way way too expensive
>here) but I'm assuming you get that bit working for your main computer and
>you have the other one connected to it via ethernet.
>
>I use Wingate (http://www.wingate.com/) to act as the proxy to share the
>one IP address (and 198.168.0.x internally as Rich mentioned). It also does
>all the proxies and port redirections. It can even, if I desire, allow one
>of the "internal" computers to be seen by the "outside". That way I can run
>a webcam from my Mac out via the NT.
Well.. The only problem with wingate that I had was that many
TCP/IP programs didn't wanna play well with it (ICQ and many
internet based games).
>Anyway... it is free if you only need to connect one extra computer (at a
>time) to the internet as you seem to do. I now have a five user license for
>my 6 computer network. For a year, I just had an NT box with a Mac
>connected to it via a simple (crossed over) ethernet cable (no hub) using
>wingate. Worked just fine!
Matt Soffen
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