Re: Networking home computers
- From: "N. Miller" <anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 04:53:11 -0700
On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 16:56:01 -0700, bagruba wrote:
> I did run the network setup on both the xp machine and then the win 98
> machine. Maybe I didn't choose the right options, though. Once I did that,
> it added an "internet gateway" to each of the machines? Do you have any
> advice as to what options I should select during that wizard?
You don't want an Internet Gateway on either machine. That is an ICS
setting, which makes that computer a gateway to the Internet. Your Linksys
router (WRT54G? WRT54GS?) is the gateway, so you shouldn't have any other
gateway.
> I hadn't thought about the firewall....I'll give that a try.
The Linksys WRT54G/GS is a one-to-many NAT router which drops unsolicited
packets, so it functions as an effective firewall for practical purposes.
In this case, you can safely disable the Windows firewall for your testing.
However, you may have a browse master conflict. I am not sure it Windwos 98
is affected, but Windows ME will fight with Windows XP to be the LAN browse
master. Sometimes, in a mixed LAN, it is better to turn off browse master
on the Windows ME computers. As I said, that may, or may not be an issue
with Windows 98.
--
Norman
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~Fin dein a loluca, En dragu a sei lain
~Vi fa-ru les shutai am, En riga-lint
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