Basic Networking

I have two computers both working on Windows 98 SE and I have been tring to get them networked but it does not work. I have this high speed wireless internet. And would anyone know how to get the main computer to be a host? Could anyone give me any info?

Hi,

To get the computers networking try some of these things:

Make sure the computers are on the same workgroup.

Make sure TCP/IP network protocol installed on both computers.

Set IP addresses correctly:
Eg: computer 1 (with Internet connection) IP:192.168.0.1
subnet: 255.255.255.0

computer 2 IP: 192.168.0.2
subnet: 255.255.255.0

You then should be able to ping from one computer to another.

If you can't, are the cables / wireless connection working OK?Is there any firewall software running?

To share the Internet, the first computer with the Internet connection should have a feature called Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) - I'm pretty certain this comes with 98. You need to enable this, and on the second computer, in TCP/IP settings, set the default gateway to 192.168.0.1

HTH,

Edwin

You may have to go to Control Panel/Add Remove Programs/Windows Setup/Communications and check Internet Connection Sharing. It isn't installed by default.