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Sharing Internetconnection
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With IE 5.5 and updates to 98Se I believe there is a new protocol called internet sharing protocol, this allows you to share the internet with those in you house through a Peer to Peer network. Unless you have DSL or Cable, then you have to get either a cable router or a DSL router, call the company that houses you ISP and tell them how many computers are on your network. They'll instruct you on this.
If you do not have IE 5.5, you'll have to pick up a proxy server/client package, like WinProxy and set up the computers to use this.
If you do not have IE 5.5, you'll have to pick up a proxy server/client package, like WinProxy and set up the computers to use this.
The internet connection sharing is quite dificult to configure properly try something like sygate internet sharing @
If you have an old 486 kicking around you could always convert it into a router using coyote linux, the software is free and now the author has released the windows utility that allows you to create the boot disk from your windows machine.
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I use it at work and it is great, no fuss no muss. It seems to work best with so-called obsolete equipment.... Plus it is a million times more secure then M$ internet connection sharing
Troy Williams B.Eng.
fenris@hotmail.com
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I use it at work and it is great, no fuss no muss. It seems to work best with so-called obsolete equipment.... Plus it is a million times more secure then M$ internet connection sharing
Troy Williams B.Eng.
fenris@hotmail.com
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