Help!! how to setup a server under win....

[StoneG]

i need to setup a lan at home to share my ISDN line, printer and files between two computers.

i think it'll be good to get a new cheap machine to setup a server on it so my two main workstations will be only clients (one win98se (gaming, recording studio) other win2000 (office apps).

so i need some advice,

will i get any real advantage from setting up a server?
should i run ICS on one of the machines and forget the server?

any help will be realy apreciated.

thanks in advance.

 

[Quickfingerz]

it depends on what you want to do with the server. My friend has a computer that is a webserver hosting a domain and hosting an FTP site and that computer is also the one that runs ICS. i'd reccomend using a server only if you'll have lots of clients. if not, then i think using one of your current computers will be fine.

 

[StoneG]

the main reason i was thinking about setting up a server is that i didn't want to use any resources from my computers runnig a server on any of them as i use them for multitrack recording and gaming.

any other suggestions?

 

[blstriker]

You could do a combo and run ICS on your server. The server could also be a websever or ftp site. It wouldn't compromise your two other workstations.