Help!! Need some networking advice

[Arkitech]

I have a Win98 machine with 2 Nic cards (both are D-Link cards) one is attached to a 3com DSL modem and the other is attached to a 5 port hub. My 2nd machine is also Win98 with a Dlink card that is attached to a hub. My question is, is it possible to have internet access between both machines and also have the ability yo netwoth both PC's.

Thanks for any help or suggestions

 

[Arkitech]

^^^ Please excuse the typos, I've been losing sleep over this problem

 

[SaturnX]

Yes you can share net access and files/resources etc between the computers. Since you're using Win98, it has Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) (though I'm not sure if it only came with 98SE) Well once you have your computers networks to share files etc.. simply run ICS and then follow the instructions and you're on your way.

--Mark

 

[Arkitech]

Is it possible to have 2 Nic cards in the same PC with different IP addresses?

 

[Elledan]

<< Is it possible to have 2 Nic cards in the same PC with different IP addresses? >>

Yes, this is possible.

For sharing the internet access I recommend using Sygate:

www.sybergen.com

 

[JimMc]

Go here PracticallyNetworked . Everything you need to know. If you have 98SE, you already have ICS software, otherwise you'll need Sygate, something similar, or a router.

 

[prontospyder]

Try AnalogX Proxy 2.0 for internet sharing. It was a snap to set up, it's free, and is highly recommended by most people on CNet.

 

[dszd0g]

<< Is it possible to have 2 Nic cards in the same PC with different IP addresses? >>



Under some operating systems (i.e. Linux) it is even possible for the same NIC to have more than one IP address which is called IP aliasing. This can be useful if you have multiple IP addresses assigned from your ISP and you have more computers than that on your LAN and use a private network (i.e. 10.x.x.x).

Having multiple network cards in the same machine is called multi-homing. One has to be careful if one combines routers and multiple multi-homed machines in order to avoid creating routing loops. Some OSes turn on forwarding by default, others do not.

Arkitech, also if it starts annoying you that you have to have the multi-homed machine on for the second machine to access the net you can look into a hardware solution. Netgear makes a good cable/DSL router RT311 and one with a 4 port switch to make a router/switch the RT314. Linksys also makes the BEFSR router(/switch(/USB)) series of products that have won many awards. I'm personally a Netgear person though. To each their own. Cisco and others also makes very expensive solutions to the issue.