most likely something really simple

[AA0]

unfortunately I am super clueless about networking. I've read countless network articles and the faqs, but no help.

I have a win98se box here, and a winNT box I want to connect, and share the internet, files, and printers.
The 98se has to be the host, it has the dsl connection coming in through one nic, and another nic going through a 5 port switch to the NT box. I think the hardware is setup right.

First off, setting up the NT box seems to be the easiest, but I'm not sure. I set an ip address of 192.168.0.1, is that right? 255.255.255.0 also, and used mshome as workgroup. mshome was used as part of a failed networking wizard, so I'm leaving it the same on both comps.
I'm not sure what to install in NT to get it to work, it looks like it might be ok, but maybe it just can't see anything from the 98 comp.

On the 98, I have ics, tcpip, and netbeui installed. tcpip on the network card, is set to obtain ip address automatically, and dhcp is used. Nothing in gateway, and I have dns enabled, but not much in it except for the name of the computer.

Setting up the host seems to be assumed everywhere I look, they go into great detail on how to do the comp attached to it, but its always in 98, not NT.

 

[AA0]

I've finally got the 98 computer to show up on the NT, but I can't get NT to show up on 98. I can't share the printers, something about not saving settings, and file sharing isn't anywhere to be found. The help files crash in NT so I can't use them. I haven't tried ICS yet, should be working.

 

[AA0]

thanks for all the help so far...

I figured out the service pack 6 said it was installed, but really wasn't properly. I can get both comps to see eachother, but the NT seems passworded. The normal NT password doesn't work when transferring files, and I didn't put any new passwords in. No password doesn't work either.

The only other problem is that ICS does not seem to work. I use the ICS disk in NT, and it says there is no network adapter installed, but there obviously is since I just transfer service pack 6 over it.
I'm using bell sympatico high speed, if it makes a difference, I heard there were problems with it, but I thought they have been fixed.

 

[Ben]

On the NT box you should go into Administrative Tools>User Accounts and enable the "guest" account so the Win98 box can get to the NT shares.

The ICS in 98se always was a little buggy for me. Is that your only option for ICS?

If the setup disk won't work you can try and configure the NT box manually.

 

[MoMeanMugs]

192.168.0.1 needs to be assigned to the 98 box if it is going to be the host. Use 192.168.0.1 as the gateway address on the NT box.

 

[AA0]

thanks, that should probably do it for the password. How do you configure it manually?

I was told that the 98, as host need to use DHCP. Is what MoMeanMugs said setting it up manually? I'll try to do it when I get back to the comp, probably monday. If I take it off DHCP, is there anything else that needs to change, so I don't lose anything? The two nics in the 98 box make rebooting a pain.

 

[MoMeanMugs]

You would set your NIC with the DSL connected to DHCP only if you get a dynamic IP from your ISP. However, the NIC serving the internet to your network has to use the IP 192.168.0.1 if you want to use ICS. I'd bet ya your year's salary on it.

 

[Ben]

It's been a long time since I've used the Win98 ICS so I don't remember exactly how it works. But with the ICS in W2K you want to set the NIC attached to your DSL to DHCP. Then, once you try to share you Internet connnection, the setup program will set the NIC attached to your LAN to a static IP, something like "192.168.0.1". Then any clients on your LAN set their IP to DHCP and the ICS box assigns them an IP number.