Sam
March 29th 03, 04:31 AM
Thanks, I'll give it a go...
Sam.
>-----Original Message-----
>Well I am doing that right now.
>
>Just set up the win 98 machine on your network and setup
>the lap top later on as the client.
>
>ICS requires some mucking around deleting & reinstalling
>etc but eventually everything is OK
>
>HT
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Hi, I'm back.
>>Well, I was able to get my network running, but I have
my
>>xp as the ICS and the 98 as client. The thing is I would
>>like this visa-versa. I have read a few support articles
>>about networking with XP, and they say the XP computer
>>SHOULD not HAS TO be the ICS. So it should be possible
to
>>have my 98 as the ICS right?
>>Reason: My 98 (which is SE) is a desktop, and my XP is a
>>laptop. I would like to be able to take my laptop with
me
>>when I want, that's the reason why I bought it, but at
>the
>>moment, if someone wants to get on the internet, my
>laptop
>>has to be connected to the LAN. Can I just disable ICS
>>host on my XP and enable it on the 98SE, fill in the
>>internet connection details and then reboot and it'll
>>work? I just dont want to try it unless I know that it's
>>possible cause I had hassles getting a network running
in
>>the first place and I don't want to play around with it.
>>Thanks in advance,
>>Sam.
>>.
>>
>.
>
Sam.
>-----Original Message-----
>Well I am doing that right now.
>
>Just set up the win 98 machine on your network and setup
>the lap top later on as the client.
>
>ICS requires some mucking around deleting & reinstalling
>etc but eventually everything is OK
>
>HT
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Hi, I'm back.
>>Well, I was able to get my network running, but I have
my
>>xp as the ICS and the 98 as client. The thing is I would
>>like this visa-versa. I have read a few support articles
>>about networking with XP, and they say the XP computer
>>SHOULD not HAS TO be the ICS. So it should be possible
to
>>have my 98 as the ICS right?
>>Reason: My 98 (which is SE) is a desktop, and my XP is a
>>laptop. I would like to be able to take my laptop with
me
>>when I want, that's the reason why I bought it, but at
>the
>>moment, if someone wants to get on the internet, my
>laptop
>>has to be connected to the LAN. Can I just disable ICS
>>host on my XP and enable it on the 98SE, fill in the
>>internet connection details and then reboot and it'll
>>work? I just dont want to try it unless I know that it's
>>possible cause I had hassles getting a network running
in
>>the first place and I don't want to play around with it.
>>Thanks in advance,
>>Sam.
>>.
>>
>.
>