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Re: Setting up a Home Network w/Router and @Home Service
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Mon, 29 Oct 2001 10:19:11 -0800
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On 25 Oct 2001, at 12:12, Brian L. Sanburn wrote:

> On the one hand I've read that I need two NICs in the Win98
> machine, one in the Win95 and a router, and in other places just a
> NIC in each PC with a router; I need MSs ICS setup on the Win98SE
> PC and in other places I've read no such thing.

  There are two basic configurations:

1.  TWO NICs in the ICS machine, NO router.

2.  Router, one NIC in each machine, NO ICS.

  You need a *gateway*; this is either a router, or a PC running ICS
(or other gateway software) with two NICs.  No PC besides the gateway
needs two NICs.

Dave Gillett

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