Not entirely true Dave. I ran two PCs for years with a NIC in each one
connected with a CROSSOVER cable. Just connect one to the internet and
you are all set.

Les Barnes

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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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