After you've made all those connections, you need to configure the D704 with the IE interface.  Since it is also a switchbox, you'll need to configure your network.  Something else they don't tell you, after you've configured the router, you need to unplug it for about 5 seconds then plug it in again.  You also need to run "winipcfg", set the pulldown for your NIC, then click release and renew.  You'll need to add a protocol like IPX/SPX (something like that) or NETBEUI to both computers so they can talk to each other on your home network.  I think Netbeui works better with Win 95/98 combo.  Add share files and printers, then click properties on Netbeui to bind it only to share files and printers.  Do not bind it to anything else as @home won't work.  The Dlink manual was the worst I've ever seen for telling you how to set it up (It just won't work with their quick install sheet, or their manual).  SMC was better, but I wouldn't have gotten it to work if I didn't have a very young megaturbogeek kid as a friend.


>>I've decided to setup a home network.  I currently have one
>>(Win98) computer hooked up to the internet via the @Home, cable
>>service. I just purchased a D-Link 704 router so that my second
>>(Win95) computer can access the Internet, too.
>>
>>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.
>>So, needless to say, I'm confused.  Since I run DHCP on the
>>Win98 PC (that has Internet access) it makes sense that I set
>>up the router the same way as it would now be doing the
>>interacting with my ISP (@Home).
>>
>>And wouldn't I disable WINS, have my PCs obtain an IP address
>>automatically (from the router) and have no gateway listed,
>>on both machines?
>
>
>You only need two NICs in one of the computers if that
>computer is running ICS. Since your router will take the place
>of a computer running ICS, you only need one NIC in each
>computer. No ICS. Take out the second NIC from your Win98
>machine.
>
>So connect each machine (using straight through CAT5 cables)
>to one of the four 10/100 Mbps Ethernet ports on your D-Link
>router. (The cable modem goes to the one 10 Mbps port on the
>router.)
>
>Configure each computer to obtain an IP address automatically.
>As you said, there's no need to run WINS and no need to enter
>a gateway address. Each computer will be a DHCP client, not
>a DHCP server. Your router is the DHCP server.
>
>In case any other reader wants to check out the D-Link 704,
>go here: <http://www.dlink.com/products/broadband/di704/>.
> From this page: "Client machines require no software, simply
>set them to accept a dynamically assigned IP address and reboot.
>Each time they are powered up the DI-704 will recognize them and
>set their IP address to instantly connect them to the LAN.".
>In most home cases, the LAN is the Internet.
>
>


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