What you need to enable is called Internet Connection Sharing in
order to "host" the internet connection.  This can be done on either
(not both) the Win98se machine or the XP machine, as it is natively a
part of both systems.  You may want to look at
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/ics for more information.
With that said, I would HIGHLY recommend that you obtain a router for
your DSL connection  instead of using the built-in Internet
Connection Sharing.  Routers are not that costly, and will enable you
to use either machine even if the other one is off (the router
becomes your "host" for the internet connection sharing).

Tony Mayer





>Hello Anne,
>
>You understood the help files correctly. If one of the machines on the
>network is WinXP, it should be the host. Connect the ADSL modem to the XP
>machine and run the Network Setup Wizard in XP. In Control Panel \ Network
>Connections, click on "Set up a home or small office network" to start the
>wizard.
>
>A dial-up type modem is not required on either machine.
>
>Sven Swanson, Sr.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Anne Smith" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 5:22 AM
>Subject: [PCBUILD] re home networks - internet sharing
>
>
>Hello all,
>
>Thanks for all your suggestions about the actual linking of my 2
>computers. They are now communicating with each other, and file sharing
>and printer sharing is cool. I ended up installing a 2nd Ethernet card
>on the Host computer that runs 98SE.
>
>My next query concerns accessing the internet from both computers.
>
>The ADSL connection works on the host computer running Win 98SE. I
>followed the Internet sharing wizard and copied the files required for
>the 2nd computer.
>
>Unfortunately, when I tried to execute the file, I got the message that
>the file needed Win98 to run. (the 2nd computer runs XP Pro). I then
>checked the help files on XP Pro, and thought I read that you can only
>share an internet connection if the HOST computer is running XP.
>
>Have I misunderstood? There MUST be a work around.
>
>Any suggestions will be gratefully accepted.
>
>Thanks
>
>Anne Smith
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