At 22:50 07/14/00, S. Stubbs <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Host PC, win98SE, using ICS, tcp/ip, ipx/spx,small peer-to-peer
>Client PC, win98, with ICSclient, tcp/ip, ipx/spx, small peer-to-peer
>D-link fast ethernet NICS in both, connected to D-link 10/100 switch
>with cat 5 cable. Both PCs have good old 56k modems in them.
>
>I have signed up for DSL from bellsouth.net.
>I will be receiving an internal DSL modem.
>I would like to know if there is anything special that I need to do to
>enable the ICS for the DSL, and how does it work. Will I need to
>purchase a cool DSL router, like that Linksys DSL/cable router?
>I know it has a firewall in it, which is cool, that way I would not have
>to have firewall software.
>Please could someone explain more of what I need to do once I get the
>DSL install kit from bellsouth.net?


Hi Susan

You can go either of two ways.

If you want to continue using Win98SE's ICS, you'll have to get a second
NIC for the Win98SE computer. You'd connect one NIC to the DSL modem and
the second NIC (on this same machine) to your D-link switch. Plug the
second machine into the switch. To read about running a cable or DSL
connection with ICS, see <http://www.timhiggins.com/sharing/ics.htm>.

You could instead get a router like the Linksys. For a review of 24
routers, see <http://www.timhiggins.com/sharing/hwrouter_chart.htm>.
Since you already have a switch, you don't need the 4 port Linksys.
Get the one port Linksys BEFSR11 (or equivalent) which should run less
than $100.) <http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?prid=142&grid=5>

If you get the router, you don't need a second NIC for either computer.
You'd plug the modem into the router and connect the other port of the
router to the switch. Then each computer also connects to the switch.
The router would do the work that the Win98SE ICS software did in the
router's absence. (And you're right, the router does a pretty good job
of blocking unwanted access attempts.)

Regards,
Bill

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