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Installing ICS - Network setup for Win98/ME |
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Getting your Windows
98SE or Windows ME network running.
Before attempting to install
ICS, we need to make sure your home network and your internet connection is running ok. If
either of these things is not functioning, ICS will not work.
If you have any internet sharing services running, remove them before continuing.
This includes proxy servers like Sygate. Also remove ICS
from your computer if you already have it installed.
CAUTION: ICS and AOL can not exist on the same
computer. If you have AOL installed on the ICS computer,
please uninstall it.
On your ICS computer (the one
with two network adapters), your network properties should look something like
this. Note: NetBEUI is not shown in this picture.
Network Properties
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 One Client for Microsoft networks -
Two network adapters
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Two TCP/IP, one for each network adapter
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Two NetBEUI, one for each network adapter
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One File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft
Networks.
If you are missing any
components, you can install them with the 'add' button. hint:
TCP/IP and NetBEUI are protocol>Microsoft.
IPX are not needed and should be removed if present.
Configure Home Networking Connection
Next, configure the TCP/IP
protocol that goes to your
home network adapter. Set this computer to TCP/IP address 192.168.0.1 with a subnet mask of
255.255.255.0 - don't worry about the other properties for now.
Confgure Internet Connection
Click on the copy of NetBEUI
that is associated with your network card that connects to the cable/dsl
modem and click the remove button - you do not need NetBEUI on your internet
connection. Click on the copy of TCP/IP that is associated with your
network card that connects to the cable/dsl modem. Configure TCP/UP as described by
your Internet service provider.
(close the network properties and let the computer
reboot)
More things to configure
On your network properties screen, set your Primary
Network Login to 'Client for Microsoft Networks'. Lastly, click the
'file and print sharing' button and enable file sharing. This is
required if you wish to share files on this computer with the rest of your
network computers.
Test the Internet
Bring up internet explorder and test your
Internet connection. You should be able to access the internet from this
computer. Do not proceed until you are successful.
Configure a second computer
Testing your Local network
(LAN) is very important. Follow this tutorial to configure a second
computer on your network. Second computer is Windows
95/95/ME or Windows
2000/XP. Return to this page when you are finished.
Hint: Set your ICS server computer to the same workgroup name as the
other computers. Setting up ICS on your
ICS Computer
Now that your network is
running and your ICS computer can reach the Internet, it is time to
install ICS.
My ICS
compuer runs
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