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Article #521Re: Win98 SE ICS & Win95 OSR2 & USB?
From: Clocker
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 00:00
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 00:00
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Keith- How fast is her access via HomeFree?? Can the download speed on the second machine match that of the host machine (running separately of course)? Thanks, Kevin Keith & Laura Koether <kkoether@one.net> wrote in message news:#9YTHO1s#GA.258@cppssbbsa02.microsoft.com... > I use Diamonds Homefree Wireless to network my daughters laptop to my tower. > I use an ADSL setup to access the internet. With WinNat installed on the > tower which also has the ADSL router coming in through a NIC she is able to > access the internet anytime my system is on. I used the wireless because > running new wiring in my condo is next to impossible. If you choosw this > route besure to download the latest drivers from Diamond. Their HomeFree > Wireless Combo pack comes with 1 ISA card and 1 PCMCIA card. Range is > approx. 150' > > Keith Koether > kkoether@one.net > > Clocker Rocker <harp300@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:7fj73.3244$GT.4712@news.rdc1.mi.home.com... > > SITUATION: > > My home desktop (Celeron 464A/128MB RAM) is connected to the 'net via > cable > > modem. It will have Win98 SE when it comes out. It currently has Win98. > > I already have an extra PCI ethernet card. I have two open USB ports. > > > > My wife has a Toshiba laptop (P2 333/128MB RAM). It has open USB ports. > It > > has Win95 OSR2. I can't modify the OS of this machine because it is her > > work computer. I don't have a PCMCIA network card as of yet. > > > > > > GOAL: I want to be able to share the cable internet connection with the > > laptop on occasion when the desktop is being used for something else. > > > > > > QUESTION: Can Win98 SE ICS be used with a Win95 OSR2 machine? Can I do > > this with USB ports? What is my best option to acheive my goal? > > > > I know it can be done with Wingate but I'm looking for a different way of > > doing it. USB sounds like an excitiong posibility to me. Please > comment. > > TIA. > > > > Thanks, > > [Clocker] > > > > > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 112900,bd223554e9d11118 X-Google-Attributes: gid112900,public X-Google-Thread: 1070cf,bd223554e9d11118 X-Google-Attributes: gid1070cf,public X-Google-Thread: f4ee5,bd223554e9d11118 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4ee5,public X-Google-Thread: 113850,bd223554e9d11118 X-Google-Attributes: gid113850,public X-Google-Thread: 10f392,bd223554e9d11118 X-Google-Attributes: gid10f392,public From: "Clocker" <say_no_to_spam@eat_me.com> Subject: Re: Win98 SE ICS & Win95 OSR2 & USB? Date: 1999/06/10 Message-ID: <HZW73.3601$GT.5427@news.rdc1.mi.home.com> X-Deja-AN: 488091533 References: <7fj73.3244$GT.4712@news.rdc1.mi.home.com> <#9YTHO1s#GA.258@cppssbbsa02.microsoft.com> X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news.rdc1.mi.home.com 929053671 24.2.217.58 (Thu, 10 Jun 1999 15:27:51 PDT) Organization: @Home Network X-MSMail-Priority: Normal NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 15:27:51 PDT Newsgroups: alt.windows98,cableinet.cable_modems,comp.dcom.modems.cable,microsoft.public.win98.internet,microsoft.public.win98.networking