🚀 go-pugleaf

   Ya know, there seems to be a lot of misconceptions, or just confusion,
about Windows 95/98 and TCP/IP protocols or stacks.  I agree using programs
like the new 98-SE with ICS via NAT, you must have two network devices
installed on your computer.  One for your internet connection, and one for
your home network.
   However, if you utilize programs which provide PROXY services, like
Wingate or Winproxy, you only need to have one network device for Cable
Modem users.
   Here is another solution instead of utilizing two NIC cards in a machine
eating up all those valuable IRQ resources and PCI/ISA slots.  With a Proxy
Server like WINGATE running for Cable Modem and DSL users, you can, under
Win95/98, add multiple TCP/IP protocols (or stacks) to the NIC adapters
installed on the machine.  I have been able to assign, and bind, up to 4 IP
addresses to a single NIC installed in Win95 and up to 6 IP's on Win98
machines.  This assumes you don't have any other network adapters, like DUN
or VPN,  installed.  Since Microsoft has limited the total number of TCP/IP
protocols to 4 under Win95 and 6 under Win98, you simply go to Network
Properties and ADD PROTOCOL, select MICROSOFT and TCP/IP and it will load an
"additional" TCP/IP protocol to each installed network adapter (remember if
you have stuff like DUN or VPN adapters loaded, you are still limited to a
total number of TCP/IP protocols between all the installed adapters Win95=4,
Win98=6).  Then you simply assign the proper IP addresses to each TCP/IP
protocol on your NIC.  One for your internet connection 24.x.x.x(or simply
use @HOMES DHCP services), and assign the other TCP/IP NIC protocol for your
private network 192.0.0.1/255.255.255.0.  Works for me!