Sharing and Mapping via the Internet
Once you know on how to share and map a drive on a local Network and on how to connect to the Internet, you can also share and map via the Internet. On the system making the disk available: “Sharing”: …
Windows 95/98/ME
Dialup Connection to the Internet
Windows95 can be setup to treat a modem like a network board, allowing to use the modem for network related actions, like to connect to the Windows system at home or at work (where a Windows95/98 system or a Windows …
Windows 98 TCP/IP AutoConfiguration
If a new network-board is installed and configured, Windows98 installs as default protocol TCP/IP, configured to automatically obtain an IP-address: If you do NOT specify yourself the IP-address or you have a DHCP–server on your network, Windows98 will take longer …
Installation of Win95/98 System Policy Editor (POLEDIT)
While WindowsNT enforces permissions (you need to have a proper user-right to be able to perform certain activities), Windows95 and Windows98 still operate using the old DOS-PC rules: “The user is knows, what he is doing, and is allowed to …
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Install MS PC-to-PC Network
Before you start, make sure your cabling to done properly ! Thin Ethernet (10base2) Twisted Pair Ethernet (10baseT/UTP) Check/configure plug on Multi-Connector Board on ISA-cards: Network card installation and IRQ/INT Once the new network card has been installed and you …
PCMCIA Modem Setup
I had been using a PCMCIA Modem for years in my old notebook, but when switching to a new model, it took me some time to configure my old modem under Windows 95B (OSR2), so I am documenting it for …
Network Printing
Setting up a Printing via a Network follows very much the same procedure as accessing a Disk-resource via the network: 1) Share the Printer On the system, to which the printer is connected, make sure, that in the “Network“-applet, “File …
Remote Access or Remote Control (pcAnyWhere)
When making a connection via DUN/RAS, you are then using a 100% Microsoft compatible network, which has only one limitation compared to an Ethernet-Network: “Bandwidth !” A modem with 28.800 (or even an ISDN-line with 64 K/128K) is a lot …
Monitoring Connections to the Windows95 Server
Windows95 includes a utility “Net Watcher” to monitor/control connections to a Windows95 server. It is installed via the Control-Panel : “Add/Remove Programs“, tab : “Windows95 Setup” select as Component “System Tools“, then click on the button “Details” and select “Net …
Workgroups have Limitations
When your network is growing, please be aware about some limitations in the size of Workgroups, as listed in the “Windows95 Resource Kit:” If your Workgroup grow beyond this limit of 15 systems, you get multiple “Browse-Master“. It is better …