Small Home Computer Network



   Most of my computers are part of a "Small Home Computer Network" of at least 5 computers.
Others (Laptops and test machines, etc.) are added and removed depending on what project I'm
working on, or what I am doing at that time.   
 
   I have several Win2K machines networked to switches and a router which I use to access the internet, 
 and the rest of the machines are Win98SE based, except for the new Win NT Server 4.0 machine. 

   I'm running off of several switches, a Linksys Wireless-G Access Point, a linksys 4 port switch/router. 
  The Network cards I'm using vary from Linksys, gigafast, realtech to 3com 10/100.

   I'm slowly experimenting with the new Windows NT Server 4.0 machine which will end up 
as the basis for the entire network (File server, Print Server, Fax server, Internet Gateway,
etc...) when I'm done setting it up.
   In the meantime, everything is a Peer to Peer setup.

   Below are links for other projects which I've been working on with the time consuming one
being...trying to figure out how to share my DSL connection or 56k Dialup connection with the
rest of the computers on my home network and along the way I figured out how to use Microsofts
new ICS "Internet Connection Sharing" feature which is full sharing, proxy server, and Nat all
in one - and it actually does work but it depends on your connection type and setup.   This 
new feature is built into Win98SE and all windows OS releases after that one.


Internet Connection Sharing with DSL and Microsofts ICS built into Win98SE, WinME, etc...
Network Printer Server

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