Help with networking on win95
ed
I'm trying to link two PC together via ethernet cards which ive done
successfully for network gaming
but I also need to configure the two pcs as network w' tcpip for a college
project.
I'm running win95, and need a noddys guide to networking
I'm new to all of this and am unsure about all the DNS gateway and IP
configaration.
Any help would be gratefully recieved (and stop me tearing my hair out)
Thanks in advance.
Ed Dean (fri...@globalnet.co.uk)
Jeremy's Dad
> I'm running win95, and need a noddys guide to networking
> I'm new to all of this and am unsure about all the DNS gateway and IP
> configaration.
Have a peek at www.homepcnetwork.com . I found it particularly useful and
simple enough for this neophyte to grasp.
Take Care & God Bless!
Gary
Fred J Lindahl
They are not listed in any particular order.
Below the How-To list is a 2nd list containing web sites for network
configuration changers.
A 3rd list contains FREE proxy server software sites for small size
LANs.
Hope this helps.
-------------------- HOW-TO WEB SITES ---------------------------
Sharing Your Internet Connection
http://www.timhiggins.com/
Home networking made simple!
http://www.homepclan.com/
Cable Modem Help
http://www.cablemodemhelp.com/
Home Networking
http://www.syntaxerror.org/networking/homenetworking.htm
The Windows95 Direct Cable Connect Problem Page
http://www.tecno.demon.co.uk/dcc.html
Direct Connect Any Windows Platform
http://www.kime.net/directcc/index.html
Small Office Networks and TCP/IP
http://www.6sigmanets.com/
ePlace
http://www.gw.total-web.net/emailee/intro.html
Assembling a 10-Base-T Ethernet network
http://www.grantscloset.com/
How To Articles
http://www.winfiles.com:80/howto/
Doug's Networking Pages
http://hdallen.home.mindspring.com./
World of Windows Networking
http://www.helmig.com/
Do it yourself LAN
http://www.cnet.com/Content/Features/Howto/HomeLAN/
THE site for information on home PC networks
http://www.homepcnetwork.com/howto.htm
Networking
http://www.pcmech.com/networking.htm
Setting up the Network
http://www.hildrum.com/network2.html
Home networking with Windows 95 & 98 for use on the Internet
http://home.multiweb.net/~elkroeske.knor/networks.htm
Internet Access for Multiple Win 95 Systems
http://www.malch.com/twosys.html
Networking Guide
http://www.plantrol.com:457/NetAdminG/CONTENTS.html
Bob Cerelli's Windows Page
http://www1.halcyon.com/cerelli/index.html
Network Starter Guide
http://netgear.baynetworks.com/support/networkguide/index.shtml#comp
How To Build a Home Network
http://www.macaddict.com/issues/0996/howto.network.html
How to Build your own Home Network v.9
http://www.cincyteamos2.org/homelan.html
Network Info
http://trfn.clpgh.org/wpngg/network/index.htm
Setting up a Local Area Network
http://www.si.hhs.nl/~v942388/home.html
------------------------ CHANGE NETWORK SETTINGS ---------------
NetSwitcher - the Ultimate Windows 95/98/NT Network Setup Utility
http://www.netswitcher.com/
Select-a-Net
http://www.ut-zone.com/selectanet/
Win95/98 TCP/IP Swapper
http://www.globesoft.com/Swapper/default.htm
----------------------- FREE PROXY SERVERS --------------------
EasyProxy (Leech Software, EasyProxyServer.zip, 16KB)
http://www.leechsoftware.com/easy_proxy/
Proxy Server, multithreaded engine provides fast access to dozens of LAN
users. Share your dialup connection with the rest of the network.
Perfect for small offices and homes with networks. Configure your
clients to use proxy support and simply launch the server. No setup
needed, it's easy.
Freeware HTTP Proxy Server.
EDGE Router (Fire PlugComputers Inc, edge07.zip, 17.4MB)
http://edge.fireplug.net/download/files/
Use the EDGE Project firewall to create a fully Internet connected LAN
for your home or small business (or large business if you are really
frugal). The Edge Firewall Router uses the ThinLinux building blocks to
implement a simple edge router suitable for routing small networks via a
low speed connection. E.g. dial, ISDN, cable or ADSL. Free.
Internet Extender (inet_ext.zip, 430KB)
http://www-acc.scu.edu/~jsarich/ieweb/main.htm
The Internet Extender is designed to function on a multi-homed machine
connecting a local area network to the Internet. The local machines
function as though they were directly connected to the Internet. They
only need to know the IP address of the local side of the Internet
Extender, which acts as their gateway address. The Internet Extender
takes care of all the rest. It has been tested and verified to support:
HTML, FTP (pasv mode), TELNET, Real Audio/Video, IRC, MIRC, ICQ, ICMP,
and other TCP and UDP related technologies. Free
Internet Gate (Marco Maccaferri Software Development, igwin144.zip,
408KB) http://www.maccasoft.com/igate/index.html
A multiple proxy gate and firewall. It can allow users on a Local Area
Network (LAN) without Internet access to access the Internet through a
single machine on the LAN connected to the Internet, either via a
dial-up modem / ISDN connection or another ethernet card.
Personal (1 User) Free
NetProxy Lite (Grok Developments, np303.exe, 2,759KB)
http://www.grok.co.uk/netproxy/
A secure, reliable and cost-effective way to provide simultaneous
Internet access to multiple network users with only one Internet
connection of almost any type (a dialup modem account, ISDN,
cable-modem, leased-line, etc.). Support for many protocols including
HTTP (with Cache), secure HTTP, RealPlayer (audio and video), FTP,
Telnet, SMTP & POP3, SOCKS and port mapping. Includes full access
logging functionality, dial-on-demand, and a powerful configurable
firewall.
NetProxy is distributed as "try before you buy" shareware. This means
that you can download a fully functioning 30-day evaluation version now.
After the evaluation period has expired, NetProxy will continue to run
with support for one user at a time - you can carry on using it in this
mode completely free of charge!
Nproxy ( , nproxy.exe, 749KB) http://tucows.tierranet.com/share95.html
NProxy provides direct proxy access to a remote host via a local LAN
with a single modem. The entire idea of being forced to specify the
remote host, provides a high amount of efficiency that normal re-direct
proxy's fail with. Provides wingate and memory cache security.
Freeware.
Proxy+ (Fortech Ltd., pplus210_66us.exe, 500KB) http://www.proxyplus.cz/
128K Firewall, proxy and mail server gives the complete solution of
shared access to Internet from LAN. Version for 3 users is absolutely
free, versions for 5 ($99), 10 ($199) and unlimited users ($299) are
available.
Sambar Server (Tod Sambar, Sambar42.zip, 2,445KB) http://www.sambar.com/
The Sambar Server is a multi-threaded HTTP, FTP and Proxy server.
Features include:
* Multi-threaded WWW Server with highly programmable API
* DLL-based server APIs (source code provided for Windows GUI wrapper
and NT Service)
* Easily Installed, Uninstalled and Configured
* Dynamic HTML via scripting language and extensible methods
* HTTP 1.1 KeepAlive Support
* HTTP PUT method support for one-button publishing
* FTP Server (per-user or group read/write restrictions)
* HTTP, SSP, SMTP, POP3, FTP & IMAP4 Proxy
* AD/content filtering via HTTP Proxy
* Integrated Search Engine
* Integrated Site Analysis
* Perl 5 included with server
* CGI 1.1 support
* WinCGI 1.3 support
* Username/password and IP address Security
* HTML based documentation and system configuration
* Many source code samples (sendmail client, security interfaces, page
counter etc.)
As Microsoft and Netscape have the commercial market pretty well locked
up, I'll continue to enhance and distribute the Sambar Server for free
until a new venture sweeps me off.
SOCKServ (Phil Fong GeoCities, sockserv.zip, 160KB)
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/2517/sockserv.htm
Freeware - free for non-commercial use! Number of connections is only
limited by memory or other stuff! The practical limit is 64 or the
winsock limit whichever is lower. Can pass requests to other SOCKS
servers! - Check the "Chain to other SOCKS" box to do this. Can log all
data that passes through it! - Check the "log" box. Can limit sending
and receiving bandwidth usage separately. The limit can be toggled on
and off without stopping the server. Requires Bind95/NY, Freeware, from
http://www.winfiles.com/apps/nt/servers-misc.html. Bind95/NT is based
on the UNIX code but it is a fully functional 32bit DNS server. (Domain
Name Server).
SpoonProxy (Pi-Soft Consulting, sproxy16.exe, 510KB)
http://www.pi-soft.com/
Enables every machine on your network to access internet resources
through one internet connection thereby saving you tons of money in
telephone and ISP costs. It runs in a small amount of memory (you will
hardly know it's running), yet it is an industrial-strength proxy server
that is incredibly easy to set up, is fully customizable, and has
excellent online help. The shareware version is fully functional
indefinitely (no expire for basic proxy operations), limited only by the
number of simultaneous connections it allows. So for a small home
network, SpoonProxy is basically free. Supports HTTP, FTP, POP3, SMTP,
SOCKS4 and 5, incoming and outgoing IP restriction, auto-dial on demand
and a port mapping wizard for easy configuration. SpoonProxy is
fully-functional in this trial version and will not expire. However, it
is limited to one user connection at a time until registration and
SOCKS4 and SOCKS5 support will stop working after 30 days. So, for a
small two machine home network, SpoonProxy is basically free.
VSOCKS Light (Paul Smith Computer Services, vsock013.zip, 333KB)
http://www.pscs.co.uk/software/vsockslight.html
A simple, FREE proxy server to allow you to connect UNLIMITED users on
your LAN to the Internet through a single modem-equipped PC. Now anyone
on your LAN can 'surf the net', or download files or read Usenet through
a single Internet connection. VSOCKS Light implements a subset of the
SOCKS 4 proxy protocol. This protocol can be used to proxy any TCP/IP
protocol including HTTP, FTP, TELNET and NNTP (Usenet). Common web
browsers already support the SOCKS protocol, other software that doesn't
support SOCKS itself can still be used via a SOCKS proxy by using free
third party software .
This software is totally Free and works for Unlimited concurrent users.
WinGate (Deerfield.com, wg21d95.exe, 1,676KB)
http://nz.com/webnz/qbik/wingate/download.htm
Allows multiple users simultaneous access to the Internet with only one
connection of nearly any type (modem, ISDN, leased line, etc.). WinGate
runs on a single Windows 95 or NT computer, which does not have to be
"dedicated" to the task. WinGate 2.1 can share a single Internet
connection with nearly any computer running TCP/IP - and shares access
with such popular applications as Netscape Navigator, MS Internet
Explorer, Eudora, Netscape Mail, popular telnet and FTP programs, and
many, many more.
Free for one PC on a LAN.
WinNAT Lite (iVasion, WinNAT%20Lite.exe, 8,841KB)
http://www.ivasion.com/
WinNat™ Lite enables two computers to have high performance access
to the Internet through a shared Internet connection! WinNAT Lite
eliminates the added expense and inconvenience of installing a second
home line, modem or ISP account. WinNAT Lite operates via a
modem-equipped Windows 95, 98, or NT™ computer, and provides
Internet access to two networked computers. FREE 2-user version.
WinProxy Demo (Lan-Projekt, wp14us.exe, 248KB) http://www.winproxy.net/
A proxy server and firewall with integrated mail server for Win95/NT.
Lately the product received "THE BEST OF LANTIMES" AWARD from the LAN
Times Testing Center. WinProxy allows you to connect your entire local
network to the Internet through one (dynamic) IP address. The firewall
will protect your data and the mailserver will distribute all your
e-mail. WinProxy supports HTTP, FTP, GOPHER, SSL /HTTPS/, Telnet, NNTP,
SMTP, POP3, Real Audio, Mapped Links and SOCKS protocols. It also
features shared cache, dial-on-demand, user/group management, URL
restricting, logging, proxy cascading support and more. This update also
works with Microsoft RRAS SteelHead. For MS Windows NT 4.0, we recommend
to install Service Pack 3 and MS RRAS SteelHead if used on MS Windows NT
4.0 Server.
Free Demo version limitations: 1) two users only can be connected
simultaneously; 2) three users only can be created for e-mail purposes;
and 3) maximal size of the disk cache is limited to 1 MB.
ed wrote:
>
> Hi , can anyone help with a hopeful simple question.
>
> I'm trying to link two PC together via ethernet cards which ive done
> successfully for network gaming
> but I also need to configure the two pcs as network w' tcpip for a college
> project.
>
> I'm running win95, and need a noddys guide to networking
> I'm new to all of this and am unsure about all the DNS gateway and IP
> configaration.
>