The manual is wrong. You don't have to sign up for Microsoft Network
or Netware. You can install the TCP/IP protocol and connect to the
Internet over a LAN connection.
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>In article <BAA1095D-4258-4A15...@microsoft.com>,
>Precious1026 <Precio...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>In reading my Windows 95 Introduction Manual under Networking, I recall
>>reading a passage on page 58 that inorder to connect to the Internet you must
>>have signed up for Microsoft Network, or Netware. If this is the case then
>>how can i have a lAN or WAN connection. All I want to do is use my laptop
>>when I am in another room, have files from my PC downloaded or shared or
>>viewed by the Laptop and use my PC (Win XP) internet connect with the Laptop
>>(Win95). What is best wired or wireless?
>
>The manual is wrong. You don't have to sign up for Microsoft Network
>or Netware. You can install the TCP/IP protocol and connect to the
>Internet over a LAN connection.
>--
>Best Wishes,
>Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
I can confirm this, have W95 ethernetted to a wireless router, XP on
wireless. No sign onto MS stuff needed.
>"Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> In article <BAA1095D-4258-4A15...@microsoft.com>,
>> Precious1026 <Precio...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>> >In reading my Windows 95 Introduction Manual under Networking, I recall
>> >reading a passage on page 58 that inorder to connect to the Internet you must
>> >have signed up for Microsoft Network, or Netware. If this is the case then
>> >how can i have a lAN or WAN connection. All I want to do is use my laptop
>> >when I am in another room, have files from my PC downloaded or shared or
>> >viewed by the Laptop and use my PC (Win XP) internet connect with the Laptop
>> >(Win95). What is best wired or wireless?
>>
>> The manual is wrong. You don't have to sign up for Microsoft Network
>> or Netware. You can install the TCP/IP protocol and connect to the
>> Internet over a LAN connection.
>Thanks, Steve,
>for the time, information and suggestions you have made regarding my
>networking issues. As you may or may not know by the wording of my question,
>I am a novice, so don't laugh when I ask you this. The TCP/IP protocol is a
>router? In my quest for answers I came upon various routers, most having the
>capability of TCP/IP, so I hope this is what is meant by this kind of
>protocol, or how it is installed?
>
A router is a piece of networking hardware that communicates with a
high-speed Internet connection (DSL or cable modem) and with one or
more computers. The router and the computers use the TCP/IP protocol
as their common "language".
To install the TCP/IP protocol on Windows 95:
1. Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Network.
2. Click Add > Protocol > Add
3. In the list of manufacturers, click Microsoft.
4. In the list of Network Protocols, click TCP/IP.
5. Click OK.