Ivan Mayes explains how you can use Windows 98 SE and some hardware to build a home network that will rival many small businesses. Ivan Mayes has been hacking around on typewriters and computers since he was 15, and he learned the ways of war on a Commodore An equal computing opportunist, he is prone to use any computer, regardless of make, model, or operating system. Armed with your Windows 98 SE which most likely came with your latest PC purchase and a few extra bits of hardware, you have the ingredients for a home network that rivals those at many small businesses.
As with most network solutions, a home network offers several benefits. Instead of having to shell out more dollars for a second or third printer, Print and File Sharing takes on a whole new meaning in the home.
Of course, setting up a home network also gives you a microcosmic example of how corporations view their budgets and finances in light of their technology and equipment. As with anything else, you get what you pay for—you could be in for some extra configuration and hair pulling if you go with the blue-light special, so you might want to spend a little extra time researching hardware before buying anything. Many bit networking components are limited in the Windows 98 environment, and they will experience major difficulties.
Windows 98 SE prefers bit protected-mode networking components, which afford simplicity by moving the network configuration files away from any startup files such as Protocol. Real-mode bit network clients are limited to supporting one client as the primary network client at a time but you can still have multiple bit protected-mode network clients, as well. Nonetheless, the Microsoft networking family will be the obvious focus of this discussion. Installation Now that you have a box full of extra parts that you just bought, what do you do?
Remember, your new network cards are going to take up resources just like any other peripheral. You should have appropriate, open PCI slots. On your lower-end machine such as a , you probably will need to fill the slot with an EISA network card. Preferably, it should be near the PC that you use the most so that you can monitor and troubleshoot the hub more easily. Are all of your PCs in the same room? If not, how are you going to handle the cabling? Over 1,, fellow IT Pros are already on-board, don't be left out!
TechGenix reaches millions of IT Professionals every month, and has set the standard for providing free technical content through its growing family of websites, empowering them with the answers and tools that are needed to set up, configure, maintain and enhance their networks. At work, I upgraded a partition with an existing Windows95 installation to Windows98, while at home, I installed Windows98 "fresh" on an empty partition, getting the first time the display of the "channels" : Except for the optional Webpage look the "Active Desktop" , the Control-Panel has very much the same options, including the Network , but there are a few differences: 1 Installation The installation procedure of Windows98 is much more stable than the installation procedure of Windows95 it did not "hang" on the detection of my NEcompatible network card, as Windows95 did.
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Are the systems part of the same workgroup and have different computer names? You can check the workgroup of a system from the Network aplet in Control Panel. Select the Identification tab, here the Workgroup name is displayed and can be changed , as is the Computer name.
You also have to make sure that a computers name is unique on the network. Did you share something, a printer or a full disk or a directory? You can enable sharing by right-clicking on an object printer, disk or directory in Windows Explorer, and choosing Sharing If you don't have a Sharing Only systems with something to share will show up in the Network Neighborhood.
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