Windows 95 / 98 (Last update on the Win95/98 FAQ: Dec. 15, 2001)

FAQ Windows 95/98 Networking

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Network Basics
* software components, protocols
* Network cabling: 10base2, 10baseT, 100baseT
* Network card installation/diagnostics

PC-to-PC / Peer-to-Peer / Workgroup Networking:
	- Installing MS PC-to-PC Network software (updated: July 8,98) - Sharing and Mapping of a Network drive (updated Jan 23,99) - Sharing: Access Control, Share-level / User-Level (updated Aug.17,99) - Sharing and Mapping via the Internet (created MJuly 15,98) - Hidden Shared Resources (created June 28,98) - Restart/Reboot with mapped Network drives (updated May 1, 2001 ) - Synchronize Time via the Network (created July 5,2000) - Network Printing (created Feb.7,98) - Network Neighborhood: Browsing Network (Browse-Master) (Mar.20,99) - Networking with Windows NT 4 Workstation - Networking between Windows2000 and Windows95/98 (created may 25,2001 ) - Networking between WindowsXP and Windows95/98/ME (created Nov. 4,2001) - Workgroups have Limitations (created Nov.13,97) - Monitoring Connections to the Windows95 Server (created Nov.13,97) - Windows for Workgroups 3.11 (Created Mar. 7,98) - Windows 3.1 (Created: Apr. 18,98) - Connection with a DOS-system as Client/Server (Updated June.30,99) - Windows9x Boot Floppy disk with network support (created Mar.3, 2001)

	Modem Networking:
	- Dialup Connection to the Internet (updated July 24,98) - Problems browsing the Web (created June 24,2000) - Dialup-Networking Server (updated Sept.27,98) - Installation of DUN 1.2 Upgrade (created Aug. 4,98) - Dial-Up Networking 1.3 / 1.4 Upgrade (updated Dec. 9, 2001) - Security concerns on Internet connections (created feb.6,99) - Sharing and Mapping a drive via the Internet (updated July 26,98) - Proxy (created Aug. 9,98) - Personal Firewall (created Nov.1, 2000) - Dialup Networking with TCP/IP (created Aug.15,98) - Virtual Private Networks (VPN / PPTP) (created July 26,98) - Sharing a Modem for Internet Access (updated: Aug.7,98) - Internet Connection Sharing (updated: Aug. 11,2001) - Non Microsoft Internet Connection Sharing (created Aug.11,2001) - Remote Access or Remote Control (pcAnyWhere) (Created Dec.6,97) - Win95/98 Connecting to Windows2000 (created Feb.12,2000) - Modem Speed (created June 8,2000)
	- PCMCIA Modem Setup (Created Apr. 5,98)
	Windows95: - Dialup-Server FREE as Download (updated Mar.4,99) Windows98: - Dialup-Server is included
	ADSL : ADSL via Network Card (created Aug. 18,2001 ) Non Microsoft Internet Connection Sharing for ADSL (created Sept. 2,2001) (or Cable-Modem) Alternative access software for ADSL / Cable-Modems : RASPPPOE (created Nov.1,2001)
	Direct Cable Connection Networking
	- Direct-Cable Connection (updated Sept.27,98) - Using DCC and DUN at the same time (updated Aug.15,2001) - Modem Internet Connection Sharing via DCC (created Aug. 15,2001) - ADSL / Cable Modem Internet Connection Sharing via DCC (created Sept. 2,2001)
	- USB Networking Indroduction (created Jan. 7, 2001) - Windows9x USB Networking Installation (created Jan. 7, 2001)

Network-Connection to a Server:

- Windows95 and Novell Netware Server (Updated Oct.28,97) - Connection to UNIX (updated May 15,98) - Connection from a DOS-system to an NT4 Server (created Feb.24,98) - NT4 Server (created: june 1,98) - Connection a Windows95/98 system to a NT Domain Server (created:June 6,98) - Connection a Windows95/98 system to a Windows 2000 server (created May 5,2001) - Administration of NT4-Server via Windows NT Server Tools (created July 9,2000) - Connection via a Router to a NT Domain Server (modified March 24, 2001 ) - Enforcing Network Login via POLEDIT (created July 12,98)

- Multiple Network Adapters (Created Jan.11,98)
- Multiple IP-addresses on a Network Card (Created July 1,2000)
- Ethernet and Dialup-adapter/Modem (updated Apr..18,98)
- Sharing one Modem on the Network for Internet Access (updated July 8,98)
- Network Login and TweakUI (updated Oct.21,2000)
- Avoiding the Logon window (update Apr. 8, 2000)
- Installation of Win95/98 System Policy Editor (POLEDIT) (created July 12,98)
- How to delete the Network Neighborhood Icon (created Oct.3,98)

- Your own "Personal Web Server" (updated June 24,2000)
- Popup Messages (created July 1,2000)
- Using Microsoft Exchange as Workgroup E-mail system (updated mar.11,2000)
- Networking to/from/with Windows NT 4 Workstation (Created Oct.21,97)
- FTP : File Transfer Protocol (Created Dec.14,97)
- Playing Games via IPX/SPX (created June 7,98)

If all above procedures have been followed, the network should work, but sometimes, it does NOT ! (if you need some homor before you continue, have a look at somebody with a really Bad Day)
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If you could not find a solution to your problem, you should check for
for an answer on:
- Bob Cerelli's Windows95 Site
- HomePcNetwork.com
and of course, you can check for an answer by Searching the Microsoft Website.
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