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Is there a way to network a win98 box and mac in my home.

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I have a win98 box that I use to dial in to my provider.
I also have a mac that I want to be able to share the internet connection. Also I know very little about networking.

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No problem. Upgrade your Win98 to Win98SE and use Internet Connection Sharing..
Step by step:

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/sharing.htm
lrmoore is the simplest solution. If for any reason you don't want to upgrade, you can use 3rd-party tools: Wingate, InternetShare and alike.

Whichever you choose, you must make sure that W98 and Mac can 'talk'. For that, they need a common protocol. In this case - TCP/IP.
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can i connect using using Three modems?
two modems on my pc
 one connects to the internet
 the other connects to the mac
???
Yes, you can. But, why would you want to do that? That would tie up two telephone lines and will reduce the speed between Mac and PC dramatically.
no i dont want to tie up two phone lines like that
onc conncetion to the isp and then the mac conects to my pc
to get to the web
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