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I dual-boot Windows 98 and Linux. On Linux, I can assign more than one IP address to one network card. This allows a single network card to have a DHCP address from my ISP and a local IP address for the LAN.
I want to know whether Windows 98 is capable of doing something equivalent to this. In the Control Panel, I tried adding a TCP/IP protocol entry, but Windows 98 attaches all new protocol entries to the "Dial-up Adapter" and doesn't allow you to change it.
cszeto
11-11-2006, 06:45 PM
http://www.winxpcentral.com/windows98/multipleip-nic.php
Note - Not necessarily a "safe" thing to do based on your description, you might end up "bridging" between the two networks and you might not like the results to your internal network.
meorah
09-21-2007, 08:40 PM
I dual-boot Windows 98 and Linux. On Linux, I can assign more than one IP address to one network card. This allows a single network card to have a DHCP address from my ISP and a local IP address for the LAN.
I want to know whether Windows 98 is capable of doing something equivalent to this. In the Control Panel, I tried adding a TCP/IP protocol entry, but Windows 98 attaches all new protocol entries to the "Dial-up Adapter" and doesn't allow you to change it.
You can't do it unless you have some type of routing software installed. And there's really no reason or need for multiple IPs on a single interface in a win98 box.
cszeto
09-22-2007, 05:05 PM
The fact that there has been no response to this thread in almost a year is probably a good indication that they "got it" and moved on.
For the record, all the Windows TCP/IP stacks can do some rudimentary routing. It's the packet forwarding piece that will vary...