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If you work for a small company with limited resources and have users who need remote access to your network or to a Windows 98 server, the Windows 98 Dial-Up Server component may be your answer. The Dial-Up Server component enables a Windows 98 computer to act as a dial-up server. This adds a dial-up server menu option to the Connections menu in the Dial-Up Networking window.
Through this option, Windows 98 computers can provide dial-up server capabilities similar to those provided by Windows NT. The dial-up server enables several different types of clients to connect to it, including computers running Windows 95 or 98, Windows NT, Windows for Workgroups, Windows 3.1, or any other client running remote access client software and Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP).
In this article, we'll show you how to install the Dial-Up Server component on a Windows 98 machine. We'll also show you how you can configure the dial-up server to function as a gateway to your company's network.
Before you begin
Before you start configuring your Windows 98 machine to accept incoming calls from Dial-Up Networking clients, there are a few items that you'll need to make sure you have present on both the server and the client machines. The first and most important being a fully functional high-speed modem. Having a modem on each end allows the client to dial out and the server to receive the call.
You also must verify that both the server and client are running the correct network protocols. If you want the dial-up server to act as a gateway to your IPX / SPX or NetBEUI network, both the server and the client must be running the same protocol that's used on the network. Unfortunately, the Windows 98 dial-up server doesn't support TCP/IP, so if you want to use TCP / IP to connect remote clients to the network, you'll have to use a Windows NT dial-up server. If you also want the dial-up server to share files and resources with the remote client, both the server and the client must be running the same protocol-IP, IPX, or NetBEUI.
If you want users to be able to access files and resources on the dial-up server, you'll also need to have the file...