Would it be possible to use a win 98 comp as a router for my linux/ xp box

[schleyfox]

I have a wireless network and my wireless nic is windoze only. I have been unable to obtain a linux compatible wifi card. I have an old windoe 98 SE computer that i would like to know if i could plug my windoze only nic into and then connect both with ethernet cable so that they could play nice and share internet if it is possible how would i do it, if it isnt what should i do
Thanx

Are you sure it's Windows only? I've seen a lot of "Windows only" wireless cards supported in the newer Linux releases. You just have to know which chipset the card works off of. What kind of NIC is it? Model?

[krohnjw]

Well, you can easily set up ICS in windows and it *should* play nicely

Or, if you are unable to find a native linux wireless driver, you can look into this http://www.linuxant.com/company/press_dldr.php and set up packet forwarding in linux. Either is an option, and both should work fine.

[schleyfox]

uh im sure its windoze only its made by microsoft and ive been hacking at it for months

[Briantist]

Let me get this straight: you want to make a router out of a computer running an operating system that can't change its IP address or other network settings without rebooting?

You'd be better off with a *deleted* belkin router than that. If you wanted to use Windows 2000 Server; maybe, but no Win 9X version. ICS is the poorest excuse for NAT you can get,

watch the language please

GroundZero3

[schleyfox]

im short on funds and this is a temporary solution. I hate windows but i cant (afford to) get a wireless networking card to work with linux and i dont have time to get more hardware off of newegg or something again its just temporary.

[schleyfox]

How would i set up a LAN on windoze98 mandrake linux and winblowsXP make it simple but 98 is the most counterintuitively designed OS that isnt ME
pls help thanks