# Win 2000 and the 'net
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-2000-and-the-net/44720
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [December 9, 2000, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-2000-and-the-net/44720 "2000-12-09T02:58:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2000, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-2000-and-the-net/44720/1 "2000-12-09T02:58:30Z")
Will Windows 2000 be a client for Win 98 internet sharing?
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### Author:  [@Nanook\_of\_the\_North\_Shore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanook_of_the_North_Shore)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2000, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-2000-and-the-net/44720/2 "2000-12-09T04:07:22Z")
I’m running Win 2000 and Win 98 and tried to use ICS. No go. I dunno about WinMe though, that might work since its the home user version.
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### Author:  [@kinoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kinoons)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2000, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-2000-and-the-net/44720/3 "2000-12-09T04:33:10Z")
I know that Windows ME will. I have heard that 2000 will but its a drawn out process. a 98 machine can see the hardware on a 2000 machine, but not the files.
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### Author:  [@mblackwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mblackwell)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2000, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win-2000-and-the-net/44720/4 "2000-12-09T05:12:41Z")
Any OS can be a client for Win 98 connection sharing, even Unix and Mac. You might have to put in the TCP/IP settings manually though.
Use these settings on the client computers.
Static IP address: 192.168.0.2 (for more than one client computer use 192.168.0.3 and so on)
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway 192.168.0.1
DNS Configuration
Enable DNS
host: name of win98 computer
DNS Search order: 192.168.0.1