guides:connecting_windows_9x_to_the_internet
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guides:connecting_windows_9x_to_the_internet [2020-03-04 21:50] omolini |
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| ====== Connect Windows 95/98/Me to the Internet with dial-up and Raspberry Pi ====== | ====== Connect Windows 95/98/Me to the Internet with dial-up and Raspberry Pi ====== | ||
| - | This guide describes how to get a Windows 95/98/Me computer connected on the network using only the serial port of the computer and a [[Virtual Modem]] PPP interface software running on the network host machine, such as a Raspberry Pi. If you have not already, please follow the [[Guides:Virtual Modem|instructions how to set up Virtual Modem]] as it is a prerequisite for this tutorial. Make sure the serial cable is connected between the Raspberry Pi and the Windows computer, and that the vmodem.sh script is running on it before attempting this part of the guide. | + | This tutorial will get a Windows 95/98/Me computer (the //client computer//) connected on the network using only it's serial port and a [[Virtual Modem]] PPP interface software running on the Raspberry Pi (//host computer//), or another device running the interface software. If you have not already, please follow the [[Guides:Virtual Modem|instructions how to set up Virtual Modem]] as it is a prerequisite for this tutorial. Make sure the serial cable is connected between the Raspberry Pi and the Windows computer, and that the vmodem.sh script is running on it before attempting this part of the guide. |
| You can connect to the Internet with the built-in Dial-up Networking ("DUN" for short) of Windows 95/98/Me, no network card needed. We will go through the steps how to set up a modem and then a dial-up connection on your Windows 95 (or later) computer. For the sake of completeness, we will then test the connection using Netscape Communicator 4.0, but you're free to use any web browser. | You can connect to the Internet with the built-in Dial-up Networking ("DUN" for short) of Windows 95/98/Me, no network card needed. We will go through the steps how to set up a modem and then a dial-up connection on your Windows 95 (or later) computer. For the sake of completeness, we will then test the connection using Netscape Communicator 4.0, but you're free to use any web browser. | ||
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| - | * **Congratulations!** Now you only need to connect! | + | * **Congratulations!** This finishes the set up portion of this tutorial. |
| - | * Double click on the newly created dial-up connection. In our case it was **RasPiNet** | + | * Double click on the newly created dial-up connection. In our case it was called **RasPiNet** |
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