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That sounds like a good setup, except the NT server I have I got for free; it's only a dual-Pentium Pro 200 with 128MB RAM and a 2.1GB hard drive, and most likely won't run Win2K very well. I don't intend on spending very much money on this, in fact it should be working right now except that the cable company is a bitch and doesn't let the computer online with more than one network card. I know my setup with two is fine because I tested it on the network at work and it worked great. Also, my main computer uses Win95, Win98 and Win2K... it's an odd setup: I have three main system drives with those OS's that I alternate when I want, and a 4th drive which is always D: that I keep the data on. The thing is that if I configure my main box with the Win2K setup you described, when I want to use any of the other OS's on in, it's not gonna work, so the NT server would always have to be the main ICS/proxy box. I really don't use Win2K on it the main box much anyways except when I'm working on audio applications, in which case it'll take advantage of the dual-processors. Usually Win95 with a single processor is the same speed or faster than Win2K with both, plus I need it for all my old games. As far as I know, most of those older games use IPX connections so I don't think a Linksys or DLink box would screw anything up too bad, although I already bought a 6-way hub and don't plan on buying another.
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