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Originally Posted by jims69camaro
if the win98 computer is the only thing connected, why does it need an IP address? i would think winXP would be intelligent enough to know that if there is only one of something then that must be the something that i want. and, further, if the win98 computer is the only piece on the network, then why wouldn't win XP be able to assign it an address?
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sadly, its not that easy and windows wasnt but with common sense in mind

everything on the internet needs an ip address