Question : win98, dhcp and default gateway

I have a win98 workstation on our network. I connects using dhcp (a win nt4 server) and now I need to connect the win98 with the internet. We're using a fast netrealy-line so I 've to assign a default gateway to the win98 machine but I can't get it done. I figured out that I have to disable the dhcp option and give it a fixed ip to assign a default gateway but then it won't connect to the network. I'm stuck here, anyone an idea?

Answer : win98, dhcp and default gateway

How are you physically connecting to "fast netrealy-line" ?
Through Ethernet port to what?
You don't have to have a fixed IP address to change the default gateway.
C:\>route delete 0.0.0.0 mask 0.0.0.0
C:\>route add 0.0.0.0 mask 0.0.0.0

Note, the gateway IP must be on the same subnet as your interface.

If you have to change subnet from that assigned by DHCP, then you have to have a way to route between the two networks. Hence the above comment regarding using a router or putting two NIC's on the PC.

It's been a while since I've played with Win98, but you might be able to assign more than one IP address to an adapter in the advanced TCP/IP options. I know you can on NT/2K/XP... so that one adapter can talk to two different networks. Just don't expect it to route between the two for others.