[pptp-server] Can a Win98 box, running ICS, share a single PPTP connection with its windows 98se client machines?

[Wilson Development]

Hello,

Anyone know if there is a way to have a Win98se box, running ICS, share a single PPTP connection with its windows Win98se client machines?  I've been playing with the routing tables (fudging) but have a feeling that it may not be possible.

Here's the current hardware/software configuration

Local network (main):

1 Windows Win98se machine with a cable modem and ICS (192.168.0.1)
2 additional Windows Win98se machines using DHCP and ICS from the 1st machine (192.168.0.2 & 192.168.0.3)
Network: 192.168.0.0  Subnet: 255.255.255.0

Remote Network (secondary):

RedHat 7.0 with a cable modem running pptpd 1.0.1, DHCP, IP mask (192.168.1.2)
2 additional Window Win98se machines using the Linux box for DHCP, and NAT (192.168.1.3 & 192.168.1.4)
pptpd uses 192.168.1.234 as the local IP address and 235-237 for the remote IP addresses
Network: 192.168.1.0  Subnet: 255.255.255.0


What's currently going on (what I was able to get working - but only actually only tested with 2 of the 3 MAIN machines):

-    3 PPP accounts created on the Linux box 
-    The 3 machines, from the MAIN network, connect to the PPTP server using MS VPN  (obtaining IP addresses in the SECONDARY network). One machine directly and the other two though ICS of the main machine
-    two Route entries are added to each of the MAIN machine routing tables (using a Subnet of 255.255.255.255 and the other 2 local machine in question as the gateway ) so that they don't have to go though the tunnel to talk to each-other locally when using the remote IP address assigned from the SECONDARY network.  

This above configuration works; but seems rather ugly.. 3 Separate VPN connections.  I know that I could work it with just a single VPN connection , if we were running Linux boxes at both ends.  But that is not going to happen.. sigh..

So, can anyone point me in the right direction.

Thanks

Paul.

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