Is it a bad idea to use ICS on a Windows 98 computer for a Vista laptop to connect to the local network?

I recently added another computer on my network that moved the connection cable free use to connect my laptop. Unfortunately, I don't have a 4 port switch. I have an old PCI 10/100 Ethernet card available from a dead computer, but the only machine that has slot machines and pilots is my Windows 98SE print server. My modern system uses PCI - X, and there are not any drivers Mac OS 8.6 for the card.

Wouldn't be a good idea to turn on Internet connection sharing on this old Win98SE machine so that I connect my laptop on the network through ICS? I use the laptop at home very often except to transfer files to the desktop and 3/4 of the time that I use a flash drive.

My network is behind a hardware firewall of a Linksys BEFSR41 cable/DSL router/switch.

I heard about the security issues with Win98 and all that, are there additional risk with ICS?

Oh, and no, I don't have a wireless access point. I recently acquired the laptop and don't really need at home.

Win98SE ICS can be unreliable, but I don't think it poses a security risk for the laptop that connects to it.

Browsing the Internet on the Win98SE computer itself can be risky, because there has been no update security for Win98SE in a long time, and it is difficult to find an antivirus program that runs on Win98SE.

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