I woul dmost definitly agree with this assesment but... I have always prefered to use 10Base2 to a crossover cable on UTP I like the coaxial cable setup because it is very easy to extend when you decide that 2 computers is not enough and a hub is too expensive (of course i have found I can get 2 nice combo cards and a 5 port hub for around $70) food for thought...and.... MUCH faster than a serial port connection... -Steve
Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: > My suggestion would be to pony up for two 10-base-T ethernet cards and get a > crossover cable. You *could* network the two via serial, but I was unable to > get > this to work in Win95 using the "Direct Cable Connection". You can get NE2000 > compatible cards of reasonable quality for under $20, even in quantity 1. The > cable should run you ~$10 at a retail outlet. Look at Datacomm Warehouse (they > can probably ship int'l). > > Liran Zvibel wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I'm going to buy a new conputer :), make the old one Linux only, and the > > new one will be a Linux\Win.95 machine (my brother doesn't like Linux, > > what can I do...). > > The new machine will have the main connection to the outer world > > (Hopefully by ISDN), and will have the printer connected to it. > > I would like to connect my old machine to the new one, so I'll be able to > > print and use the 'net. > > I would like to hear suggestions, and that FM(s?) I should R (I have no > > problems RTFMing.). > > > > TIA, > > > > Liran Zvibel. > > > > --- > > http://www.math.tau.ac.il/~liranz/ > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > Jens B. Jorgensen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.3a mQCNAzG30VYAAAEEAK8aj0pclro6ULfzim7TN0Y2FeNtzJKkA9rNZ8KGim3N+ULO 1dn4tfIqymSNDQLc/SDCvliTDP9vodSSYfQaovHE2wWE6n5igGIhA3RqyAnX9ctl 4wPI5FYJHHhsl2OsKJLui1TbTo6uJul3vG4U9CnopYscEbHm+Hxvn0zebBV9AAUR tCVTdGVwaGVuIEouIENhcnBlbnRlciA8U0pDQGRlbHBoaS5jb20+iQCVAwUQMcz2 fnxvn0zebBV9AQFb2QP+OiFDvDvuuomwdZns+pQTVqOu5zy3wdlyQki4Mo/X+5qY Nmj0s4qjfowaimj69db6w6jSvzeEY5gnlM92NI5dj6qliJScBVlRNBRffsHkvHkk C27LjUtVYkF3j30wyCwdzNe0FhRYBsz5F+i78ZSPrxlUkOvfFBUgAo2ZFwlwS4k= =z4IB -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]