Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 08:04:41 -0500
From: "Ken Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: upgrades to a 70CT
You want two cards and a crossover cable. An example of the crossover cable
would be:
http://www.axiontech.com/cgi-local/prdtinfo.asp?prdt=ACGNRJ453C
Or a hub would be good - you can get them quite cheaply - but the crossover
cable performs the same function as a hub. A low-cost hub ($27.95) would be:
http://www.axiontech.com/cgi-local/prdtinfo.asp?prdt=HUDLDE805TP
or 10/100 support at $38.95:
http://www.axiontech.com/cgi-local/prdtinfo.asp?prdt=HUSM5604DS
These would be good investments for future upgrade plans - 8+ port hubs are
a bit more, but well under $100...
The 3Com cards come with everything you need, save the crossover cable above
($4.95) to hook two machines together. These cards come without drivers, but
both Win95 & Win98 have the required driers included in the distributions.
More current drivers can be downloaded over the internet if needed.
HTH,
Ken
----- Original Message -----
From: "Maya Rushing Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 10:52 AM
Subject: RE: upgrades to a 70CT
> Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 10:53:39 -0500
> From: "Maya Rushing Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RE: upgrades to a 70CT
>
> Ken, you may have just solved one of my problems. I spent hours and hours
> with Toshiba tech support when my Libretto was still only a few months
old,
> trying to get it to "talk" to my Satellite via infrared. They simply
could
> not make it work, and eventually blamed the fact that W98 and W95 use
> different protocols for infrared (before I upgraded the Satellite to W98,
> the two machines exchanged files beautifully). They told me that to make
> the two machines communicate, I needed to upgrade the Libretto to W98,
which
> I couldn't do without major hassle because I wasn't willing to buy the
> CD-ROM device (and I did try the direct cable connection, but after
several
> hours I decided it was just WAY too slow).
>
> After that, I decided to network all three of our currently functioning
> machines, but when I saw how much money it would cost, I decided that I
> didn't want to do it (I normally don't like to spend a lot on upgrading
> older machines). But your tip intrigued me, and I went to check out
> axiontech.com. What a great place! Can I just buy two of those and stick
> them into my Libretto and Satellite? I'm so sorry to be so slow on the
> uptake, but how do I know it will work on my machines? And what is a good
> way to select an inexpensive network card for my desktop? Networking
> intimidates me, but this is obviously the way to avoid upgrading the
> Libretto to W98! This would really make our entire household system run
> much more smoothly!
>
> Thanks so much for your input! Maya
> p.s. do I also need a hub, if I want to connect three machines? I wonder
if
> I should just call axiontech and let them tell me what to buy?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Hansen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thu, January 04, 2001 11:22 PM
> To: Libretto
> Subject: Re: upgrades to a 70CT
>
> Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 23:15:36 -0500
> From: "Ken Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: upgrades to a 70CT
>
> Why can't Win95 talk to Win98 via IrDa?
>
> I got some low-cost PCMCIA ethernet cards that I *love* - 3Com 3C589C 10
> BaseT cards with "dongle cable" for about $15/each at
> http://www.axiontech.com/ . One of these and a low-cost PC network card
with
> crossover cable, and you could have a fantastic Desktop Area Network for
> less than $40...
>
> HTH,
>
> Ken
>
>
>
>
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