Dear JB, These laptops ARE old, they ARE 486s with 8 MB memory etc. So it is like your Salvation Army PC.
I have to use the PCMCIA Nics because apparently my ISP has recorded the MAC number of the NIC and will not let me in unless I use that one. No other NIC will do. I tried it. I tried to send a question to the STN support and it bounced back. Is STN still in business ? Thanks SC [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Correct me if I'm wrong but STN never was NOT designed to run on a > Laptop > "out of the box" it would require some serious development for that to > happen. (John ?) > What STN does do really well is utilize older equipment to act as a > dedicated gateway/router/firewall > It works really well on a 486/Pentium w/8 MB ram and a ne2000 type > NIC(s) > and a hardware cfg modem > When STN was in its heyday no one would seriously dedicate a laptop to > this > job > > Grab and old box at the Salvation army and some old NICs and have a > blast > Works really good for a cable and DSL gateway/router/firewall > > Jeff > > -----Original Message----- > From: Spyros Camateros [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 4:24 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [STN] Difficulties with STN > > > Dear Dennis, > > First THANKS for your very prompt reply. > > I had already set the STN's irq/base to Auto/blank for both cards hoping > that I would get by, but it didn't detect them. > > I don't know what tool to use to disable PNP. > > It acts as if STN doesn't look at PCMCIA. Could that be it ? > > Have you ever tried PCMCIA NICs ? > > Thanks > SC > > -- > Visit http://www.ShareTheNet.com for info about ShareTheNet > Visit http://www.topica.com/lists/sharethenet for info about this list > To Unsubscribe send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- Visit http://www.ShareTheNet.com for info about ShareTheNet Visit http://www.topica.com/lists/sharethenet for info about this list To Unsubscribe send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bz8Rp2.bAfyIC Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
