[thelist] [OT] Networking W98

[Dale Hofmann]

Yup, you either need a crossover cable or a hub between the two machines.

speaking from brutal, headbanging experience,
d

Dale Hofmann
dale at transactionservers.com

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> Sent: October 10, 2000 4:04 PM
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> the cable to connect two computers directly to each other is
> different from
> one you would use to connect a computer o a hub. I think computer/computer
> one is called a crossover cable, but I am not sure. Any network guru will
> know what it is called. Without the right cable (surprise!) it won't work.
> 		HTH
> 		Nick
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: kev.skindrill [mailto:kev.skindrill at bigfoot.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 4:52 PM
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> Subject: [thelist] [OT] Networking W98
>
>
> Dear All
>              I am hoping that someone here can throw some light
> on a problem
> I am having with networking 2 computers running W98. This seemingly simple
> task is causing me no end of problems. To make a short story long, my
> fiancee & I have bought 2 network cards (both different makes if that
> matters) and a network cable, yes that's our idea of romance :)
> Anyway, her
> brother who knows about these things has tried to get the 2 machines to
> recognize each other but with no luck. I have trawled the Net for
> info & it
> seems he has done everything correctly, and I've also downloaded all the
> updates that I've been to lazy to get because I saw on one site that the
> original W98 had a bug (no, really!) that prevented networks from running
> correctly. Still no joy! This is not using a hub, just a straight
> lead from
> one box to the other. What I am hoping for is that anyone reading
> this might
> have had similar problems and can offer me a solution, or perhaps
> a piece of
> software that will set up the network wizard style.
> TIA
>
> K
> kev.skindrill at bigfoot.com
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