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At 12:13 AM 28/01/97 -0500, Bill Bryan wrote: > I'm thinking of replacing my 28.8 PC card modem with one of the new >Megahertz 33.6 combo modem / ethernet cards (someone wants my old one). I >would like to improve my connectability with my desktop machine in the >basement. I do most of my computing on my thinkpad on the main floor. >Both systems run Win95. If I stick a twisted pair ethernet card into the >basement computer and connect the 2 what kind of major problems am I >looking at? I've never tried this before except normal use Novell >networks. Will this interfere with my Dial-up networking? > >B/B >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Bill Bryan, Livonia, MI - billb@rust.net - N8QPI - www.rust.net/~billb > "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro" -- Hunter Thompson >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > > > Bill: I have done what you described and it works fine. Before installing or inserting the Megahertz card get their latest drivers from their www site. The only problem you may incur is with the cabling. On twisted pair, you can connect two machines together without a hub but the wiring is different. You need the same config used to connect hubs together. The normal cable that goes from the computer to the hub is straight through. To connect two computers directly, I think the pairs 1 and 3 and 2 and 6 need to be flipped. You should confirm this. As for problems with ThinkPads, sometimes they do not like to enter suspend or hibernate with the card in. If you have this problem, stop the card though the pcmcia icon and then go into suspend. I don't have this problem any more and assume it may be from loading the latest Megahertz drives. Regards Robert Stevens 755CDV