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On Tue, 28 Jan 1997, 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?
It should be fine. I've got dialup PPP on my [ick] 14.4 modem and
Ethernet running TCPIP and the Windows 95 network stuff on my TP560
using the oh so cheap Home and Away 14.4/10bT card from IBM. My
server is running OS/2 and it all works fine. I have never tried having
both PPP and Ethernet active at the same time though. My OS/2 box
handles the PPP stuff while I'm at home.
While the H&A is a pain with Win95, it is still a great deal for $60 or
so if you can bash your way through the install. =)
Steve
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