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At 12:13 AM 1/28/97 -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? I don't know about your particular card, but using my 3Com Etherlink III (PCMCIA) in 3 different ThinkPads (750C--now sold, a 701C, and a 560), this solution works quite beautifully for me. No intereference with Dialup Networking, BTW. I don't "leave it hooked up" all of the time, since that sort of semi-defeats the purpose of the notebook machine anyway, but I like it. You may choose instead to use coax cabling instead of 10BT, since twisted pair will require a hub (or you have to make a "patch cable" in which you cross some wires--I did it once upon a time, but I didn't do it very well and eventually it quit working--very unreliable, so I bought a cheapo 8-port hub for $100 and have been happy as a clam ever since. Plus, having the hub made it easier to see broken connections and allowed me to network an Apple Macintosh (since sold) and a laser printer, which GREATLY simplifies printing from the laptop, especially with Win 95's ability to print off-line. Of course, Coax is more unwieldy too... To top it all off, if you use LapLink 7.x, it works over IPX networks (which the Win 95 peer-to-peer networking speaks) and...WOW--synching your machines, even with big data globs, goes REAL QUICK! Hey, if I were building a house, I'd set up a server running NT or Netware and wire the whole house with Ethernet. We could all share a printer and the server would provide both near-perfect security for my files (vs. what kids want to get into--they could use their *own* machine) and mass shared storage. At any rate, I've been doing what you're describing for something in the way of 3 years now (1 1/2 with Win '95). It also provides a quick & easy method for my notebook to access a shared CD-ROM for installations, etc. No worries. Enjoy! ------- Randy Whittle rwhittle@usa.net Marshall Graduate School of Business at USC http://www-scf.usc.edu/~whittle I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being first and foremost, and as such I am for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole. - Malcolm X