Carl, If you make the connection from the Debian box, it should be quite easy, using slip to connect each to the other via the null modem cable. Win95 can be set up as a gateway with either Wingate or Trumpet Firesock, but they are difficult to deal with. I am not sure if it is possible to have both dial-up networking and another slip connection simultaneously with Win95--I attempted to do this once, but was unsuccessful. If you have spare parallel ports, plip would be another possibility and would provide better performance than the null modem connection.
Bob On Sun, 4 Jan 1998, Carl Nasal wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I have a 166 Pentium Monorail (a stupid computer with the screen and CPU > all in one--yeah, I know, I'm an idiot) running Windows 95 and a 486 > Tandy running Debian--just installed. I only have one phone line that I > can use for my 'Net connection and I would like to be able to hook the > computer together via a dull modem cable/serial cable (my idea) so that > one could use the other's 'Net connection. (I would buy a card to hook > up a small network, but my stupid Monorail has no expansion slots.) > > I'd like to have the connection to the Internet be from my Windows 95 > machine--mainly because I'm still having problems connecting to the > Internet from my Debian machine, but that should be fixed soon...with a > few books read. > > Oh, BTW, the computers are basically side by side. I'll say within 2 > feet apart so a simple wire can fit between them. > > Again, thanks for all of your help!!! > > Carl Nasal > ZZWebMaster > > -- > +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | Carl M. Nasal Jr. | Volunteer of The Cybernaut - A free | > | ZZWebWebmaster | monthly E-mail newsletter and Web Site | > | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | about computers and the Internet. | > | Owner/Webmaster | http://www.thecybernaut.com now for | > | http://www.zzweb.com | updated articles, help on Internet | > | Web Sites For Everyone! | problems, and to get a free subscription. | > |---------------------------------------------------------------------| > | "Everyone started somewhere!" | > +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > > ---- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
