A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > Is PLIP compatible with parallel port Direct Cable Connection in > Windows (i.e., can it be used to network a computer running Linux to > one running Windows?)
Unfortunately not. I know of no PLIP implementation that works with 32-bit Windows, and I've looked long and hard. And I assure you, you aren't the first person to ask this question :) Unfortunately the only way to network a Windows machine & a Linux machine, without "falling back" to ethernet, token ring, or similar technologies, is to use the serial port :( > Any caveats? You mean PLIP caveats? It's heavily dependent on CPU speeds; I've gotten an upwards of 30kb/sec between a 450MHz PII & a 120MHz Pentium. > I have several computers networked via 10base2 and would like to add a > notebook to these, but I have only seen pcmcia cards for > 10baseT/100baseT. You can get hubs of eBay that have RJ-45 & BNC connectors. You can also get on eBay you'll likely find a PCMCIA ethernet card that has both RJ-45 & BNC connectors. Phil
