You'll need a hub unless the cards support coax cable, or you can find a
crossover ethernet cable. A regular straight through patch cable won't
work.
Assuming you only have UTP compatible cards, your best bet is a hub,
since the hub will cost you FAR less in time and aggravation than trying
to explain the concept of a crossover 10-Base-t to the simpletons who
typically work in computer stores these days. (One once asked me
whether that was the black cable with the round connector....)
-----Original Message-----
From: Bligh Swift [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, November 12, 1999 3:56 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Home Network - Network Cards..
I'm about to attempt to set up a home network with a 66 MHz Pentium
running
RH6.0 and connecting to a 450 MHz PII W98 machine.
Could anyone advise whether the following network cards would be
suitable ?
- TMC 8bit ISA network interface cards (NIC's) -
Also, will I need some sort of hub or network router if I want to
connect
another machine ?
If anyone can point me at a suitable reference or book which deals with
the
hardware requirements I'd be grateful as my questions are pretty basic
at
this stage. I'm looking forward to trying out John Moore's 'How to
configure
a Home network' HOWTO.
Thanking you,
Bligh Swift
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