Question:

When considering a TWO computer Network, using either Win95se or Win98 -
generally, is it better to use a hub or a direct computer-computer
connection?

Thanks!

~Lisa

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From: "Mario A. Scalzo Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Friday, December 29, 2000 10:23 PM
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> Joe:
>
> No - it's very easy.  You do have to purchase the right hub, though.  The
cheaper
> models would divide the LAN speed by the number of PC on the hub if they
are drawing
> full capacity (i.e. during downloads, etc.).  For example, Adelphia
utilizes a 10
> megabit lan speed.  If I purchase the cheaper hub (around $30), it will
give each PC
> 5 megabits when they need to draw full resources.  Of course, it someone
on 1 PC is
> writing an email, the other will draw all available resources.
>
> I've been doing some research since I want to hook up my old PC I just
replaced for
> Carmelann.  This information came from a co-worker contactor who just
retired from
> IBM working on their lan software and hardware installations for their
customers.
>
> Mario
>
>
> > >Lisa...
> > >
> > >was that difficult ?
> > >how do you do it?
> > >
>
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