On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Paul Marriott wrote:
Hello Paul,
There should be no problem putting the two machines on the lan. I have
several clients who do exactly that with thier personal machine and a
secretary machine. Thier are many good HOWTO's you can browse that will
give explicit setup information. Should you find them a bit confusing, I
would be willing to offer you a hand in the setup.
Dave
> Hi folks,
>
> Initially all I want to do is connect 2 boxes directly to each other
> (rather than using a hub).
> Box 1 runs Windows/Linux Mandrake7.1 and Box 2 runs Mandrake 7.1
>
> The man in the local computer shop can get me a couple of cheapy ACER
> 10/100 PCI net cards (model number not specified).
> Is anyone using them satisfactorily, or to the contrary does anyone know
> of any problems with these cards?
>
> All help is appreciated.
> And a general thanks to ALL who contribute in solving newbie problems.
> Well done.
>
> Paul
>
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