On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Manny Amador wrote: > For the first time, I'm seriously thinking of setting up a small network > here at home. I've got my old Cyrix 180 running RH 6.2, an older 486 that > I want to set up either as a diskless or hard disk-equipped terminal (also > running RH), and 533MHz machine temporarily housed here (unfortunately > running Windows 98). I was thinking of buying a few el-cheapo LAN cards > and hooking them up as peer-to-peer workstations.
You need to buy a lan card for each machine. If you are lucky, you may still be able to find the "combo" cards from second hand shops like HMR in Mandaluyong. The combo cards have both twisted pair socket and coax connector. If you use the twisted pair socket, you can use "cross-over wiring" (have some technician crimp this for you). The normal straight through wiring won't work. Also you can only connect the two existing machines that you have and can not add any more machines to your network. If you use the coax connectors, you have to terminate the coax cables on the two ends with 50 ohm resistors. But with this, you can wire any number of machines to your network, up to a total length of 100 meters (?) of coax cable. In both cases, you do not need a hub. If you can not get these old combo cards, you can always buy the new network cards (one per machine), and then you need a hub. An eight-port hub today costs so little, you won't notice the expense. P~Manalastas _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
