network setting up (Ethernet,PPP,PLIP,SLIP)

2000-03-25 Thread Daniel Yang
Hi, I am wondering how I set up my personal computer networking at home. Here is what I have. 2 computers: IBM ThinkPad Laptop running window 98 (client) Dell Desktop running Linux debian 2.1 (server) I was thinking the options of setting up the networking between them. 1. PLIP Since I

Re: network setting up (Ethernet,PPP,PLIP,SLIP)

2000-03-25 Thread Percival
PLIP doesn't sound like the best solution for you, as you would need to get some kind of parallel switch - and those are notorious for causing problems rather than fixing them. SLIP/PPP sounds like a possible solution. You do not have to use the modems at all. If you have a serial port on