> I intend to use my newly acquired network cards with this. Then, if
> possible, introduce a friend's PR166 (W98) into the network and see
> if it still works.
Oops, missed this previously. It won't work with Win98. Personal NetWare is
based on Novell's VLM stack (it runs as a VLM protocol module, PNW.VLM) and is
not compatible with NetWare itself (well, it has some strange command verbs,
but the majority are NetWare 2 verbs). It was possible to set up a Win95 box
to work as a client-only (no server) on a PNW network by manually installing a
load of stuff and fiddling about, eventually booting the station with VLMs and
the 16-bit stack in low memory. This meant that Windows couldn't use any
32-bit network drivers though. However, with Win98, it seems that no longer
works.
> ] A token ring would be useful there.
>
> ARGH! Run! Hide! [Not that I've seen token ring; only heard about it]
> ;)
Quite right. Be very, very afraid. Or foolhardy with your money for a small
installation.
> I always wondered, how does the IP work when interfacing with the
> LAN? Surely If you was to use IP-Masq then cable modem would have to
> be physically separate from the rest of the computers?
Not really. The cable modem appears as a network interface to the OS, which
is assigned an IP address by the router at the other end. The OS routes
packets from that IP address to others on the private network. IP
Masquerading means that any packets coming from the network are translated so
it appears to only be one computer accessing the cable modem. The same thing
happens when you dial-out with a regular modem - it gets assigned an IP
address, and the computer can route packets between the two networks.
> I've heard
> that Linux can support many network cards at once: one for modem
> cable and another for the LAN.
So will Windows and DOS :) They're just missing the correct router software
usually (routers are available for Novell's IPX stack, and there are various
IP routers for various other systems).
> BTW I'm calling the SX "CAT" and the DX "TOASTER". Other computers
> will be "HOLLY", "KRYTEN", "QUEEG", etc. Can you see where I'm going?
What about Hilly? :)
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